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Fashion police in Flint, Mich.

Fashion police in Flint, Mich.

Interesting visualization of the national debt through the years.-RY

A phantom traffic jam model by MIT researchers

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/06/phantom-jams/

UN Security Council resolutions over time. Blue are peacekeeping; red are high-tension situations.

UN Security Council resolutions over time. Blue are peacekeeping; red are high-tension situations.

50 Great Examples of Data Visualization

50 Great Examples of Data Visualization

Poor lost At-At.
(slide show that went viral)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nickisconfused/sets/72157611113065419/show/
a nice interactive on health issues in the U.S. by Ben Fry and Phyllotaxis

a nice interactive on health issues in the U.S. by Ben Fry and Phyllotaxis

Wolfram Alpha:
“…aims to collect and curate all objective data; implement every known model, method, and algorithm; and make it possible to compute whatever can be computed about anything. Our goal is to build on the achievements of science and other systematizations of knowledge to provide a single source that can be relied on by everyone for definitive answers to factual queries.”
watch the video

Wolfram Alpha:

“…aims to collect and curate all objective data; implement every known model, method, and algorithm; and make it possible to compute whatever can be computed about anything. Our goal is to build on the achievements of science and other systematizations of knowledge to provide a single source that can be relied on by everyone for definitive answers to factual queries.”

watch the video

how to make a cutaway drawing of a cruise ship

how to make a cutaway drawing of a cruise ship

Music that makes you dumb.  Also interesting: Books that make you dumb.

Music that makes you dumb. Also interesting: Books that make you dumb.

gapminder’s income vs. life expectancy over the past 200 years