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Mystery Map – What do you see?

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Posted on Mar 2 2011 by Daniel

Think you can guess the data behind this map?


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  Tags: map, mystery Category: EcoMetrics, InfoVis

Visual Guide to Eggs

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Posted on Feb 22 2011 by Daniel

Do you know the difference between cage-free, free-range, and a range-rover? Check out this infographic.


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  Tags: cage free, chickens, eggs, factory farm, organic, visualization Category: Food and Agriculture, InfoVis

How (not) to Save Paper

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Posted on Feb 11 2011 by Daniel

Tweet Also, please see our 60″ plasma TV surrounded by flashing halogen lights for more information on “How to Save Energy.”  -The Management


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  Tags: humor, paper, waste Category: InfoVis

Twenty-Four Hour Sky

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Posted on Feb 8 2011 by Daniel

TweetIt’s easy to miss the cosmic complexity of a single day on earth, but photographer Chris Kotsiopoulos managed to capture the whole day in a single photo. He describes the photo as “a labor of love:” It took me about 12 hours to pull together and process a single image that included over 500 star [...]


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  Tags: earth, photography, star trails Category: InfoVis, Nature

Blowing Smoke Rings

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Posted on Feb 4 2011 by Daniel

Just how do you communicate the environmental impact of electricity in a way ordinary people understand? Try smoking.


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  Tags: smoke, visualization, waste-to-energy Category: Carbon, Design, EcoMetrics, Energy, InfoVis

Way to alienate 4% of the population.

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Posted on Feb 2 2011 by Daniel

Have you been secretly plotting against the colorblind? Good work! Here are some more tips to help you out.


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  Tags: color, colorblindness, visualization Category: Design, InfoVis

ReViz: How much CO2 is Created By…

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Posted on Jan 20 2011 by Daniel

In ReViz, I tear down an ineffective visualization and then try to rebuild it from the ground up. Which one do you prefer?


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  Tags: beer, carbon footprint, ReViz, visualization, wine Category: Carbon, Design, EcoMetrics, InfoVis

Snow-day Homework

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Posted on Jan 11 2011 by Daniel

Sure, you have the day off of work, but don’t miss the opportunity to learn something useful from today’s snow fall.


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  Tags: building envelope, insulation, snow Category: Energy, InfoVis, Residential

It’s the population, stupid.

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Posted on Dec 23 2010 by Daniel

The new census data is here! The new census data is here!


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  Tags: census, population Category: EcoMetrics, InfoVis

Clean Energy Zeitgeist

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Posted on Dec 21 2010 by Daniel

Just what kind of energy were people writing about in the early 1800′s and why are we still using it?!


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  Tags: coal, gas, oil, renewables, visualization Category: EcoMetrics, Energy, InfoVis, Transportation
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