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A Vision of Sound

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Posted on Jul 19 2010 by Daniel

I always knew that music was art – I just didn’t realize it could be a visual art.


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  Tags: cymatics, sound, TEDTalks Category: InfoVis, Nature, Presentation

Atmosphere to Scale

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Posted on Jul 9 2010 by Daniel

I had no idea the ozone layer was that close, or that the space station would experience atmospheric drag that far up! via Chart Porn


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  Tags: atmosphere, infographics Category: InfoVis, Nature

Lean 3P and Biomimicry

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Posted on Jun 30 2010 by Daniel

Yes, there are two roads you can go by, but in the long run… they lead to the same place. It seems Lean and Biomimicry share some common roots.


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  Tags: 3P, biomimicry, GE, product design Category: Design, Lean, Nature

Cry Until You Laugh

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Posted on Jun 10 2010 by Daniel

We’ve top-hatted, top-killed, used robots, hair, floating booms, and tried to stuff the well head with garbage, golf balls, sludge, cement, and Kevin Costner. It’d be funny if it weren’t so sad.


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  Tags: BP, humor, oil Category: Nature, Pollution, Water

Red Sky at Night

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Posted on Jun 7 2010 by Daniel

You’ve undoubtedly heard the phrase “Red sky in the morning, sailors take warning. Red sky at night, sailors delight.” But what is it these sailors know that you and I don’t?


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  Tags: birds, forecasting, weather Category: InfoVis, Nature

Nature, Numbers and Notes

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Posted on May 11 2010 by Daniel

Today, a couple of visualizations that will help you to look at the natural world in a new way.


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  Tags: audio, biomimicry, Fibonacci, golden ratio, space Category: InfoVis, Nature

Continental Shelf Oil “Strategies”

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Posted on Apr 30 2010 by Daniel

Today, a juxtaposition of two very related, but conflicting “strategies” regarding our attempts to extract oil from under the ocean. Of course, if you’ve been paying attention to the news, you’ll know that an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico exploded on April 20th, killing 11 people before sinking into the ocean.  Now, the [...]


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  Tags: maps, oil, Water Category: Energy, InfoVis, Nature, Policy, Pollution, Water

Eyjafjallajokull InfoVis

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Posted on Apr 19 2010 by Daniel

An ecometric roundup for everyone’s favorite smoke spewing Icelandic volcano. First off, a map from the New York Times showing the airport closures and ash coverage: You’ll notice that the Icelandic airport remains ironically open. I’d be remiss if I did not at least briefly cover the climate impacts of the current eruption.  Traditionally, volcanic [...]


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  Tags: climate change, maps, visualization, volcano Category: Carbon, Commercial, EcoMetrics, InfoVis, Nature, Pollution

Solar Cycle 24

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Posted on Apr 15 2010 by Daniel

No, it’s not the latest green transportation method. Solar Cycle 24 refers to the 24th period of solar activity and sun spots we’ve tracked since the mid 1800′s.  Now scientists are predicting it will be a relatively quiet one. Expected to peak in May of 2013, the undulating storm surge on the surface of the [...]


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  Tags: climate change, solar Category: EcoMetrics, Nature

Forest Fires: When More is Better

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Posted on Mar 18 2010 by Daniel

This just in: Smokey the Bear had it all wrong.  Now it seems that only YOU can cause forest fires. There’s mounting evidence that our fire suppression program over the last few decades has actually made forest fires worse. Instead of allowing frequent, smaller burns that remove brush and tinder from the forest floor, we allow [...]


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  Tags: fire, forest, research Category: Carbon, Nature, Policy
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