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Inequality and New York’s Subway [article]
Smart idea for an infographic. Whenever an image gets you to interact with a serious topic in a smart way, take a step back and think about why it’s so effective. That’s where the lessons are.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/a8e4b269c07d105f0fa181cc27654d91/tumblr_mlnskvsKDM1qa0uujo1_500.png)
Smart idea for an infographic. Whenever an image gets you to interact with a serious topic in a smart way, take a step back and think about why it’s so effective. That’s where the lessons are.
The whole North Korean army in one place
When it’s all laid out like that in one graphic, it’s pretty huge.
We searched on the internet and found a horizontal infographic just to show you guys what can be done with this panorama thingy. Unfortunately, it’s from Microsoft. But whatevs! It still looks awesome, right?
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Volumetric Bar-Chart Chip Creates Infographic from Blood Measurements - information aesthetics
The recent academic paper “Multiplexed Volumetric Bar-Chart Chip for Point-of-Care Diagnostics” [nature.com], developed by researchers at the Department of Nanomedicine, The Methodist Hospital Research Institute in Houston, Texas, presents the research behind the V-Chip (short for Volumetric Bar-Chart Chip).
The chip is about the size of a business card, yet is able to turn about 50 test results into a live, physical bar chart that can be readily read out. This unique feature is achieved by linking a concentration measurement with a proportional production of oxygen, with then causes ink (not blood!) to be displaced along a thin channel in the device.
Cool.
Raise your hand if your blood helped inspire an infographic today.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/16d0bd90e425213b8f40abd642ecffa2/tumblr_mgdyy5Nj2L1qznh46o1_500.jpg)
Volumetric Bar-Chart Chip Creates Infographic from Blood Measurements - information aesthetics
The recent academic paper “Multiplexed Volumetric Bar-Chart Chip for Point-of-Care Diagnostics” [nature.com], developed by researchers at the Department of Nanomedicine, The Methodist Hospital Research Institute in Houston, Texas, presents the research behind the V-Chip (short for Volumetric Bar-Chart Chip).
The chip is about the size of a business card, yet is able to turn about 50 test results into a live, physical bar chart that can be readily read out. This unique feature is achieved by linking a concentration measurement with a proportional production of oxygen, with then causes ink (not blood!) to be displaced along a thin channel in the device.
Cool.
Raise your hand if your blood helped inspire an infographic today.
How a Civil War vet invented the American infographic…
Francis Amasa Walker was so far ahead of his time that his tie was on the grid.
How a genius election-related graphic came together
The other night, I posted this really amazing New York Times graphic breaking down the numerous roads to Electoral College victory Obama and Romney can take. Think the graphic was cool? Now here’s how they did it. In the words of the Times’ very own Mike Bostock:
The hard part of this graphic, implementation-wise, is the animated transition as you flip states. Although this is superficially similar to collapsible interactive trees I had implemented previously, it turned out to be more challenging due to the pruning below decision nodes. To assist my thinking, I sketched out a sample tree with eight different interactions and the corresponding animations. With examples, it was possible to generalize the behavior of the transitions and start the implementation.
Which road do you think the Electoral College is going to take?
— Ernie @ ShortFormBlog
Infographic creators aspire to create something this awesome. And here it is.
Genius graphic of the day: As the New York Times shows in the amazing interactive piece “512 Paths to the White House,” Obama’s path to winning the Electoral College is much easier than that of Romney. In fact, if Obama wins Florida, Romney would have to win eight other toss-up states to topple that blow. That’s less likely than an Obama Ohio win at the moment, but … ah, why explain it?! Play with the fun, interactive, awesome graphic! (ht Jason Smedvik)
According to a new study, commissioned by device warranty provider Squaretrade, approximately 51 percent of broken smartphones are damaged inside the phone owner’s home. We’ve posted a portion of the accompanying infographic, depicting the most common household smartphone “danger zones”. So how does Squaretrade’s report stack up against your own usage? Whose kitchen has the highest kill/death ratio? source
OK, USA Today, we love your chunky infographic style.
By the numbers: The Economist put together a great infographic, visualizing the information provided by a new study from the University of Buffalo’s Gary Giovino. Printed in The Lancet, Giovino’s new study closely examines tobacco use, among 3 billion people in 16 countries, offers an interesting look at the gender, age, and economic affluency of those who choose to use. source
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How The Poor, The Middle Class And The Rich Spend Their Money
Interesting detail in this graphic: Spending on transportation goes up for the middle class.
(Source: planetmoney)
Pro-tip from an Amercian: Real Venn Diagrams don’t stick to a rigid compare/contrast structure. If some colored circles will help you prove a point, then throw some text over those bad boys, add a campaign logo, ready a few talking points, and call it a day. (hat tip to Slate) source
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