Power of Data Visualization

Google and the University of Washington are creating what could be the future of DIY timelapses. Using millions of publicly shared images from popular geotagged landmarks around the world and a process the researchers call “timelapse-mining,” they are able to stitch together near seamless sequences of our changing world.

It might not look like much, but this small iron fish can save lives. Canadian science graduate Dr. Christopher Charles traveled to Cambodia six years ago, where he discovered that anaemia was a huge public health problem.

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It today’s ultra connected, phone addicted world, it’s hard to get away from it all. You can upload Instagram photos from the top of mountains, or live stream a walk through the park – but are we missing something behind all those screens? The ultra minimal Light Phone might be the solution.

Seeing an ultrasound of her unborn baby for the first time is a milestone that an expectant mother will never forget. A little preview of the bundle of joy that she will soon get to hold in her arms. But for a blind mother, the ultrasound only tells her that her baby is healthy and then she has to wait until birth to know what her baby looks like. But this lucky mother got an unexpected surprise. A doctor used a 3D printer to create a life sized image of her baby’s face so that she could feel what it looks like. The joy on her face as she touches her baby’s “face” for the first time is absoloutely heartwarming.