Power of Data Visualization

Global Debit Comparison

The Global Public Debt Clock provides a graphic perspective on an important and much discussed global economic issue.

Microwave Map of Entire Moon Revealed

The first complete microwave image of the Moon taken by Chinese lunar satellite Chang'E-1 has been revealed. Chang’E-1 is China’s first scientific mission to explore planetary bodies beyond Earth and the on-board Lunar Microwave Radiometer has made it possible for the first time to globally map the Moon in microwave frequencies. Radar observations of the Moon are unable to provide thermal information, and microwave observations taken from Earth cannot reach the far side of the moon. So Chang'E-1's (CE-1) orbit was conducted at an altitude of 200km (124 miles) and allowed it to observe every location of the moon with a nadir view and at high spatial resolution.

via www.gizmag.com

How Fast Does My New Car Lose Value?

The very minute that you drive a new car off a dealer's lot, it loses value. That's just a fact of life, and the infographic below gives you a roadmap of depreciation milestones. But depreciation doesn't mean you shouldn't buy a new car. In fact, if your plan is to drive the wheels off your car, then depreciation has no affect on your purchase. But if you do intend to trade it in, you need to be smart about the resale value of cars, and here's the key:

via www.edmunds.com

Converging Flight Paths

The deregulation of the airline industry in 1978 led to a wave of mergers that continues to this day. But even as the legacy carriers have been consolidating and growing, they have been losing market share to low-cost carriers. Two of them, SouthWest and AirTran, have just agreed to merge and carried the most passengers in 2009 combined.

via www.nytimes.com

How the Web has Changed the Way We Buy Music

Here’s an infographic with just a few statistics on how we buy music today, highlighting the decline in physical sales and the increase in music consumption via mobile internet.

via www.inspiredm.com

Your Next Volvo May Be Made out of Batteries

Imagine a car whose body also serves as a rechargeable battery. A battery that stores braking energy while you drive and that also stores energy when you plug in the car overnight to recharge. At the moment this is just a fascinating idea, but tests are currently under way to see if the vision can be transformed into reality. Volvo Cars is one out of nine participants in an international materials development project.

Nano battery project: A composite blend of carbon fibres and polymer resin is being developed that can store and charge more energy faster than conventional batteries can. Materials development project launched by Imperial College in London that brings together nine European companies and institutes. Volvo Cars is the only car manufacturer participating in the project. The project started early 2010.

via www.media.volvocars.com

How Do Teachers Think We Should Measure Student Achievement?

From standardized tests to graded homework, there are any number of ways to try to judge how students are performing academically. For teachers, who are often judged on their students' academic achievements, finding the best measurement is of especially great importance.

via awesome.good.is

5 Threats to Customer Data

5 Threats to Customer Data.

via www.cpapolicy.com

Browser wars

Infographic showing Web browsers publishing date and market share from 1994 to 2010.

via www.flickr.com

Controversies Over Mosques and Islamic Centers Across the U.S.

This map shows the locations of 35 proposed mosques and Islamic centers that have encountered community resistance in the last two years. Click on a location for a brief overview of the project based on news reports. In many cases, the opposition has centered on neighbors' concerns about traffic, noise, parking and property values – the same objections that often greet churches and other houses of worship as well as commercial construction projects. In some communities, however, opponents of mosques also have cited fears about Islam, sharia law and terrorism.

While the map shows only projects that have met resistance, many mosques and Islamic centers have been built in recent years with little or no opposition.

via features.pewforum.org