An offshore oil platform owned by Mariner Energy, Inc. explodes about 100 miles off the Louisiana coast on September 2, 2010. The accident occurred about 200 miles west of the blown-out BP well that spewed millions of gallons of crude into the gulf. Thirteen men aboard the rig were accounted for and no deaths were reported.
via news.yahoo.com
How to protect you home from storms.
Hurricane season 2010 is under-way. Here is live global storm tracker map.
via hosted.ap.org
So, all those infographics? Turns out that it's all part of an incredibly sophisticated keyword-spamming operation! Which is convenient, because, honestly, we were all kind of getting a little tired of them. Here's an infographic to explain how the infographic-spam industry works.
If you interested in reading further: Here is a person true confessions about this.via www.buzzfeed.com
GE’s Ecomagination Challenge: Powering the Grid is an open call to action for businesses, entrepreneurs, innovators and students seeking breakthrough ideas to create a cleaner, more efficient and economically viable grid, and accelerate the adoption of smart grid technologies and just might get funded.
The Challenge invites people to come together to take on one of the world’s toughest challenges - building the next-generation power grid to meet the needs of the 21st century. Selected Ecomagination Challenge entrants will be offered the opportunity to develop a commercial relationship with GE through:
allfacebook.com’ve compiled some stats on death on Facebook and thought we’d share them with you. While they typically try not to be morbid, there are some interesting findings, especially when comparing the Facebook death rate (extremely low) in comparison to the world death rate (much greater).
via www.allfacebook.com
This map distills more than 4000 moves from over 1700 people, collected in an informal survey by WNYC, a New York based public radio station.
via moritz.stefaner.eu
Few people think about if after flushing the toilet each morning, but the processing and disposal of human waste is actually a $100 billion business. Check this infographic how mint.com take a crack at the economy of sewage in America.
via www.mint.com
usopen.org presents an original 3D-like way of exploring the statistical data generated during all the live tennis matches of one of the most famous sports events in the world. Users are able to select individual matches which occurred in the past or are still in progress.
via www.usopen.org