Explore different types of American households and see how they have changed over time.
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This pseudo-map shows how people spend their discretionary income – the cash that goes to clothing, electronics, recreation, household goods, alcohol – depends a lot on where they live. People in Greece spend almost 13 times more money on clothing as they do on electronics. People living in Japan spend more on recreation than they do on clothing, electronics and household goods combined. Americans spend a lot of money on everything.
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OECD released the first part of the Better Life Initiative: your better life index.
Your better life index is a data visualization tool that let you compare countries according to criteria that you choose and which are beyond traditional economic indicators.
The application has been designed by Moritz Stefaner and RauReif.
Live demo: www.oecdbetterlifeindex.org
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This maps shows current worldwide carbon dioxide(CO₂) emissions and per capita emissions from the consumption of energy. Data includes emissions due to the consumption of petroleum, natural gas, and coal, and also from natural gas flaring.
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Google launched a data visualization tool that presents search queries from all around the world called Search Globe, a new visual display representing one day of Google searches around the world—visualizing the curiosity of people around the globe.
This visualization was developed and designed by the Google Data Arts Team using WebGL, a new technology for modern browsers that uses your computer’s hardware to generate fast, 3D graphics. As a result, you need a WebGL-enabled browser."Create your own interactive map - Get started now - ChartsBin.com"
Every year, May 3rd is a date which celebrates the fundamental principles of press freedom; to evaluate press freedom around the world, to defend the media from attacks on their independence and to pay tribute to journalists who have lost their lives in the exercise of their profession. "21st Century Media: New Frontiers, New Barriers" is the theme for 2011 World Press Freedom Day.
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More than 280 people were killed in Wednesday’s tornado outbreak, bringing the year’s total to over 330 and making it the deadliest year since 1974, when 366 people were killed.
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The death toll was high in several Southern states after devastating storms ripped through the region, spawning deadly tornadoes. This Interactive map shows the locations of reported tornadoes each hour (Central time) across the eastern United States over the past six days.
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Last year (in April, 2010), the World Bank issued a challenge to software developers from across the globe to take on some of the world’s most pressing development problems by creating digital apps using the Bank’s freely available data. The response was overwhelming, with 107 entries from 36 countries across six continents, and nearly a third from Africa. A total of $55,000 was awarded in cash prizes to competition winners.
The three winning apps all feature unique approaches to pressing development challenges:
First Prize Winner $15,000 USD- StatPlanet World Bank (Australia): With this powerful app, you can visualize and compare country and regional performance over time.
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This interactive visualization shows how water moves through some of Melbourne's natural and built water system over a decade (2000-2010). Each circle presents a year of data, with each coloured line representing one day in that year, to be read in a clockwise direction. It is designed by Greg More, OOM Creative from Australia. He is an international expert in the area of digital environment design.
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