The Billion Dollar-o-gram
Very beautiful and useful representation of Data:http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/the-billion-dollar-o-gram-2009/
You realize the quantum of money spent on various things only after looking at the above.
- How small are technology contributions of google and apple when compared to the US Defense budget
- Comparing war expenses with money spent on medical also tells us to sit back and realize what are we up to
- Compare Bill Gates with Walmart revenue
Beauty is everywhere
Everyone serves some purpose and that what this visualization shows. Amazing view of somebody to show who is good at what. Sad to see the marking for India but nonetheless this is a great view to see. Watch out:http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/because-every-country-is-the-best-at-something/#
CO2
Environment has a lot to do with CO2 levels. Every action, every event, every person, everything emits a certain amount of carbon. This interactive visualization examines some of those scenarios. Play around to learn some interesting and surprising information about how much carbon is released during various activities.http://visualization.geblogs.com/visualization/co2/#/wine_average
