Tag Archives: growth

Understanding population growth with colorful liquid

NPR produced this video about how the world’s population reached 7 billion in record time. They visualize the growth by using colorful liquid in dripping beakers. Not a bad representation…

Permalink Comment (1) Tags: , , , , , , ,

Using papercraft to show how a dead whale feeds the ocean

Directed by Sharon Shattuck and Flora Lichtman for Sweet Fern Productions, this video uses paper puppets to show how a dead whale ends up balancing out the ocean’s ecosystem with plenty of food for all marine life.

Permalink Comment (1) Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

Nature takes over the cubicle

This photo is from the installation called Natural Systems Domination by Tres Birds Workshop. I can’t seem to find a date for this installation (and I’m not sure if it’s still there) but it was installed somewhere in Downtown Denver, … Continue reading

Permalink Comment (0) Tags: , , , , , ,

The growth of newspapers across the US over 3 centuries

Stanford University dug into the Library of Congress’ “Chronicling America” project and put together this interactive visualization of over 140,000 American newspapers published over the last 3 centuries. Drag the slider around and see the burst of newspapers spread from … Continue reading

Permalink Comment (0) Tags: , , , , , ,

China’s empty city

Didn’t get enough of ghost town porn from that SBS Dateline report on China’s empty cities? Well, then you’ll want to watch the video above from Al Jazeera English about the same topic. I find that this video here explains … Continue reading

Permalink Comment (0) Tags: , , , , , , ,

More information on the Cuppy Cake Boy

Back in October of last year, I posted a video of a kid named Sammy who sang a song called The Cuppy Cake Song. I didn’t really know much about the video then and I didn’t know much about the … Continue reading

Permalink Comment (0) Tags: , , , , , , , , ,