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How News Of Bin Laden’s Death Spread On Twitter

1:00AM May 8, 2011 | Kwame Opam

The fact that the death of Osama bin Laden rocked the Twitterverse is very much common knowledge. Here, though, is a visualisation showing just how far and fast the news spread in those first moments after the news leaked. More »

A Century Of Popular Science

1:20AM November 24, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

How has Popular Science changed since it was first published in the late 1800s? It got a whole lot more colourful, for one thing. Here’s 125 years of the magazine’s history captured in one massive 74 million square pixel image. More »

What Seven Years Of Source Code For Flickr.com Looks Like

5:40AM May 20, 2010 | Joel Johnson

newVideoPlayer( {"type":"video","player":"http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=11876335&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1","customParams":[] ,"width":570,"height":375,"ratio":0.75,"flashData":"","embedName":null,"objectId":null,"noEmbed":false,"source":"vimeo"} );

Using the version control visualisation tool Gource, Daniel “Waferbaby” Bogan shows what seven years of source code commits to Flickr.com looks like. I love watching what I presume are major new features spin out into orbit. More »

Clavilux 2000 Keyboard Makes Music Look As Beautiful As It Sounds

2:00AM March 7, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

Learning to play the piano has lingered on my to-do list for a long time. But seeing the Clavilux 2000 keyboard generate a spectacular light show in real time, I might have to make it a priority. More »

The Earth’s Satellites, Visualised By Nation

2:00PM January 31, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

As data visualisation has become more popular, bad infographics have started to crop up more and more frequently. Thankfully, we can always rely on Michael Paukner to make very, very good ones. Here he shows the satellites orbiting our planet. More »

Gaming

Points Of Attack

4:00AM November 28, 2009 | John Herrman

A friendly reminder, about the monsters. Though I do feel that crabs are being unnecessarily victimised here; the only crime they are guilty of is occasional deliciousness. [A Life Well Wasted via Geek Tyrant via io9] More »

Giant Wraparound Screen Shows Air Traffic In Real-Time

1:00AM June 25, 2009 | Adam Frucci

newVideoPlayer("/Airtraffic_gizmodo.flv", 506, 423,""); This installation shows all 16,000 of Lufthansa’s planes at once, all projected in 3D on a 180-degree, 46-foot-wide screen. And damn is it cool More »