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3D Printer, New Inventions, People Making a Difference, Science & Technology News

3D printed maps will enable the blind to navigate their city

October 29, 2014

3D printed map.

While modern technology has benefited most of us by turning the things we consume from physical object into pixels on a screen, those with sight difficulties don’t get along well with visual stimuli or touchscreen devices. We have seen Yahoo! Japan develop Hands On Search, a project that lets blind kids carry out web searches with 3D printed results. Now the country’s governmental department GSI is creating software that will enable those with visual impairments to print out 3D versions of online maps.

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Analysis, Great Videos, Science & Technology News

Gravity map exposes mysteries of the deep oceans

October 10, 2014

The gravity model of the North Atlantic ocean basin reveals tectonic history in sharp detail.

It’s like someone pulled a plug in the oceans and drained them away as a sea-floor map has exposed thousands of never-before-seen underwater mountains and ridges. The map was generated by the highest-resolution gravity model ever made for the oceans and will guide deep-sea research for years to come. (Video)

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Analysis, facebook, Latest Trend, sports

Here’s what the geography of NFL fandom looks like

September 9, 2014

A map of Facebook fans of NFL teams across the United States

In the first regular season NFL football game of the season last week, the Seattle Seahawks crushed the Green Bay Packers. One way of looking at that: The 46 players wearing Seattle Seahawks uniforms had a higher score than the 46 players in Green Bay Packers uniforms, in a nationally televised game of American football.

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Analysis, Globalism, Latest Trend

Top 7 facts about world migration

September 8, 2014

Humans have been migrating around the planet in great numbers since they first left Africa 60,000 years ago. The advent of international borders certainly did not stop global migration. Although the percentage of the world’s people living outside of their birth countries has remained steady in recent decades, the world’s increasing population means that the sheer number of international migrants has never been higher.

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Analysis, Globalism, Internet, Science & Technology News

A map of all the pinged devices on the internet

September 4, 2014

Here’s a map where all devices on the internet are located.

The Internet consists of a vast series of tubes, computers, and devices networked together sharing the same information. But where are all those pieces of hardware located?

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Analysis, Latest Trend, Money Talk

Map shows the wealthiest person in each state

August 7, 2014

The real estate blog Movoto shows the net worth of the richest resident in each U.S. state on this interactive map. Darker shades of blue reflect those at the richest end of the wealth spectrum, while darker shades of red reflect those at the lower end. As you can see in the map, there’s a wide gulf between the fortunes of America’s richest.

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Analysis, Business, Latest Trend

The largest companies by revenue in every state: Map

June 24, 2014

The map above shows the largest company by revenue in every state in the U.S. The map drew information from Hoover’s, a Dun & Bradstreet company, database of company profiles. It was created by Mike Simmons in collaboration with Broadview Networks. The site updates information based on figures available from the most recent fiscal year.

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Analysis, Culture

Most commonly spoken language other than English or Spanish in each state

May 16, 2014

This map comes from Ben Blatt of Slate who has created a map that shows the most commonly spoken language in each state in the U.S. besides English and Spanish.

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Alternative Transportation, Globalism, Great Videos, Science & Technology News

Map reveals how the entire world could be connected using a global underground network

April 16, 2014

Web developer Chris Gray came up with his idea for a global Underground map when he was visiting Australia.

What if you could board a train in Madras, India and travel to Boston without changing trains? One man has imagined the world as a giant London Underground map where people can travel freely between countries and traverse vast bodies of water from the comfort of their seat while vehicles speed through vast tunnels.

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Analysis, Science & Technology News, Weather

Map: How much snow does it typically take to cancel school in the U.S.?

February 3, 2014

A map was created by Redditor atrubetskoy that shows how much snow, on average, it takes to cancel school across the United States. Atrubetskoy also shared a few helpful facts about the map’s limitations and inaccuracies on reddit:

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Analysis, Great Videos, New Inventions, Science & Technology News

Top 13 amazing tech inventions you might have missed in 2013

January 2, 2014

In 2013, the tech world gave us plenty talk about. We can build smarter robots. We can 3D-print pretty much anything. Tablet wars are still going strong, Snapchat is still a thing, and now we can binge-watch our favorite TV shows in more ways than ever before. (Videos)

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Analysis, Business

The most famous brands from each state

June 27, 2013

What famous brand comes to mind when you think of California? Is it Apple? Facebook? Google? Or some movie studio? What about Texas? New York? Florida? These are the most famous brands of each state. The Corporate States of America, if you will.

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