Archive for October 29th, 2009

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

Interactive cell size visualization

The University of Utah’s Genetic Science Learning Center has cell size visualization is reminiscent of the classic Powers of Ten video. It helps the user to compare the size of various types of cells (along with a few larger common objects). A slider adds interactivity, allowing the user to manipulate the scale. Link via Kottke.

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Thursday, October 29th, 2009

Colors of geotagged Flickr photos

The Flickr as a Paintbrush post explains how geotagged pictures on Flickr were used to create a map of the predominant colors in a geographic bounding box. The process looks pretty easy, although a bunch of photos have to be downloaded (small sizes should be fine for this, though). I’m thinking of making one of [...]

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