Carlo Zapponi, a data visualization designer at Nokia, has created a pretty splendid visualization of the 1,042 meteorites that humans have witnessed hitting our planet since 861 AD. If you click the image above, you will see the visualization in full screen mode.
Scientists have discovered water that was sealed in Canadian bedrock for nearly half of Earth’s history. It may contain the descendants of ancient microbes. The discovery could give scientists new insights into early life on Earth and inform the search for life on other planets.
2013-05-16 - Astronaute de l’ASC Chris Hadfield - première conférence de presse depuis son retour sur Terre / 2013-05-16 - CSA Astronaut Chris Hadfield First News Conference Since Returning to Earth
Canadian pop Singer Emm Gryner has known astronaut Chris Hadfield for years, which made her a perfect collaborator on his cover of David Bowie’s “Space Oddity.” It doesn’t hurt that Gryner has worked with Bowie himself, as well.
Des élèves d’une école d’ingénieurs suisse qui forme des aiguilleurs du ciel ont réalisé ce film étonnant: C’est la visualisation de l’ensemble du trafic aérien dans le monde en 24H00 projetée sur une mappemonde et ramenée à 1 minute. ça vaut le coup.
Chaque point jaune représente un avion ; observez bien le passage de la nuit et ses conséquences sur les flux et appréciez les différences entre les continents…
Un véritable cours d’économie internationale !
Students from a school of Swiss engineers who form air traffic controllers have made this amazing movie: This is the view of all air traffic in the world in 24hrs projected on a globe and reduced to 1 minute. It’s worth seeing.
Each yellow dot represents an airplane. Observe the passage of night and its impact on the flow and enjoy the differences between continents …
A real course in international economy!
