GE’s Visualizing.org contest to visualize the 2010 US Census data has come to a close, and the lucky winner is Jan Willem Tulp with some truly beautiful visualizations like the one above.
Check out the images below, of winner Jan Willem Tulp’s visualization, “Ghost Counties,” which focuses on homeowner data from the Census to create an arresting perspective on the subprime mortgage crisis. Like the best data visualizations, they have an artistic beauty separate from any informational utility. To learn how the striking forms below illustrate housing data by county and by state, click here.
Hit their website for some more impressive graphics.
via Behold the Winning Entry in GE’s Visualizing.org Census Data Challenge | GE Reports.
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On GE’s website they’ve got a pretty interactive visualization, created with help from TEDMED, that charts various aspects of people’s health for individual states against the national averages.
The visualization above, created as part of GE’s sponsorship of TEDMED, allows you to take an in depth look at the relationship between risk factors and common conditions by state. You might be surprised by what you discover. Please take a look and share your insights.
Click on any of the circles for more detailed numbers and a reference of where that number came from.
via TEDMED visualizes health | GE Data Visualization.
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GE has created an interactive infographic tool that shows you the power consumption of various home appliances and allows you to enable/disable the various appliances to compute a rough estimate of your own power consumption.
In the United States, over 20% of our total energy consumption is residential. In fact, in the United States, we are the 7th largest per capita consumer of residential energy. Where is all of that energy going? Are you living with a “gas-guzzler”? Explore the application below to understand more about how we consume energy in our homes. Blue stars indicate ENERGY STAR models are available. Click on the green stars to find out how quickly an ENERGY STAR appliance can pay for itself.
A surprising amount of information in a small space, and kinda fun to play with. My favorite part is to select “What does 1 Kilowatt hour yield” at the top, and then see the number of loads washed, messages recorded, or pages printed of the various appliances. FYI: 1 Kilowatt Hour records 60,000 Answering Machine Messages, and operates a wireless router for 6 days.
via GE : Home Appliance Energy Use.
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While watching the Olympics the other night, I noticed a commercial from GE talking about their new pocket sized ultrasound. I can see how such a small device could be very useful in many clinical settings, but especially in third-world settings or by first responders to an emergency. For some reason, this device reminds me of the the Tricorder from the Original Star Trek. I am sure the GE version costs more than the $40 Amazon wants to charge, but it should be more useful as well. From the press release:
GE Healthcare today announced the availability of Vscan, a new, pocket-sized visualization tool developed to provide physicians with imaging capabilities at the point-of-care. Roughly the size of a smart phone, Vscan houses powerful, ultra-smart ultrasound technology that provides clinicians with an immediate, non-invasive method to help secure visual information about what is happening inside the body. Vscan is portable and can easily be taken from room to room to be used in many clinical, hospital or primary care settings.
via : GE Healthcare Introduces Vscan Pocket-Sized Visualization Tool for Point-of-Care Imaging
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