In Stranger Visions the artist creates sculptures of human faces based on ge- netic material that she obtains from objects, such as chewing gum, cigarette butts, etc., that she collects from public places. The extraction of DNA from these samples allows her, via a computer program, to associate the genetic segments with certain physical traits, creating 3...

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The Bloomberg Billionaires index, which launched in 2012 and tracks the 300 richest people worldwide, saw a $524 billion increase in wealth during 2013 alone. Bloomberg has a dedicated team of billionaire hunters constantly upda- ting information on the world’s richest people. Since last December, the top 100 billionaires’ net worth has soared from $200...

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The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene performs unannounced sanitary inspections of every restaurant at least once per year. Violation points result in a letter grade, which can be explored in the map below, along with violation descriptions. The information on this map will be updated every two weeks. For menus and reviews by New York T...

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The interactive visualization shows the number of credit card transactions in Barcelona performed by locals and visitors during the MWC 2012. Name of piece: MWC Impact Author: CARTODB and BBVA Year: 2012 Credits: CARTODB and BBVA

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World Processor is a project, begun in 1988, that consists of a series of terrestrial globes that reflect graphically over 300 subjects, with information valid at the time they were created. The series is made up of over 1,000 pieces – some of them have broken – in which the earth globes appeared as a medium for art and journalism by showing, through re...

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