Collaborate Disseminate
Keeping tabs on the night sky is an enjoyable way to stay connected to the stars, and astronomy can be accessible to most people with a low entry point for …read more Continue reading Keep Tabs on Asteroids With Asteroid Atlas
Is your love of public transportation matched only by your passion for designing custom PCBs? If so, then you’re going to love these phenomenal transit maps created by [Chai Jia …read more Continue reading PCB Metro Maps Are a Gorgeous Labor Of Love
There’s plenty to love about antiques, from cars, furniture, to art. While it might be a little bit of survivorship bias, it’s easy to appreciate these older things for superior …read more Continue reading Antique Map of Paris With Modern Tech
While most PCBs stick to tried-and-true methods of passing electrons through their layers of carefully-etched copper, modern construction methods allow for a large degree of customization of most aspects of these boards. From solder mask to number of layers, and …read more
Most maps and educational materials for teaching geography are highly visual in nature. For those with a visual impairment, it can make learning more difficult when suitable resources are not available. After visiting a boarding school in Moscow, [Sergei] set out to build an interactive map to teach students geography …read more
Continue reading 3D Printing Interactive Maps For The Visually Impaired
This is the result of a 20-year collaboration of several hundred scientists from around 30 different institutions worldwide. Continue reading Astrophysicists Have Made the Largest-Ever 3D Map of the Universe
A bathymetric map is one concerning the floor or bottom of a body of water. It’s the wet equivalent of a topographical map. Combine this with humanity’s inherent taste in seaside real estate, and they can be quite attractive when done correctly. We’d say this effort from [pubultrastar] hits the …read more
Continue reading Bathymetric Map Uses Edge Lighting To Stunning Effect
Have you ever taken a look at all the information that Google has collected about you over all these years? That is, of course, assuming you have a Google account, but that’s quite a given if you own an Android device and have privacy concerns overruled by convenience. And considering …read more
Continue reading The Heat Of The Moments – Location Visualization In Python
For quite a long while now, latitude and longitude has been the way humankind has navigated the globe. This is a perfectly workable system, but it’s a little overwrought for daily use by the layperson. What3Words seeks to provide a simpler solution.
The system is based on splitting the surface …read more
Maps can be a great way to get a message across when the data you’re dealing with affects people on a country’s population scale. [jwolin] works for a non-profit organization, and wanted a way to help people visualize the extent of their operations and the causes they deal with. To …read more
Continue reading Smart Map Puts on a Show Thanks To Arduinos and DMX