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Explore the asteroids (3D Simulation): http://www.asterank.com/3d/

This image shows how a basic mechanical system can produce both order and chaos. The dots are actually points on a plot: each point shows the angle (x-axis) and speed (y-axis) of an imaginary rotor (like a helicopter blade spinning without friction or air resistance) at a single moment in time. This map is the result of 1,000 imaginary trials: during each one, the blade begins at a different angle and velocity, and its trajectory is mapped every second for 100 seconds. As the process repeats, the plotted points begin to form an image composed, in some areas, of highly regular patterns, and, in others, of scattered, randomly arranged dots.

More: http://www.facebookstories.com/stories/2200/data-visualization-photo-sharing-explosions

The Mechanical Organism is a live visual music performance. It is made from interpretations of music that are modeled in 3d and animated to the rhythm. The music and animation are controlled live at the same time with a midi controller.

Of course, the number of digits in π is infinite, but over the years, as computers have become more powerful, we know many more of them than ever before. But it’s one thing to say that I can download trillions of digits of π and another to make some sort of sense out of all of these digits. Into this steps a team of researchers from Australia, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and Simon Fraser University with some elegant visualizations of π. In a recent paper, they used a classic method of visualizing large strings of numbers: the random walk.

More on "Pi": http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=pi

A simulation showing ground wave action as shock waves travel under the ocean, passing Catalina Island (in blue, upper right). View from underground level, looking south.

In this new RSA Animate, Manuel Lima, senior UX design lead at Microsoft Bing, explores the power of network visualisation to help navigate our complex modern world. Taken from a lecture given by Manuel Lima as part of the RSA's free public events programme.

Via: http://www.scoop.it/t/newmediainschool/p/1832595210/manuel-lima-visualizes-knowledge-in-our-interconnected-world-in-a-brand-new-rsa-animated-video

Exo is a visualization tool for exploring the nearly 2,300 exoplanet candidates that have been so far identified by NASA's Kepler mission.

http://www.fastcodesign.com/1669702/explore-the-galaxy-using-the-actual-minority-report-interface

Articles about EXOPLANETS: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=exoplanets

More: http://www.facebookstories.com/stories/2200/data-visualization-photo-sharing-explosions

This is a series of videos that visualizes a single piece of content being shared between hundreds of thousands of individuals on Facebook. We've tried to capture the frenetic energy surrounding three of the most shared images. Each visualization is made up of a series of branches starting from a single person. As the branch grows, re-shares split off on their own arcs, sometimes spawning a new generation of re-shares, sometimes exploding in a short-lived burst of activity. The two different colors show gender, and each successive generation becomes more and more white as time goes by.

‘Insect traps’ explores the digital nature of organic molecules and biological organisms. Virtual insects are injected in closed simulated environments where they fight for their lives against larger than life biomolecular structures.

This video illustrates the creation of memory threads. A simulated P2P network is generated where each peer contains digital memories.

Medicine has been revolutionised by 3D imaging techniques. But you ain't seen nothing yet, say data imaging researchers

The point is to show how advances in imaging and data visualization technologies enable inter-disciplinary research which just a decade ago would have been impossible to conduct. There is also a somewhat artistic quality to these images, which reinforces the notion of data visualization being both art and science.

CONNECTOME: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=connectome