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From Beautiful Maps to Actionable Insights: kepler.gl, Uber’s Open Source Geospatial Toolbox kepler.gl is a data-agnostic, high-performance web-based application for visual exploration of large-scale geolocation data sets. Built on top of deck.gl, kepler.gl can render millions of points representing thousands of trips and perform spatial aggregations on the fly. The most expensive city in the world…

Freespace: architects rethink space and the city – in pictures Freespace is the theme of this year’s Venice architectural biennale, which runs from 26 May to 25 November 2018. The exhibition showcases work from some of the world’s most exciting architects – here’s a selection of the most eye-catching and intriguing urban explorations at this…

How Centuries of Protest Shaped New York City A new book traces the “citymaking process” of riots and rebellions since the era of Dutch colonization to the present. Growing the Data Visualization Community with deck.gl v5 deck.gl is a WebGL-powered framework for visual exploratory data analysis of large datasets. Mike Meru Has $1 Million in…

Richard Feynman and Quantum Computing Everyone in the quantum computing world is keen to make it clear that the machines are not a replacement for the classic computer, but are specialists, likely always to be an add-on to existing machines and data farms. RECORD-BREAKING DEEP DIVE MADE POSSIBLE BY 3D PRINTING Russian para-athlete, Dmitry Pavlenko…

Best global cities for mobility services revealed Global management consultancy Arthur D. Little has unveiled the findings of its major global study into mobility, with a warning that much more work needs to be done worldwide to improve urban transport networks. These are the 10 best U.S. cities for urban parks The ParkScore index measures…

Why are there so many Russians in crypto? Russian programmers have an outsize presence in the world of virtual assets. In particular, they are deeply involved in markets for initial coin offerings (ICOs), which allow firms to raise money in exchange for digital tokens. Which global cities have the strongest connections to China? China’s ‘next…

How to Turn Your Mom’s Savings Into $1 Billion? Ask This Guy Yang combined his Google money with his mom’s, and with less than $1 million in seed capital he moved from California to Shenzhen, to sells products ranging from smartphone chargers to portable power banks on Amazon.com. Scientists develop tiny tooth-mounted sensors that can track…

Chinese School Uses Facial Recognition Technology to Make Students Pay Attention China will start to use facial recognition software to check if primary school students are paying attention in class. Mapping The Hidden Geography Of Language Through The News The immense power of cloud computing makes it possible today to translate 126 billion words into…

Ancient Rome’s Collapse Is Written Into Arctic Ice Scientists can finally track the civilization’s economic booms and recessions—thanks to the exhaust of its massive coin-making operation, preserved for centuries in Greenland’s ice sheet. A floating Pacific island is in the works with its own government, cryptocurrency and 300 houses The project is a pilot program in…

TECH ADDICTION AND THE BUSINESS OF MINDFULNESS Kindred is an entrepreneur. She started Mindful Technology, a business consultancy offering executive education and workshops, to appeal to people and businesses who find meditation and mindfulness to be too precious and twee. Jugs of coffee, lots of Advil, and no sleep for 4 days: A startup founder…