news via your sweater: “

news knitter is a data visualization project created by ebru kurbak and mahir m. yavuz. the project sees information
gathered from the daily political news transformed into clothing. live news from the internet that is broadcast within
a particular period is analyzed, filtered and converted into a unique visual pattern for a knitted sweater.

1. gathering periodic news,� 2.data analysis and pattern generation,� 3.knitting procedure,� 4.a news knitter sweater

the system is made up of of two different types of software,� one receives the content from live feeds and other
changes it into visual patterns, then a fully computerized flat knitting machine produces the final output.

every sweater produced by news knitter is the result of a specific day or period.

news knitter will be presented at the seamless fashion show in boston at this end of the month.
more info and images here

via networked performance | rhizome
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(Via http://www.designboom.com/weblog/rss.php.)

Google new chart API

a new API from Google that generates information charts in a dynamic way. its usage is quite straightforward: you link to an image in the form of a parameterized URL, such as http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=
p3&chd=t:90,49&chs=400×200&chl=data|bling.

“cht=p3″ is the chart type, in this case, a pie chart.

“chd=t:90,49″ are the chart values, text-encoded, and separated by a comma.

“chs=400×200″ is the custom chart size, 400 by 200 pixels.

“chl=Data|Bling” are the different labels for the pie chart sections, separated via the pipe character.

chart types include: line charts, bar charts, pie charts, Venn diagrams & scatterplots.

[link: google.com|via blogoscoped.com]

(Via information aesthetics.)

The Greenwich Emotion Map

The end of March sees the final launch of The Greenwich Emotion Map, an offshoot of Christopher Nold’s Bio Mapping project. The map, which has been in production for over two years, has involved workshops providing the public with devices to measure emotional responses as they explore and experience their environment. The Emotion Map is also the inaugural commission of Peninsula Projects, a program that endeavors to engage the Greenwich Peninsula community through the use of digital technology. Via NODE.London .

(Via Glowlab.)

[tags]mapping, emotion, city, gps, geotagging, intuitive, device, mobile, data, body, biology[/tags]