Friction Force on a Car in a Turn - Wolfram Demonstrations Projects

If you haven't seen the Wolfram suite of mathematics and science sites, then you are missing out on the premiere resource math and science on the web.  The Wolfram Demonstrations Project site, for example, has over 6,000 visualizations to make many complex math and science concepts very accessible.

One example is the friction force on a car in a turn (pictured at left).  Others include human walking animation, an analysis of the frequency of character pairs (important for cryptologists among others), to geometric visualizations such as triacontahedron stellations.

Take a look - you will not be disappointed.

The Web is Dead

Wired magazine asserts that The Web is Dead in their September 2010 issue.  Instead of browsing the Web, Internet traffic is now focused on videos, games and specific apps.  This chart shows the rise and fall of Web Traffic (and email, FTP and other activities) as a percent of overall traffic on the Internet.

View the full chart in Wired Magazine

Pick Hindu to be Rich

This chart shows the wealth of followers of various religions in the United States by looking at the income brackets for adherents.  Hindus have the largest portion, by far, of those earning $75,000+ per year.

I like the way this chart is a modified bar chart to create the rainbow pattern instead of the normal rectangle.  The houses of worship at the bottom is another nice touch.  Having the overall US average in the middle is useful as well.  

Original chart may be found at the GOOD.is Web Site.

Baseball Games Getting Longer Over Time

Did you know that baseball games have gotten longer over time?  Since the 1970s baseball games have become over 20 minutes longer, on average.  This chart shows the length of all games from 1970 until 2009.  Interestingly, the red lines show the time when steroids are thought to have been most prevalent in baseball... which certainly correlates to the increased games times (I'll not speculate as to causation). Leave a comment about why you think baseball games are going longer.

Thanks to Revolutionanalytics.com for the chart.

Jobs Lost Under Bush and Obama

This interesting chart shows the number of jobs lost under Bush and Obama administrations. Many politicians, but few economists, would suggest a direct correlation between the change of administrations and the change in the jobs picture. But still, and interesting perspective. Chart from Business Insider.

Life Expectancy by Income Level

This Gapminder Chart shows a variety of factors in one chart:

• Life expectancy at birth
• GDP per person
• Continent (color coded)
• Country population (size of circle)

Of note: Zimbabwe is lowest in terms of both life expectancy and GDP per person. Neighboring South Africa is much richer, but the life expectancy is still very low.

Browser Wars

This extremely creative chart shows the rise and fall of Web browsers since 2002. Each browser is represented by a soldier, some of whom are still standing, and some who have fallen to the browser wars. Thanks to SimpleComplexity.com for the link.

This chart combines art with data by showing the data as a train of blood for fallen soldiers, or a waving flag for those still surviving. I also love how the shields show the browser logo on them.

Know of any other charts similar to this? If so leave a comment.