Take a look at these new technologies that allow people to keep track and quantify every detail of their daily lives. It's a growing movement called “quantified self.” The personal data gathered is often health-related, but there are applications to…
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Image courtesy of joshuastevens.net The large, hairy, humanoid creature that supposedly lurks in the Pacific Northwest of Canada and the United States has been spotted. Apparently, it's been spotted more than 3,000 times. Using data compiled by the…
In other news Thursday, Egypt's interim president formally extended a national state of emergency for another two months, allowing for continued crackdown on Islamist pro-Morsi supporters. Also, more documents leaked by Edward Snowden reveal the NSA gives surveillance data containing…
The National Post has death on the brain. The Canadian newspaper posted a pair of beautifully illustrated data stories in July and August. In 'A Short History of U.S. Capital Punishment' the death penalty is broken down by…
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