“Mapkins”

A clever use of Open Street Maps data to make custom fleece blankets – or “Mapkins” – of an area that means something to you.

Via Laughing Squid

livehoods

A very cool project from the smart people at Carnegie Mellon University to map (and remap.. and remap) Livehoods..  Neighborhoods that emerge in the moment, based on check-in and social graph data.

Contributed by: Ralph Paone

The way the wind blows

A beautiful visualization of surface wind patterns over the U.S.: http://hint.fm/wind/

A Day Made of Glass Part 2

Corning released a follow up to their ‘A Day Made of Glass’, demoing the future of touchscreen technology.

Here’s Part 1 with 17.5 million views as of this posting:

Fühl-o-meter – Public Face

Fühl-o-meter assesses the sentiment of peoples faces’ and projects the ambient mood of the city through a smiley face atop a tower.

via laughing squid

Bounce Rate Infographic

Infographic from Kiss Metrics explaining what a bounce rate is:

Augmented City

Keiichi Matsuda imagines what it would be like when digital layers of information converge with the physical environment – no device required. (Best viewed in 3D if you have 3D glasses handy)

Biggest Websites Showdown

More stats, now to satisfy your curiosity about the visitors heading to some of the biggest websites out there.

http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/website-showdown-twitter-infographic_b11727#more-11727

Contributed by Scott Shue

Mobile Payments

We’ve been talking about the future of this a lot lately, and here’s a nice little infographic that sums up mobile payment growth and the overall landscape.

Mostly correct but American Express’ Serve supports Visa, Mastercard, Discover, and debit cards.

https://www.gplus.com/Mobile-Payments/Article/INFOGRAPHIC-Goodbye-Wallets-How-Mobile-Payments

Contributed by Collin Whitehead

Socialnomics Stats Video

Kinetic type video of social media stats from Erik Qualman’s Socialnomics v3 book.