September 2011

Google Correlate is an interesting new experiment on Google Labs which allows you to draw a data series and get back results of search query trends which match your drawn pattern. As the diagram above shows, you use a pen tool to sketch out an interesting curve shape and then press the Correlate! button to […]

TwitterVision is a novel research project commissioned by UK laser eye surgery specialists Ultralase which aims to reveal the state of the nation’s eyesight using Twitter to plot people’s eye prescriptions. The application merges user-submitted prescription data from structured tweets with Ultralase’s own in-house data, in order to visualise the UK’s eyesight quality in an