Archive for the ‘Travel & Culture’ Category

Friday math movie: Carlo Ratti Architecture that senses and responds

27 January 2012

data feedback
This video shows how we can improve our lives using sensing data.

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Biorhythm Graphs

16 January 2012

Biorhythm graphs are an interesting - but unscientific - application of sine curves
Biorhythm graphs are an interesting – but unscientific – application of sine curves.

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The murderous math teacher of S-21

7 November 2011

The murderous math teacher of S-21
In a chaotic situation, a math teacher begins a murderous rampage of torture.

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Singapore’s food vulnerability

16 October 2011

Food
Today is World Food Day. Here’s how one country plans to improve its precarious food situation.

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Friday math movie: Trial, error and the God complex

26 August 2011

Trial, error and the God complexHow can we cope with the 10 billion-odd bits of data that assault us every day? Tim Harford shows how we learn by trial and error.

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Singapore dollar – backed by gold

11 August 2011

Singapore dollar coin - backed by goldOnce debt starts to spiral out of control, there’s not much you can do. Here’s one country that is in a healthy position.

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Friday math movie: The Rice Show

5 August 2011

The Rice Show - representing populations using riceUsing the scale of one grain of rice to one person, The Rice Show represents population statistics in a way you’ve never seen before.

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Friday math movie: The surprising math of cities and corporations

29 July 2011

Math of CitiesThis video discusses some of the reasons – and solutions – for global warming. It’s all about scaling.

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Friday math movie: Bach Crab Canon

3 June 2011

Bach's Crab CanonHere’s a very neat way to illustrate Bach’s Crab Canon – using a Mobius strip.

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Friday math movie: Artfully visualizing our humanity

27 May 2011

Artfully visualizing our humanityThis video is a great treatment of math for multiple intelligences – visual, musical and interpersonal.

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