Virtual Water

Do you want to know just how much water we use in everything we eat and do? Well, maybe not. But this site shows some very cool information graphics. You can see at a glance the amount of water for each product, country, etc.

www.traumkrieger.de/virtualwater/

The Obesity Epidemic

After reading Tufte's section on small multiples, I wanted to find more examples and ran across something pretty interesting. Below is a sample picture of an interactive visualization of the obesity trend in America, broken down by states. What's alarming is, to put it simply, Americans are getting fatter by the year. It's funny that although we're more health conscious these days, it doesn't seem to help the "obesity trend" (or rather crisis?) in the U.S.

www.visitmix.com

Trend Maps

I ran across some interesting maps. They're not your usual geographical maps.

Web Trend Map of 2008
Below is an online & paper-based map of the most influential & successful websites in 2008, pinned down to the greater Tokyo-area train map.
Check out the online clickable version at the link below!
[link: http://informationarchitects.jp/web-trend-map-2008-beta/]