A talented presenter, whose signature animated data visualisations have featured in dozens of film clips, the statistician used humour and often unlikely objects such as children's toys, cardboard boxes and teacups to liven up data on wealth, inequality and population.
Instead of static bar charts and histograms, Rosling, professor of global health at Sweden's Karolinska Institute, has used a combination of toy bricks, cardboard boxes, teacups and vibrant, animated data visualisations to breathe life into statistics on health, wealth and population.
In the years since his first TED talk (Stats that reshape your worldview), which thrust him into the spotlight in 2006 with millions of online views, Rosling's now signature combination of animated data graphics and theatrical presentations has featured in dozens of video clips, a BBC4 documentary on The Joy of Stats, and numerous international conferences and UN meetings.
On the blog this week, we looked at Cindy Sherman as an Original Creator, took flight with some animated data, and found out how you can charge your phone with your breath.
A multitude of tools have been developed that allow both still and animated data visualization [ 4, 5].
Moderated by CNN World Report Anchor Zain Verjee, the panel followed a presentation by Hans Rosling, Professor of Global Health at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, and Co-founder and 'Edutainer' of www.gapminder.org, who animated data to make the case that child survival is core to development.
Agents will often animate data, making it sing and dance on the screens.
Additionally, information about a person's location over time adds context, "animating" the data set, thus providing exponential value to the marketer when infused with intelligence in the form of pattern matching and basic AI.
4D2: An interactive tool for visualizing and animating 3D data (array, particle) on Silicon Graphics workstations.
In the Secure Shell Copy Series, Coleman gives digital body scans to real people and then animates the data he collects to mimic the creation of a digital self.
DSLR video narrative, animated visual explainers, data visualization design will all be explored and will serve as the primary areas of inquiry for this project-driven course.
