Orbs of Approximate Data

In an increasingly data driven world, to be informed is to manage and understand the streams of data around us. But the growning amount of data at our fingertips can be as distracting as it is powerful. I created these glowing Orbs to provide a sense of the overall trends without immersing me in a crippling blow by blow of the data. More often than not, that's all I need.

Appeared in PopSci June 2010
Build Instructions are on GitHub

Project: Vin Marshall
Photo: Vin Marshall