Gapminder Through the Eyes of Inventor, Hans Rosling 
 

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Play with Gapminder Trendalyzer World Data 2007

Google has recently purchased Gapminder with plans to improve it. They also announced plans to offer Gapminder software to be downloaded for free.

Play with the Google beta version of Gapminder and with some of the same data Hans presented at TED.

Learn more about TED (Technology, Education, Design)

 

 As a laptop school, we are constantly challenged to examine and justify the integration of technology, its purpose and outcomes in promoting learning that would not be possible without technology. We are thrilled when we find new innovations which obviously enhance our understanding of the world.

TED is an annual conference which attracts leaders in Technology, Education and Design; people with inspiring visions of the future and intriguing interpretations of the present and past to attend. www.TED.com is a site which shares TED talks, video clips of the speakers invited to share their insights with TED attendees. Enjoy this journey with Hans Rosling and experience how his invention, Trendalyzer, helps shed new understanding of world population and economic distribution.

About the Video

You’ve never seen data presented like this. With the drama and urgency of a sportscaster, Hans Rosling debunks myths about the so-called “developing world” using extraordinary animation software developed by his Gapminder Foundation. The Trendalyzer software (recently acquired by Google) turns complex global trends into lively animations, making decades of data pop. Asian countries, as colorful bubbles, float across the grid -- toward better national health and wealth. Animated bell curves representing national income distribution squish and flatten. In Rosling’s hands, global trends — life expectancy, child mortality, poverty rates — become clear, intuitive and even playful.

Text and video ripped from: http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/92

 
 
 
     

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