Uruguay faces a significant issue with its youth. Almost half of young adults in the country have not finished their compulsory education. This is a big problem. Yet, there is a unique way to tackle this issue. It involves combining numbers and stories. This approach is called data visualization. It uses charts, graphs, and other visuals to present information. But t...
The goal was to figure out what makes a medication adherence dashboard truly useful. This meant finding out what patients, their caregivers, and healthcare providers actually need. To do this, a four-part study was carried out. The first part involved showing existing dashboards to these groups and getting their thoughts. This helped figure out what they liked and di...
Imagine staring at a wall of numbers and words. Not fun, right? Now, think about seeing the same info with cool pictures and smooth animations. That's the magic of visual storytelling. Visuals do more than just look good. They help us grasp and remember information better. But most data-heavy documents stick to plain text. They miss out on a chance to tell a compell...
As typhoon Chanthu wreaked havoc on East Asia in 2021, meteorologists and government leaders scrambled to figure out what was coming next. The future of improving such predictions may lie with digital twins – virtual replicas of the Earth that can simulate extreme weather events, helping us make safer decisions about evacuation, infrastructure, and more. But what exa...
Why should you choose the Oura Ring over the Apple Watch Series 10? The answer lies in its revolutionary design, which prioritizes health tracking above all else. Unlike the Apple Watch, the Oura Ring is not a jack-of-all-trades device but a master of one – providing a comprehensive view of your health data like no other. The Oura Ring's user-friendly app is the ke...
Imagine a world where police officers can access real-time crime data, monitor surveillance feeds, and deploy officers to a location all from the comfort of their own virtual reality headset. The Orange County Sheriff's Department has started piloting the VR headsets to create a virtual version of its crime centers, where cops can monitor surveillance data in real-t...