MIT Media Lab site lets anyone visualize government data

New MIT Media Lab Tool Lets Anyone Visualize Unwieldy Government Data fastcodesign.com Innovation By Design DataViva, a project developed in part by Media Lab professor César Hidalgo, aims to make a wide swath of government economic data usable with a series of visualization apps. In the four years since the U.S. gov­ern­ment… http://flip.it/E0nsK Related articles … Continue reading MIT Media Lab site lets anyone visualize government data

The Government Open-Data Program

The Government Open-Data Program At The Root Of Energy-Efficiency Startups BY BEN SCHILLER, fastcoexist.com The Green Button program has forced utilities to standardize the way they present their energy use numbers to their customers. In turn, that data has caused an explosion of apps and services to help you save energy—and money. It’s only a… … Continue reading The Government Open-Data Program

Energy Datapalooza: Open Data Power Meets Energy Future

Energy Datapalooza: Open Data Power Meets Energy Future U.S. Department of Energy, earthtechling.com Edi­tor’s Note: Earth­Tech­ling is proud to repost this arti­cle cour­tesy of the U.S. Depart­ment of Ener­gy. Imag­ine it is a scorch­ing hot sum­mer day, and your smart phone beeps, ask­ing if you’d like it to raise your home ther­mo­st… http://flpbd.it/5ps28 Related articles … Continue reading Energy Datapalooza: Open Data Power Meets Energy Future