Design costs (classic!)

Most of the world’s solar panels are fixed in one position. But what if they tracked the movement of the sun? http://beautifulne.ws/1343 #bnews

Created this concept map of the left vs right political spectrum 15 years ago Still relevant?(note: this is the US version, the only country where the left = blue)Full size: https://bit.ly/LvRUSAPoster: https://bit.ly/LvRU-PosterNon-USA ‘world’ version (where left=red)https://bit.ly/LvRWorld

@gunchleoc @infobeautiful I mean, I wasn't actually around in 1901 But yes, point taken! And perhaps the recipe in the 1970s wasn't that different.Sweeter, or my taste buds? I expect it's a bit of both. Hard to notice changes in one's own perception and/or physiology as they happen so slowly.

NEW DATE: Join me for another London Information is Beautiful LIVE show Mon 25th Nov. I'll be hosting a rare night of ‘performance journalism’ - full of graphics, numbers, knowledge and jokes https://geni.us/IIBLive

Another reasons to tut at the Mercator Map projection - how a circle with a radius of 5,000km, centred on Paris, looks according the the Mercator projection