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Ruth & Alastair (a wife & husband team), along with 138 other hackers, took part in the GovHack 2012 event held in Canberra & Sydney. The aim was to create the best mashup of open Government data sets. Our team, Cranky Bot, worked on a physical visualisation project called "Climate Vis Jewellery". We got an honourable mention for "Best use of Bureau of Meteorology data sets (temperature and rainfall)" and won the "Best Data Visualisation" for Canberra. Thanks to all the Government agencies for opening up their data, the sponsors and for the GovHack organisers.
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GOVHACK
3 JUNE 2012
Climate vis jewellery
With deadly lasers!
@RuthEllison & @evildeeceFrom team @cranky_bot
@RuthEllison & @evildeece from team @cranky_bot
Husband and wife team
We love making & hacking things
Who are we?
@RuthEllison & @evildeece
How do we get people interested in science, particularly in the global context of climate change?
The problem...
@RuthEllison & @evildeece from team @cranky_bot
@RuthEllison & @evildeece from team @cranky_bot
The solution?
@RuthEllison & @evildeece
We performed an experiment to see how...
@RuthEllison & @evildeece from team @cranky_bot
@RuthEllison & @evildeece
Bureau of Meteorology - Temperature data
...BOM datasets react...
@RuthEllison & @evildeece from team @cranky_bot
@RuthEllison & @evildeece
When locked in a room with...
@RuthEllison & @evildeece from team @cranky_bot
Deadly Lasers
This Portal 2 screenshot is a copyrighted video game graphic. This screen shot is used under the fair use provision of United States copyright law.
@RuthEllison & @evildeece
What do you get?
@RuthEllison & @evildeece from team @cranky_bot
@RuthEllison & @evildeece
an intersection between art
and science
(Inspired by Mitchell Whitelaw)
Climate vis jewellery!
@RuthEllison & @evildeece from team @cranky_bot
@RuthEllison & @evildeece
Data sampled every 6 months with a 6 month rolling average
Outer ring = maximum temperature
Inner ring = minimum temperature
The data vis...
@RuthEllison & @evildeece from team @cranky_bot
@RuthEllison from @cranky_bot from team @cranky_bot
BOM dataset
SVG
Perl
@RuthEllison from @cranky_bot
@RuthEllison & @evildeece
Refine, refine, refine....
Find longer term datasets to show climate change trends
Find this on ThingiVerse http://www.thingiverse.com/
Upload your own datasets & create your own personalised jewellery!
Next steps...
@RuthEllison & @evildeece from team @cranky_bot
@RuthEllison & @evildeece from @cranky_bot
THANK YOU
:)
Thank you
www.crankybot.com – website coming soon