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November 29th 2010

A taxonomy of apocalyptic scenarios

Is your eschatological crisis world-ending or simply civilization-ending? This handy chart by Jamais Cascio and Ariana Osborne breaks down real doomsday situations in an easy-to-follow graphic. It’s available at Cafe Press. [Via Open The Future]

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Nov 29

October 23rd 2010

The biggest asteroids to pass by Earth, presented as an infographic

Designer Zachary Vabolis has catalogued 17 asteroids over 1000 meters that have skimmed by Earth or will in the near future. Who’s coming by next? The 32,000-meter 1036 Ganymed, which whizzes by on October 13, 2011. You can see the full chart on Power of Visualization. [Zachary Vabolis via Popular Science]

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Oct 23

September 22nd 2010

A cybernetic cross-section of Robocop (and his pal ED-209)

These illustrations of Robocop are from a Japanese magazine that detailed the inner workings of Detroit’s finest cybernetic police officer. They even showcased the schematics of the former Alex Murphy’s robotic nemesis ED-209! Ogle the heavy metal. [Robocop Database via Rampaged Reality]

Movies Cyriaque Lamar Sep 22

August 21st 2010

When did the best summer movies in history come out?

2010 was a hideous summer for movies. This got us wondering: When did the truly great summer movies come out? So we did some research – and created a chart that will make you weep with joy. We went back sixty years, and pored over all the great summer movies, plotting out on a calendar…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar Aug 21

All the time-traveling from Doctor Who in one handy chart

The Guardian previously created a visualization of all the Doctor’s nemeses, complete with their nefarious motivations. Now, David McCandless of Information is Beautiful has teamed up with the paper to create this crowd-sourced dataset detailing all the Doctor’s time-traveling escapades. https://gizmodo.com/every-bad-guy-from-doctor-who-conveniently-presented-a-5590807 They’re still ironing out some wrinkles and amending some minutiae, but it’s neat to…

Television Cyriaque Lamar Aug 21

July 19th 2010

Every bad guy from Doctor Who, conveniently presented as an infographic

Need to know how many Doctor Who episodes the Yeti appeared in? The Guardian has created a comprehensive, interactive infographic detailing all the show’s villain from the obvious (the Daleks) to the more obscure (the Celestial Toymaker!). In addition to the infographic by xxnapoleonsolo , The Guardian has put together a handy spreadsheet cataloging villains’…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Jul 19

May 11th 2010

How Much Oil Will Be Wasted In The Deepwater Spill?

The Deepwater Horizon oil leak is still spewing crude into the Gulf of Mexico, but just how much oil is being wasted daily? This infographic breaks down the disaster with absolutely depressing lucidity. [David McCandless via Information Is Beautiful]

io9 Cyriaque Lamar May 11

May 8th 2010

Fritz Kahn’s Cybernetic Body Art Is Like Terminator Circa 1920

Berlin gynecologist Dr. Fritz Kahn (1888-1968) was a titan of anatomical illustration thanks to his imaginative portrayals of the human body as a living factory. Pop on some Kraftwerk, because here come the man-machines! Here’s his bio from Fritz-Kahn.com In the 1920s, his magnum opus, “Das Leben des Menschen” (The Life of Man) – a…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar May 8

March 4th 2008

The Science vs. Scientology Timeline

Science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard’s most notorious space opera is the religion of Scientology, which is packed with aliens and space battles and waves of invaders to our solar system. Hubbard even referred to the cosmological timeline behind Scientology as “the space opera,” and for good reason. It reads like a pretty damn trippy…

io9 Annalee Newitz Mar 4

February 28th 2008

Why All Female Superheroes Look the Same

This chart compares the body mass index (BMI) of superheroes in Marvel comics with those of typical American women and men. Researchers Karen Healey and Terry Johnson used physical stats from Marvel’s Web site to show that the vast majority of female superheroes are underweight, though the males are mostly normal. Just to remind you,…

io9 Annalee Newitz Feb 28

January 2nd 2008

Doctor Who: Revolutionary Or Tool Of The Man?

Why didn’t the Doctor do anything to fix the oppressive alien society he met in the Doctor Who Christmas special? Because most of the time, the Doctor only tries to preserve the status quo. But occasionally he visits a dystopia where he launches a revolution and smashes the system. Click through for our chart showing…

io9 Charliejane Jan 2

December 17th 2007

Which of Your Toys Will Suck Most Next Year?

Good magazine has whipped up an amazing chart that shows how much energy your electronic toys will suck up next year — even when they’re turned off. Most electronics stay in standby mode when turned off, maintaining a clock in a microwave, say, or a timer in your DVR that tells it when to turn…

io9 Annalee Newitz Dec 17

December 12th 2007

Death Pie for “I Am Legend”

At one point during I Am Legend, hitting theaters this Friday, Robert Neville (Will Smith) recounts how many people were decimated by the evil virus. Based on the numbers he gave, we’ve made you a helpful pie chart to sort it all out. Click to enlarge.

io9 Annalee Newitz Dec 12

June 12th 2006

By the Numbers: 2006 FIFA World Cup

It takes a lot of broadcasting gear to put together the 2006 FIFA World Cup, and we like to count it all up for your extreme gadget-porn entertainment. We gave you the 2006 Super Bowl by the numbers, and many of our dearest readers outside the United States didn’t give a rat’s ass. So in…

Gadgets Charlie White Jun 12

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