What would it be like if the US was in the EU? I don’t know how that would work out politically, but this map shows how it might look geographically (if the US was literally picked up and moved to Europe!) My buddy Rick Langston is a bit of a […]
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Let’s create a souped-up SAS map that can track Zika-carrying mosquitoes down to the county level, in the US! A few months ago, I wrote a blog post with a world map of documented locations of the Aedes mosquitoes that could carry the Zika virus. The world map showed a high concentration […]
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With recent advances in quadcopters, or drones, they have become pretty capable and fun flying machines. And just about anybody can afford the entry-level models. They’ve recently become prevalent enough that the government has started coming up with rules, and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) started requiring owners to register drones that […]
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Do you need help picking a summer vacation destination – one that’s not just great, but surreal? If so, this blog’s for you! It’s that time of the year again – I’ve got gobs of vacation time saved up, but I was drawing a blank on where to go… So I turned […]
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When I was a kid, I remember being fascinated by the first moon landing. I probably won’t ever get to explore the moon in person, but perhaps creating an interactive moon map is the next best thing! Before we get started, I wanted to share a couple of photos my co-worker […]
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Did you know you could drive 74 million cars using the wasted natural gas that is flared from oil wells and refineries? Learn more details in this blog post! Flaring (burning) is commonly used to dispose of natural gas produced at oil and gas facilities that lack the infrastructure to capture it […]
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The World Health Organization recently declared the Zika virus a global public health emergency. This virus is spread by certain mosquitoes, and therefore if we know where those mosquitoes are located, then we’ve got a pretty good idea of where the virus might spread. Before we get to the numbers, here […]
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The East Coast of the US got quite a snowstorm this past weekend, but did your area get enough snow to brag about? Let’s see what the data says… Before we get started, here are a couple pictures of the snow. The first one is from my driveway – we didn’t […]
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