information aesthetics.
an online application to view real-time top news stories by location on a 3D globe.
like nothing happened recently...?
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see also Etsy geo-locator & IBM world listening habits & live stats on a globe & blogosphere globe & data globe.
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good idea with poor data so far. only three location in the USA have news events today? :)
This globe application from Discovery is much cooler:
http://dsc.discovery.com/guides/discovery-earth-live/discovery-earth-live.html
Reminds me of the News Channel on the Wii:
http://krisabel.ctv.ca/Video%20Games/wiinews2.jpg
Though not as good looking, nor nearly as fun!