“Flu Trend” by Meng (2014)
Flu Trend Data Visualization from Meng Shi on Vimeo.
“Flu Trend” is a physical data visualization of flu in different city of USA. Data from Google ORG.
In this one, I choose Pittsburgh and San Diego. The brightness of LED light indicate the serious of the flu. With the date display on screen, we can understand when is the most serious time and we should go to health centre to get a vaccine.
Because I get a bad cold recent days, I hope it can help people to take care in this season (During the visualization, from Nov-Jan is the most serious period every year). It could work as a advertisement of health care centre or hospital, to encourage people to get a vaccine when necessary.