infographics – Jonathan Frei

How speakers work

Jonathan Frei — Wed, 10 Dec 2014 20:29:26 +0000

Jacob O’Neal makes animated infographics on his site, Animagraffs, that show how things work. A recent one that caught my attention shows how loud speakers work.

Below is an example of part of the Animagraffs on speakers, but you need to see the full sequence to appreciate how he breaks down the complex technical processes into a visual learning experience.

There are only about ten of these Animagraffs on the site, which isn’t surprising because of how much research and work they take to produce. Other interesting ones are about how a car engine works, what happens inside a jet engine, how to Moonwalk (the dance not the space activity), and the biology of tarantulas (not for the faint of heart).

Population.io

Jonathan Frei — Tue, 09 Dec 2014 02:25:23 +0000

Well, this is depressing. I used to think I was one of the young ones, but it turn out I’m older than 51% of the world’s population, according to data from Population.io. I still have a ways to go before I’m older than half the people in the United States, and I live in Florida, so I’ve got that going for me too.

Population.io is a data visualization project that takes demographic and population data from a variety of sources to present personalized graphs. Here’s how the project’s creators describe it.

Population.io aims to make demography – the study of human populations – accessible to a wider audience. We believe that demographic data can play an important role in understanding the social and economic developments of our time. Our hope is that people from all walks of life, in all ages and across all countries will explore a new perspective of their own life and find their own place in the world of today and tomorrow.

Here are a couple of other interesting factoids I learned about my age in relation to the global population:

On May 24, 2017, I’ll be the 4 billionth person on the planet
I’m older than 40% of the US population
I share a birthday with 319, 574 other people (13,315 of whom were born during the same hour)
My estimated death day is August 2, 2067 (That date is marked in my calendar thanks to the site’s handy iCal download–morbid I know)

It seems I still have many years ahead of me–52.7 years–based on the average life expectancy of men in the US.

You can enter your birthday along with some other basic information into Population.io to find out where you fit age-wise into the global family.

Why I bike to work

Jonathan Frei — Fri, 06 Dec 2013 18:16:17 +0000

One of the reasons I bike to work is so I don’t have to use as much gas as the rest of the country.

Sitting in traffic is an expensive activity.

The future according to films

Jonathan Frei — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 14:17:00 +0000

The future according to films

For years, film makes have speculated on what the future will be like and using their dystopian visions as the premises for their movies. This infographic collects the visions of their worlds.