MIT’s Data USA
MIT Media Lab, in partnership with Deloitte and the data visualization startup Datawheel, earlier this year created one of the most extensive tools ever conceived of for mining and visualizing US government open data. Data USA plumbs the depths of data sources like the US census, the National Center for Education Statistics and the Bureau of Labor Statistics to reveal macro trends in US demographics. All these datasets have been open to the public for years, but trying to mine it all for insights can be panic-inducing for people without a higher degree in data science. Data USA doesn’t just find the trends, it presents them beautifully.
MIT Media Lab, in partnership with Deloitte and the data visualization startup Datawheel, earlier this year created one of the most extensive tools ever conceived of for mining and visualizing US government open data. Data USA plumbs the depths of data sources like the US census, the National Center for Education Statistics and the Bureau of Labor Statistics to reveal macro trends in US demographics. All these datasets have been open to the public for years, but trying to mine it all for insights can be panic-inducing for people without a higher degree in data science. Data USA doesn’t just find the trends, it presents them beautifully.
