2014 – TiltWatch: Physical Tilt Indicator For Shipping Goods

This ShockWatch tilt indicator can be attached to packages which must remain upright during transportation. If the packet is tilted to either side, the little balls move into the next chamber. The recipient can then later check the degree of tilting the packet experienced during transportation. The upper row indicates tilting to the left, the lower to the right. The ball in the round indicator moves in to the outer torus when the packet is turned over 180°. Source: ShockWatch, TiltWatch Plus […]

This ShockWatch tilt indicator can be attached to packages which must remain upright during transportation. If the packet is tilted to either side, the little balls move into the next chamber. The recipient can then later check the degree of tilting the packet experienced during transportation. The upper row indicates tilting to the left, the lower to the right. The ball in the round indicator moves in to the outer torus when the packet is turned over 180°. Source: ShockWatch, TiltWatch Plus (company website)

Added by: Yvonne Jansen, sent by: Maarten Lambrechts. Category: Measuring instrument Tags: tilt indicator

2015 – Touching Air: Necklace Shows Air Pollution

This necklace made by Stefanie Posavec and Miriam Quick shows one week of air quality data measured in the city of Sheffield. Each segment is a period of 6 hours, and its appearance conveys the concentration of particulate matter during that period of time. A low concentration yields a small, round, green segment. A high concentration yields a large, spiky, red segment. Sources: Stefanie Posavec (2015) Air Transformed: Better with Data Society Commission. Photos by Stefanie Posavec. Related: […]

This necklace made by Stefanie Posavec and Miriam Quick shows one week of air quality data measured in the city of Sheffield. Each segment is a period of 6 hours, and its appearance conveys the concentration of particulate matter during that period of time. A low concentration yields a small, round, green segment. A high concentration yields a large, spiky, red segment. Sources: Stefanie Posavec (2015) Air Transformed: Better with Data Society Commission. Photos by Stefanie Posavec. Related: Also see our entry 2014 - Data Clothing: Dresses Show Air Pollution.

Added by: Pierre Dragicevic, sent by: Maarten Lambrechts & Fanny Chevalier. Category: Passive physical visualization Tags: air pollution, air quality, data jewellery, data sculpture, digital fabrication

2019 – Tattoo Biosensors

Tattoos that Change Color When Reacting With Glucose Levels: minimally invasive, injectable dermal biosensors were developed for measuring pH, glucose, and albumin concentrations. Sources: Biotech (2019) Twitter post. Yetisen et al (2019) Dermal Tattoo Biosensors for Colorimetric Metabolite Detection.

Added by: Pierre Dragicevic, sent by: Maarten Lambrechts. Category: Passive physical visualization Tags: indexical, medical, skin, tattoo

2021 – Phylogenetic Tree with Real Plants

There’s a fantastic plant phylogenetic tree display at the Geneva Botanical Garden with live examples growing at the tips of the evolutionary branches. This display was part of an exhibition open from 20 May 2021 to 17 October 2021. Sources: Quote and photo: tweet by Marko Kaksonen Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de Genève (2021) Le grand bazar de l’évolution – Grande exposition sur l’évolution de la vie sur terre (archived version). Related: Also see our similar entry 2018 – […]

There’s a fantastic plant phylogenetic tree display at the Geneva Botanical Garden with live examples growing at the tips of the evolutionary branches. This display was part of an exhibition open from 20 May 2021 to 17 October 2021. Sources: Quote and photo: tweet by Marko Kaksonen Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de Genève (2021) Le grand bazar de l’évolution – Grande exposition sur l’évolution de la vie sur terre (archived version). Related: Also see our similar entry 2018 – Phylogenetic Tree with Real Specimens, and our other entries on physical rearrangement.

Added by: Pierre Dragicevic, sent by: Maarten Lambrechts. Category: Passive physical visualization Tags: rearrangement, plants, phylogenetic, tree