Best of Hans Rosling

Even the most worldly and well-traveled among us will have their perspectives shifted by Hans Rosling. A professor of global health at Sweden’s Karolinska Institute, his current work focuses on dispelling common myths about the …

Live Labs Pivot: A great way to visualize massive amounts of data

Pivot is a new technology developed by Microsoft Live Labs that makes it easier to interact with massive amounts of data in ways that are powerful, informative, and fun.

Pivot is designed to provide a …

bSix12 Explorer: Navigate in a way that is powerful, informative & fun

I am very exited to introduce the new bSix12 Explorer!
The bSix12 Explorer allows you to browse through all available articles on this site in a way that is powerful, informative & fun. You can filter …

Seadragon / Deep Zoom Technology

Deep Zoom (aka Seadragon) provides the ability to interactively view high-resolution images.

You can zoom in and out of images rapidly without affecting the performance of your application. Deep Zoom enables smooth loading and panning …

How to Create and Publish a Deep Zoom Composition in 5 Easy Steps

Follow these steps to create and publish your own Deep Zoom composition:

Step 1: Download and Install Deep Zoom Composer
Deep Zoom Composer is a tool that allows you to prepare images for use with the Deep …

Mona Lisa: Why Is She Smiling?

The Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci is without a doubt the most famous work in the entire forty-thousand-year history of the visual arts. It is the enigmatic smile that has fascinated and baffled art …