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Startup Of The Day: Cubit
Sep 15th
How often have you experienced that your cable service provider’s bill pay office is too far away from where you live? How often have civic agencies run through projects without taking the community into consideration? See the problem? Yeah, planning for a civic project is painful. Considering all the factors that affect the community is not easy and data might not be accessible at the right time to the right people. This is the problem Cubit Planning wants to solve. Cubit provides a click-to-plan solution to urban planners and we think this thing is out right amazing!
Cubit provides urban planners a planning interface that is so simple that it takes two mouse clicks to completely plan out a project. Just mark the boundaries of the geographical area you are planning to carry out your project on and wallah! you get a detailed civic data report of the area.
The data available at the planner’s disposal includes socio economic data such as population trends, population projections, minority races etc. and regional economic data such as median home values, median rent and employment statistics. Giving civic planners such a simple yet powerful tool makes planning not just fast and accurate, but also based on real information. This kind of in depth data makes our lives a little better since your needs are taken into consideration before they dig up that road.
A picture is worth a 1000 bits of information
Aug 26th
How Many Gallons Of Fuel Are You Using Per Mile?
Jul 14th
It’s popular for people to measure fuel efficiency with “miles per gallon” but is that Hybrid of your really living up to all the hype? Or would you want to take the Amtrak to work? This infographic may be able to explain. Hit the source link after the break for the full size infographic.
Infographic: Every Mission To Mars
Jul 6th
We wrote why we have to go back to Mars some time back but lets look back on how much the humans have tried to get to Mars. The infographic shows what missions have been flown and how further we got with each mission to conquering Mars. Infogfx after the break.
Infographic: Countries That Invest Most In Alternative Energy
Jun 22nd
The world is moving towards an oil free future but who’s investing the most in alternative energy? The usual suspects- USA, China and Japan. While the “developed” world’s making sufficient investments in alternative energy the “third world” is making significant contributions to this new surge of green tech. [via Good]
IBM’s Data Baby
Jun 21st
IBM’s all about building a smarter planet but out of a baby? Yeah, hospitals with IBM software apparently collect about 1000 unique data point every second out of every baby, assimilate all the information and build software models to predict infections the baby can contract so that doctors can prevent a disease from affecting the
IBM’s Watson Supercomputer Competes Against Humans In Jeopardy!
Jun 20th
Technology blows people’s minds but doesn’t compete in Jeopardy! that often. IBM’s Watson – a human language comprehending, question-answering super computer took part in last week’s episode of Jeopardy!, considered one of the toughest quizzes in the world. The computer lost the quiz, but has paved a new path in the evolution of computers. The last time IBM did magic with computers is when Deep Blue beat the world’s best chess player in 1987. Video of Watson’s Jeopardy endeavor after the break.
Infographic: The Lifecycle Of Oil
Jun 9th
Don’t know why gas prices are up? Just how much oil gets produced everyday and how much do you end up using? This infographic explains it all! [via Good]
Infographic: State Of The Internet 2009
May 9th
Always wanted to know who the internet is being used by, why it is used and how? This infographic might help. [via Focus.com]

