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By AP | January 28, 2010 - 4:30 pm - Posted in World History

via Youtube User, pZEROm:

This is mainly an experimentation with soft bodies using toxi’s verlet springs.The data refers to the evolution of the top 4 maritime empires of the XIX and XX centuries by extent. The visual emphasis is on their decline.

More on that project at Information Visualization et al.

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