Most data are subject to uncertainty: the possibility that the true values may be different from our estimates. The unknown is especially difficult to escape in forecasts — of the weather, economic ...

If there’s one thing that characterizes the Information Age that we find ourselves in today, it is streams of data. However, without proper ways to aggregate and transform this data into information, ...

Fall is just around the corner. Students are making their way back to college or embarking on a new educational journey for the first time. As bags get packed and parents shop around for laptops to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about digital marketing, data and privacy concerns. Any great story means visualization and detail. It takes the small ...

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Imagine tapping into a raw data feed from a distributed network of IoT devices in a logistics center. The center is full of robots, employee work stations, and shipping and receiving docks. The data ...

Data visualizations can affect whether and how people understand and interpret data. Researchers and writers using data visualizations face choices about which data to use or emphasize. Those ...

Colors are an effective medium for communicating meaning. Some have certain implicit psychological associations. Red, for example, is often associated with power, love, and anger. Blue might convey ...

Images are a powerful way to communicate a message. They can cause joy, inspire people to take action, and teach new concepts. But images can also cause distress, demotivate people, and perpetuate ...