A changing multimedia world » destacats http://achangingmultimediaworld.upf.edu Site of the advanced multimedia workshop class at University Pompeu Fabra Thu, 13 Feb 2020 21:13:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 Data on military expenditure http://achangingmultimediaworld.upf.edu/?p=858 http://achangingmultimediaworld.upf.edu/?p=858#comments Wed, 07 Jun 2017 10:41:12 +0000 http://achangingmultimediaworld.upf.edu/?p=858 We are selling more weapons than ever since the end of Cold War era. And the military expenditure of several countries continue growing. This is a business with huge profits. In this video, I discuss some of the data of this phenomenon. By Joan Aleix Mata Ribes.

]]> http://achangingmultimediaworld.upf.edu/?feed=rss2&p=858 0 The Great Pacific Garbage Patch http://achangingmultimediaworld.upf.edu/?p=851 http://achangingmultimediaworld.upf.edu/?p=851#comments Wed, 07 Jun 2017 10:37:07 +0000 http://achangingmultimediaworld.upf.edu/?p=851 The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a point of plastic contamination as big as the Iberian Peninsula. Is created by the currents of the ocean that concentrate all the litter into some ocean areas. By Núria Gebellí.

]]> http://achangingmultimediaworld.upf.edu/?feed=rss2&p=851 0 Is Britain Going Vegan? http://achangingmultimediaworld.upf.edu/?p=832 http://achangingmultimediaworld.upf.edu/?p=832#comments Wed, 07 Jun 2017 10:26:28 +0000 http://achangingmultimediaworld.upf.edu/?p=832 This data story focuses on the recent increase of vegans throughout Great Britain during 2016. Withthe first month of 2017 being named Veganuary, veganism is now a prominent lifestyle movement and its spread is worth knowing.By Marialena Yannoulatou.

]]> http://achangingmultimediaworld.upf.edu/?feed=rss2&p=832 0 The increase of online dating in the USA http://achangingmultimediaworld.upf.edu/?p=468 http://achangingmultimediaworld.upf.edu/?p=468#comments Sun, 22 May 2016 19:46:53 +0000 http://achangingmultimediaworld.upf.edu/?p=468 Online Dating is getting more and more popular in the USA. Learn more about the data and how many people already use these sides in the US. By Eva Maria Rudholzer.

]]> http://achangingmultimediaworld.upf.edu/?feed=rss2&p=468 0 Big Pig: the impact of the pork industry http://achangingmultimediaworld.upf.edu/?p=447 http://achangingmultimediaworld.upf.edu/?p=447#comments Sun, 22 May 2016 19:22:31 +0000 http://achangingmultimediaworld.upf.edu/?p=447 There are as many pigs as people in Catalunya, which has a big impact on the land and natural resources. By Mar Romero Sala.

]]> http://achangingmultimediaworld.upf.edu/?feed=rss2&p=447 0 Women in Art with Numbers http://achangingmultimediaworld.upf.edu/?p=435 http://achangingmultimediaworld.upf.edu/?p=435#comments Sun, 22 May 2016 19:08:13 +0000 http://achangingmultimediaworld.upf.edu/?p=435 The anonymous group of female artists called Guerrilla Girls collected data to share the struggles of female artists in the art world, that is very male dominated, just like the history of art is. Although they were -somehow- forgotten to be mentioned in the history, there are many woman artists today who are waiting to be mentioned. So this is for all the female artists, from past to the present. By Yazin Öztürk.

]]> http://achangingmultimediaworld.upf.edu/?feed=rss2&p=435 0 Àlex, a free software hacker http://achangingmultimediaworld.upf.edu/?p=413 http://achangingmultimediaworld.upf.edu/?p=413#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2015 16:14:00 +0000 http://achangingmultimediaworld.upf.edu/?p=413 Àlex Fiestas is not a regular guy. While he was only 18 he founded EyeOS, a revolutionary desktop service in the cloud, that was popular in an era where even Dropbox wasn’t a thing. Afterwards he turned his eye to KDE, an open source desktop environment used by millions of people. He was employed by Blue Systems for developing software for KDE and its applications.

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By Martín González Gómez

]]> http://achangingmultimediaworld.upf.edu/?feed=rss2&p=413 0 The decline of cement industry http://achangingmultimediaworld.upf.edu/?p=381 http://achangingmultimediaworld.upf.edu/?p=381#comments Sun, 21 Jun 2015 16:11:14 +0000 http://achangingmultimediaworld.upf.edu/?p=381 The burst of the real estate bubble in Spain and how cement industry was affected by the crash. By Jordi Julià Serra

]]> http://achangingmultimediaworld.upf.edu/?feed=rss2&p=381 0 Body language skills http://achangingmultimediaworld.upf.edu/?p=375 http://achangingmultimediaworld.upf.edu/?p=375#comments Sun, 21 Jun 2015 16:05:30 +0000 http://achangingmultimediaworld.upf.edu/?p=375 Our body is very important part of the way we communicate with people. By Elisabet González Pellicer

]]> http://achangingmultimediaworld.upf.edu/?feed=rss2&p=375 0 Happily Never After http://achangingmultimediaworld.upf.edu/?p=369 http://achangingmultimediaworld.upf.edu/?p=369#comments Sun, 21 Jun 2015 16:00:33 +0000 http://achangingmultimediaworld.upf.edu/?p=369 Believe it or not, child marriage is running rampant in many parts of the world. In a world which has come so far , it is shocking that children are married off before they are even adults. This video illustrates the facts and figures surrounding child marriage and why it is of utmost importance that this practice should be ended immediately to alleviate the plight of thousands of girls around the world.

By Harneet Bahal

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