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Dr Mathis Wackernagel's (developer of the ecological footprint) footprint calculator. "Every semester I have my students calculate their Footprint, change their lifestyle for one week to decrease that Footprint, then compare the results and how it would impact the number of people that could sustainably exist on the planet. Students are shocked when they discover their results. The fact that it is personal and tells them how many planets we would need if everyone on the planet lived as they do drives home the issue better than I ever could in lecture."

"Satellite imagery in a critical tool for improving the speed, efficiency and effectiveness of responses to natural and manmade disasters. Planet encourages the use of such imagery through support of the International Charter for Space and Major Disasters. We also occasionally make imagery available directly to the public, volunteers, humanitarian organizations, and and other coordinating bodies. In such circumstances, we make immediate pre-event and po"

"The most advanced AI music composer on the planet Invented to have the brain of a neuroscientist and the heart of a musician. Our AI (or extended human intelligence) creates all the music in brain.fm."

Majestic-SEO provides Competitive Link Intelligence to SEO specialists. We believe we are the planets most comprehensive backlinks provider, and offer a number of tools to allow access to this valuable information. In addition to our free services, we allow registered users to test our services free of charge by generating reports for sites they control. Registration is free, and our highly competitive subscription plans start at low prices, with 1 month minimum commitment, and offer a number of tools to enable analysis of competing domains to be performed. For Enterprise users, we offer an API service for internal use which enables your developers to integrate our data into your existing suite of reports and applications.

Teaching with maps (whether on the whiteboard or using a set of personal computers) makes learning much more visual, exciting and personally relevant. uLearn is the easiest way to access a range of Ordnance Survey mapping in the UK, plus stunning aerial imagery and historic maps, all in a safe educational environment. Much more than just Geography Use maps as an index, not only to study geographical locations but also alongside uLearn's enormous library of geo-referenced resources. Explore the historic, cultural and factual aspects of your chosen locations across the planet. Just select a topic, zoom in to a place of interest and the resources available will automatically light up. And uLearn's mapping tools are interactive - stitch maps together, add your own photos and videos or annotate them to highlight your teaching focus. uLearn's maps and resources can be manipulated to meet your classroom needs, whatever the curriculum area. Really simple tools for creating lessons Whether using the resources already in uLearn or uploading your own resources, uLearn allows you at the click of a button, to capture the maps and resources for your lesson, ready to use in the classroom. It's as simple as clicking the 'Save current view to playlist' button!

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Pulse of the Planet visualize tweets in real-time using Google Maps. Sensation and Perception Experiments Two experiments which I designed and ran for my Sensation and Perception class in Fall 2009. They are designed to measure counting thresholds. Both experiments use HTML5 canvases which requires a modern browser such as Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox. Life on a Canvas simulation of Conway's Game of Life and I added a bunch of features to make it interactive. Go ahead and enjoy it! Tier3 Tier3 attempts to build itself as a layer on top of social news sites like Digg and reddit.  Pong written in JavaScript Radius Radius is a portal-esque web page. Shiny graphics, Ajax, and APIs are at the heart of this prototype. It may not be practical, but it is an experiment in making a portal type page. 

Your guide to what's happening in the most exciting cities on the planet

"Welcome to the OpenGlobus overview page! OpenGlobus is a javascript library designed to display interactive 3d maps and planets with map tiles, imagery and vector data, markers and 3d objects. It uses the WebGL technology, open source and completely free."

"Welcome to the most comprehensive map of the Star Wars galaxy. You can use this page to browse and explore the galaxy and find likes to Wookiepedia articles about the locations. If you're looking for a specific planet and can't find it here, try using the search page. If you notice something that's missing or incorrect on the map, send me an email through the contact form."

"The Arch Mission Foundation is a non-profit organization that maintains a billion-year backup of planet Earth."

A web-based version of WorldWide Telescope is also now available. This version enables seamless, guided explorations of the universe from within a web browser on PC and Intel Mac OS X by using the power of Microsoft Silverlight 3.0.

Create: Webklipper offers you the easiest way on this planet to post something online, share with your friends and get their comments on your post. You and your friends don't need to sign-in/sign-up to do any of the above. Annotate: Share the highlighted page with your friends! Start by entering the URL in the Klip a webpage option above. Once you klipped a webpage, you can extract contents from this site into a new klip too!