> Return to the #91 Newsletter Interested in exploring world’s cultures and making connections between them? Take a look at The Museum of the World, an interactive experience through time, continents and cultures, presenting some of the most captivating objects in human history. The project is a collaboration between the British Museum and the Google Arts & Culture Lab. For the first time ever, users can peruse objects from the British…
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Far & Wide
> Return to the #90 Newsletter How much do you know about your planet? Were you aware that the Pacific Ocean is shrinking every year? Or that the world includes a sea without coasts? Discover in Far & Wide fascinating facts about geography that will blow your mind. Learn about the true size of countries, view amazing world maps or discover incredible facts about the oceans. Open your mind to learn about…
Alltrails
> Return to the #89 Newsletter Are you an outdoor activities enthusiast? Looking for new trails? Find everything you need to know on Alltrails, an outdoor guide with information on over 200,000 trails around the world. Whether you’re a hiker, biker or trail runner you will be able to find the tracks that best suit your fitness and experience levels. Useful filters such as wheelchair friendly, kid friendly and even dog…
How Long to Read
> Return to the #88 Newsletter Looking for a book to read and have limited time? How Long to Read is a book search engine that will help you to find out how long it will take you to read any book and provide reading time that is tailored to you. Gauge your reading speed with their words per minute test and use the search engine to find books that suit…
NASA’s Visual Universe
> Return to the #87 Newsletter Explore NASA’s rich history of discoveries, missions, and innovations, search for a term, and discover more about the US space agency. The Google Arts & Culture Lab has created NASA’s Visual Universe, an experiment drawing on hundreds of thousands of NASA’s historic images stretching back to 1915, and analyzed them using machine learning in order to present them in a new, surprising way. Enjoy!