Have you ever wondered about the origins of electricity? Well, you’re in luck. In the infographic below, Powerwerx takes you on a journey from the first crude battery ever found in Mesopotamia to how Egyptians used a certain electric catfish from the Nile River.
With the rise of smartphones, consumers are increasingly hungry for data-intensive apps and services. How powerful is this shift, and how will mobile providers cope with these new devices and usage habits? Vistapointe Inc has created this infographic to highlight some of the alarming trends in mobile data and put them into perspective. Sometimes, large numbers are best expressed visually to provide a sense of scale.
Options Credit was sitting around wondering how many ways people could use their credit cards after their debts were paid off. So they started blurting out ideas and ended up with this “visual” list of 51 ways to use a credit card after your debts are paid off.
This infographic from the folks at Symantec gives a rundown of some of the main cyber security threats that occurred throughout 2012.
Invoice factoring is widely-used form of financing for business owners and entrepreneurs to speed up their business cash flow. Buts it’s not new, 4000 year ago it was first used. Let’s check out its history in this infographic by cbacfunding.com.
How much is the average American spending on higher education? More than you might expect. This infographic by Varsity Tutors goes beyond tuition and offers a comprehensive breakdown of the real costs of college, as well as what goes into financing a degree, including the realities of student loan debt. Get the info you need to plan and pay for college.
Free parking isn’t exactly “free.” There is a high cost and we all pay for it in one way or another. The market value of America’s parking is over $310 billion and very little of that is ever collected directly. MyParkingSign has collected data from leading parking experts and it’s own sales to put together an infographic better explaining how the issues in America’s free parking problems.
The weather in the UK is a fickle thing – it can snow in April and it can rain all summer (2012 being the wettest year on record). In fact the weather is the most popular topic of Brits – apart from drinking tea. This infographic from Everest has 20 handy tips for keeping your house warm and saving money on energy bills all year round.
Is it better to speak one language or two – or even several? Find out where you stand in the following infographic from Technovate Translations. Bilinguals lead the way in international business, creativity, problem-solving, and in some cases even health. But monolinguals do have that larger vocabulary and faster retrieval, which can give them the advantage in a time crunch.
This infographic from the folks at Symantec provides some valuable information on how to keep smartphones safe from hacking.
