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Kids who live permanently connected and socially mediated lives are transported into the dark ages the moment they step into a classroom. Apple's new eBook software could change all that, but it's not without its critics.

Last week OWNI co-organized a data journalism competition here in Paris. Seven teams of designers, developers and journalists battled it out to create a data-driven app in one day, and take home the coveted Golden Minitel trophy.

A selection of the best of the best of OWNI's weekly round-up of data on the web, from a year that's seen so many wonderful, innovative, inventive, colorful, moving and funny data projects.

Nathan Yau's new book spells out how to turn numbers into stories, and how pattern recognition will revolutionize journalism.

Could data visualization help us weave a story, and make use of the complex streams of data surrounding food and its consumption, to reveal insights otherwise invisible to the naked eye?

Here is a quick recap of the key points that were made at Robotlift, a conference entirely dedicated to robotics.

Imagine a democracy where the law demands the transportation department install cameras everywhere and keeps a record of activities for one year “just in case.” This includes the places people visited, how they went, the people they met, and what was exchanged or shared.

You can't understand your brain unless you break it. Without brain damage, you are incapable of acquiring any insight into how your mind works, because your brain is sublimely designed to trick you into thinking you have a clue

What environmental risks does the profitable shale gas industry pose? Find out by fracking your own well on OWNI’s app.

One of the main concerns about crowdsourced crisis information is that the data is “useless” for any serious kind of statistical analysis. But new findings prove otherwise.