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| Interface of Breathingearth.net |
When talking about an IT product, creativity is always something that considered of great importance, especially for websites. Some websites are very functional or informational and don’t need a too special structure. But for websites aiming at attracting viewers, innovation is always something worth trying.
Breathingearth.net is an environmental protection website which warns people the serious problem of unlimited CO2 emitting. Also, it shows the cruel rule of life by listing some statistics of birth and death of the world. The cool thing is, every number is changing from time to time.
The interface of the website is simply a map of the whole world. When your mouse float over a country (even if it is a tiny island country), some numbers will be shown at the left-bottom corner of the map, including population, birth/death rate, and CO2 emitting rate. At the right-bottom corner, some other numbers tell how many people are born/died and how many tons of CO2 have been emitted since you started viewing this page.
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| Left Corner |
The website uses a simple way to show the birth/death rate of each country. When someone died, a black hole appears in his country, and when someone was born, a sun appears. The best part of the Flash system is that, the background sound works well with the changing of the map. By listening to the repeated sounds, you can feel the speed of life.
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| Right Corner |
I really like the simple website, though I seldom care about the CO2 statistics which the website mainly wants to show. What I love is watching those suns and black holes flashing on the map, and noticing the number of new and lost lives. Someday I will also become a black hole, shining once on your screen.
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