Aside: Real Time Data Sources

While considering what to use as an input for the Blink, I looked into different sources of real time data that exist as twitter feeds, RSS, or email subscriptions. This is not an extensive list, but I thought I’d share in case anyone needs a place to start with this in the future (including me).

Twitter:

  • Gun Deaths in the US: https://twitter.com/GunDeaths
  • CO2 in the Atmosphere: https://twitter.com/Keeling_curve
  • Earthquakes: https://twitter.com/USGSted

Quora questions:

  • Good answers, not always good formats: http://www.quora.com/Where-can-I-find-public-or-free-real-time-or-streaming-data-sources
  • No good answer yet: http://www.quora.com/Real-time-Analytics/Where-can-I-find-sources-of-high-volume-firehose-like-streaming-data

Some cool data in other formats:

  • http://www.worldometers.info/
  • http://www.quora.com/APIs/Where-can-i-find-worlds-real-time-weather-data-online
  • http://www.quora.com/Data/Where-can-I-find-large-datasets-open-to-the-public

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