Labs
Data and passion propel our public discovery “Labs” projects. They are the culmination of cross-team collaborations that bring together engineering, data science, and creative thinkers from across the organization.
The primary mission for Labs is to build open data tools that serve a public good. Each project sheds light on critical topics of the day and enables and informs civic action.
Labs reflect our belief that when people have access to explore data in aggregate, they experience the world in profound ways.
Food For Thought
Discover where to eat and where to avoid with an interactive map integrating New York City restaurant health grades and consumer ratings.
Sanctions
An interactive exploration of U.S. sanctions that looks back on the previous twenty years and ahead into the next administration.
A Prescription for Healthcare Data
Connecting critical healthcare data from 10 separate public datasets for the first time to drive deeper discovery of more than 80 pharmaceutical drugs.
Boom to Bust
An exploration of the North Dakota oil boom, including 10 years of estimated profit and production data and historical data on individual wells.
Smoke Signals
A collaboration with the Red Cross, DataKind, and local fire departments, this project identifies who is at risk, to get smoke alarms where they need to be.
Temperature Anomalies
A sober exploration into our changing climate using data from the Global Historical Climatology Network, which collects temperatures from 90,000 weather stations. Bill Gates took notice of the project and shared with his network on Twitter.
Government Shutdown 2013
A look at who really was hurt during the 2013 government shutdown. Barack Obama took notice of the project and shared it with his network on Twitter.
The power of public data
Enigma Public is the world’s largest repository of public data with more than 100,000 datasets. Public powers our Labs, providing new ways of understanding and improving our world.