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Oddly enough I addressed this in my motion graphics lecture today. It was in relation to this information visualization issue: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/

by Daub 6y ago

Oddly enough I addressed this in my motion graphics lecture today. It was in relation to this information visualization issue: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-time_nuclear_waste_warning_messages https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-time_nuclear_waste_warn... More material here: https://www.damninteresting.com/this-place-is-not-a-place-of-honor/ https://www.damninteresting.com/this-place-is-not-a-place-of... This type of problem (warning future generations about the dangers of radioactivity) is a brilliant limit-test for the general problems of information visualization. The radioactive warning trefoil has an ignoble history of being unequal to the task. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goi%C3%A2nia_accident https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goi%C3%A2nia_accident Hence its semi-recent update (ISO 21482). https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/new-symbol-launched-warn-public-about-radiation-dangers https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/new-symbol-launched-war...

Nicksil 6y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-time_nuclear_waste_warning_messages https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-time_nuclear_waste_warnin... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goi%C3%A2nia_accident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goi%C3%A2nia_accident
jrootabega 6y ago
I always wonder how these approaches can deal with: - people who want to use the evil stuff to kill their enemies - people who want to be heroes and defeat the evil demons once and for all - telling people to reproduce the message for future generations and capturing the key elements of the message
duskwuff 6y ago
The ISO 21482 symbol isn't precisely an update to the trefoil. It's got a more restricted use case -- it's only intended for use inside devices which contain large radioactive sources, as a warning to technicians (or scrap-metal dealers!) to not go any further. It's not meant to be used anywhere that would be visible during normal operation.

by Daub 6y ago

Nicksil 6y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-time_nuclear_waste_warning_messages https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-time_nuclear_waste_warnin... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goi%C3%A2nia_accident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goi%C3%A2nia_accident

jrootabega 6y ago

I always wonder how these approaches can deal with: - people who want to use the evil stuff to kill their enemies - people who want to be heroes and defeat the evil demons once and for all - telling people to reproduce the message for future generations and capturing the key elements of the message

duskwuff 6y ago

The ISO 21482 symbol isn't precisely an update to the trefoil. It's got a more restricted use case -- it's only intended for use inside devices which contain large radioactive sources, as a warning to technicians (or scrap-metal dealers!) to not go any further. It's not meant to be used anywhere that would be visible during normal operation.