Ishango Bone Perhaps the earliest known recording of data (19,000 BC). data collection self-tracking Similar projects to Ishango Bone Ocean Sentinels Locating illegal fisheries with albatrosses fitted with a satellite transmission system. The Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names A digital archive to preserve the names and biographical information of Jewish Holocaust victims murdered during years of the Nazi regime from 1933-45. PigeonBlog Using homing pigeons with GPS-enabled backpacks to gather and communicate air pollution data. Dear Data Two information designers sending weekly hand-drawn data visualizations from their lives across the Atlantic. Khipu A system of knotted cords used by the people in the Andes to record and store information. Lebombo Bone A 43,000 year old bone that may have been used as a menstrual tracker. Back to all projects.