Infoporn to the max

Sprint Nextel, leading mobile broadband internet provider, wants you to experience the now.  For that purpose, they commissioned a number of animated infographics that illustrate random data from around the world.

Next they upped the ante just an extra notch. In a clever play at the current information widget fad, Sprint presents Plug Into Now, a dazzling, interactive overview of random data and information about the world, now. The deluge combines information gathered from a variety of statistical sources with live feeds from all over the internet (top search terms, top Google searches, the Internet Buzz Meter).

Seemingly unrelated information are linked through the animated graphics (the number of houses being built vs the amount of forest being cut), and you can also add yourself (if you have a webcam).  There's even a big red button that doesn't do anything (which reminds me of a certain Punch feature on a certain Marketing blog...).

And it goes without saying you can also download a condensed version for use on your favorite social platform.  An great idea, superbly executed and wonderful to look at.