Bagger 288: The Biggest, Meanest Machine in the World
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 1, 2010
The Bagger 288, also known as the Excavator 288, is the largest digging machine in the world. It was built by the German company Krupp for t...
Emergency Bra Doubles as a Gas Mask
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 1, 2010
Dr. Elena Bodnar, whose inspiration comes in part from having witnessed as a young physician the devastating effects of the Chernobyl nuclea...
Japanese Kite Festival in Haifa
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 1, 2010
The Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art and the Student Beach in Haifa, Israel, ran a Japanese Kite Festival towards the end of September. Activi...
Classy Shoe Designs by Kobi Levy
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 29, 2010
35-year-old Kobi Levy , who lives in Tel Aviv, Israel, has a radically different taste in footwear. Levy’s creations are often bizarre and a...
Bodies in Urban Spaces by Willi Dorner
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 27, 2010
Vienna-based choreographer Willi Dorner presented a public art series called ‘Bodies in Urban Spaces’ in the Lower Manhattan area last Sunda...
European Member of Parliament Takes Her Baby To Work
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 27, 2010
Licia Ronzulli, an MEP from Italy, took her seven-week old daughter Victoria to work at the European parliament this week at Strasbourg. And...
Robert Capa's Lost Negatives
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 26, 2010
Robert Capa (October 22, 1913 – May 25, 1954), was a Hungarian war photographer and photojournalist who was famous for his spectacular and p...
The Secret Life of the Harvest Mice
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 26, 2010
Photographers Jean-Louis Klein and Marie-Luce Hubert, both from the Alsace, France, spent the year snapping the elusive harvest mice in a pr...
Tilt-Shifted Van Gogh's Paintings
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 25, 2010
The visually stunning field of tilt-shift photography became a fairly big thing in the Web a couple of years ago. It uses a special lens tha...
Golden Pearl Farming in Philippines
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 24, 2010
The clean waters around the island of Palawan in the Philippines Sea have attracted investors to pearl farming for decades. There are severa...
