The Vdara Hotel Death Ray

The tall, sleek, curving Vdara Hotel at CityCenter in Las Vegas is a thing of beauty. But the south-facing tower is turning out to be nuisan...

Hyper-realistic Still Life Paintings by Pedro Campos

Nailympics 2010: The Bizarre Fake Nail Olympics

Nailympics 2010, the self-styled ‘Olympic Games of fake nails’ was started in the USA ten years ago by three nail brands who wanted to creat...

Bagger 288: The Biggest, Meanest Machine in the World

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

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

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

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

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

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

Robert Capa (October 22, 1913 – May 25, 1954), was a Hungarian war photographer and photojournalist who was famous for his spectacular and p...