Things Come Apart is an intricate photo/design series by creative Todd McLellan. The premise of the project, which ultimately stemmed into a book of the same title, was to deconstruct the most popular and intricate objects (a bicycle, laptop, smartphones, Swiss army knife, etc.) that people use and truly observe their layout. Here are the visually stunning results.
A-list celebrities, journalists and top government officials graced Washington D.C. for this year's White House Correspondent's Dinner. The glamorous evening took place this past Saturday and brought out everyone from Newt Gingrich and Conan O'Brien, to John Legend and Steven Spielberg. American President Barack Obama was on fire with jokes and political commentary that rivaled only a few of the comedic attendees. What an interesting display of government and Hollywood.
Designer Adam Harvey is a bit of a button-pusher, if you will. His work work isn't the kind of stuff you'll find peddled on New York City's 5th Avenue or showcased down the Milan catwalk per se. No, it's much more political than that. You see, Harvey's most recent set of attire is truly set on functionality and survival. He's designed a series of anti-drone capes meant to keep wearers safe from the heat-seeking technology that drone planes use to remotely target their victims. The anti-drone wear, as he calls it, is made up of lightweight, flexible materialized fibers that reflect heat. Interested parties can check out the inspiration behind the work and more information about its most recent London exhibition here.
In case criminals or folks looking to stay off the law's radar needed any more proof that the authorities are indeed using social media to track offenders, DNA Info New York recently reported a case involving an unidentified assailant who was eventually tracked with the using photos stored on social media. The technological implications of the case reveal that authorities now have an extended Facebook (or any other social media network with pictures)-assisted photo bank ready and available for their search needs. Though we're not sure where constitutional rights and or Internet privacy stand here, the fact of the matter is that Facial Recognition Units are very real and becoming much more common in law enforcement. Would be criminals beware!
World-renowned street artist and Obey Giant mogul, Shepard Fairey, has taken his work to the final frontier--quite literally! The artist was given the opportunity to design a logo patch for a new NASA international space station named Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS). The center will serve as a playground for entrepreneurs and scientists alike.
The folks over at BuzzFeed Food have a pretty in-depth article about a 45-year-old Cannabis baker from Los Angeles, California. The former non-profit worker turned to baking as soon as her daughter became old enough to allow her some time to focus on the craft. The article highlights the interesting ins and outs of the burgeoning-yet-still clandestine industry. With plenty of pictures to show, but tons of red tape to cross, it's interesting to note what the mommy baker mentions her motivations are and how detailed the process gets. Check out the full article here.
Not since Al Capone has the U.S. city of Chicago, Illinois declared a criminal Public Enemy No. 1. This, according to The Associated Press, is the status of Mexican cartel head hancho, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman. The said-to-be notorious leader of the Sinaloa Cartel is a wanted fugitive that escaped maximum security prison in 2001 and has been at large in Mexico ever since. So why the big hoopla over a supposed drug lord that isn't even in the states? Well, according to authorities, El Chapo's cartel is responsible for most of the narcotics sold in Chicago, a supply that pretty much dictates the criminal activity surrounding gang territory and homicides. Yikes! As of currently Guzman's bounty is at $5 Million USD.
The recent post-Communist years of China's growth have come at a hefty price, pollution. The BBC reports on how Beijing is currently suffering smog levels that are over 400 times the designated world limit. Unofficial tests record it at over 800! Aside from the obvious health risks and hospital visits this smog is causing, many Chinese are also just outraged at the way officials and agencies have handled the situation. Plus the growth numbers staggering. Beacause of the economic upturn, China consumes about half of the world's coal and it's automobile count is at 5 million, twice London's! Makes one really reconsider the worth or meaning of "growth" it just puts such large populations at risk.
Director/Producer, Simon Klose, presents a look in to what may have been one of the most important Internet cases in history, the story of Pirate Bay. The upcoming documentary tails its Swedish founders, Gottfrid Svartholm, Fredik Neij and Peter Sunde and how their file sharing site created a political storm that resulted in prison time and $3.5 Million USD in fines. Peep the trailer to understand why it was Hollywood V.S. The Swedish Computer Wizards. Available for download real soon! Go figure.
Not sure how public or mainstream this news has been (and we're over a year late), but according to Xinhua, Cuba has revealed the world's very first lung cancer vaccine--CimaVax-EGF. According to the report, a 25-year research project at the Center of Molecular Immunology in Havana has produced treatment that can transform late stages of lung cancer into less serious and manageable chronic disease, a definite step forward considering the fatal nature of the first. We can't stop scratching our heads about this ones suppression, but according to sources its already been tested on over 1000 patients (more by now) in Cuba and being distributed freely to hospitals.
