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The Congo’s Unending War Captured In Vivid Infrared Colour
Irish war photographer Richard Mosse has traveled to the Democratic Republic of Congo three times in the past three years — he’s made it his mission, he says, to document a war so deep-seeded and tragic that it challenges “the limits of description”. To describe the indescribable, Mosse has developed a unique methodology: he shoots using Kodak Aerochrome, a rare infrared film originally developed by the military to spot camouflage from above.
Infrared Film Can Make Even A Warzone Look Beautiful
What you’re looking at isn’t a landscape shot photoshopped to resemble Willy Wonka’s realm — it’s the real world. A battlefield. Photographer Richard Mosse traveled the wartorn Congo with infrared film made for camouflage detection. The results are gorgeous.
African Village Uses Tech To Fight Off Rape Cult
An old woman had died. Before burying the her, the residents of the village of Obo – in southern Central African Republic, just north of the Congolese border – gathered around a campfire to eat, drink, cry and sing in celebration of the woman’s long life. It was a night in March 2008, just another beat in the slow rhythm of existence in this farming community of 13,000 people.
Escaped Crocodile Blamed For Deadly Plane Crash
A routine flight in the Democratic Republic of Congo turned deadly when a crocodile escaped from a passenger’s duffle bag. According to the flight’s sole human survivor, panicking passengers fled into the cockpit and caused the pilot to lose control.
New US Law Requires Gadget Manufacturers Label Parts From Congo
Foxconn is often held up as the poster child for tainted gadgets, but there’s far worse in war-torn Congo, from whence many of the minerals that ultimately make up the innards of our smartphones come.
Steve Jobs On Conflict Minerals: "It’s A Very Difficult Problem"
How Gadgets Are Perpetuating Atrocities In Congo
A recent spate of suicides at Foxconn factories brought scrutiny to the working conditions in the factories where big-brand gadgets are manufactured. But tracing gadget guts to their mineral sources reveals that Foxconn overtime is far from the ugliest link of the supply chain.
Netbooks: What You Need To Know About The Next 6 Months
A bunch of great netbook upgrades are on the way—next-gen Intel processors in January; smooth HD video playback—but to spare you the brain hemorrhage of keeping track, we’ve laid it all out. Here’s what you need to know.
Your Move, Captain Sullenberger
Hudson River water landings? That’s so yesterday, man. Somewhere in the Congo today there’s a pilot who, after a slight, um, miscalculation, crash landed his plane in a lava field.
This Is How NASA Would Work If It Was Congo’s Space Agency
Witness the spectacular launch of the Troposphère V, Congo’s answer to the Arex I-X. The new rocket prototype is capable of reaching 36km up in the sky. Yes, you know exactly what’s next.
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