KASS Kochi Art and Science Space

Sara Hussain is based in the Fort Kochi Mattancherri area (Ernakulam, Kerala). She has a large body of popular paintings of street scenes of the Jew Town area Fort Kochi, while the ones she kindly provided to us and shown here, are more recent figurative paintings from her show “What the Body Says.”

You can see her version of the “Last Supper” in St Mary's Orthodox Church Ernakulam

Some more of her artworks here:
sarahussainartgallery.com
https://www.instagram.com/saraartgallery/
https://www.facebook.com/p/Sara-Hussain-100067098224427/

A few newspaper articles about her:
New Indian Express: http://bit.ly/3NqSqgs
The Hindu : https://bit.ly/4ai17Dz

As an artist you can still sign this...

Tilda Swinton among 2000+ artists calling for Gaza ceasefire Renowned actors Tilda Swinton, Steve Coogan, Miriam Margolyes, Peter Mullan, Maxine Peake and Khalid Abdalla are among more than two thousand people from across the arts who have signed a letter s…

Happy Diwali

https://www.domusweb.it/en/architecture/gallery/2021/11/04/brutalism-without-borders-20-architectures-around-the-world.html?fbclid=IwAR2jrtoZzQkz0-Q0U3elEO1jCjJZhxwGXIbujfvFrCsy7JJyh0ITiBsXJqA

Brutalism, 20 iconic buildings around the world Discover the gallery about the best 20 brutalist buildings around the world, from Le Corbusier to Louis Kahn. Find out more on Domus.

Congratulations team ISRO

Chandrayaan-3 live updates | Power descent of Vikram lander begins; vertical descent phase commences The Lander Module (LM) of the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) third lunar mission Chandrayaan-3, launched on July 14, is set to land on the lunar surface today evening (August 23), at around 6.04 p.m. IST.

Meet AMECA humanoid robot.

Ameca Humanoid Robot AI Platform First look at Ameca , most advanced humanoid robot from Designed as a platform for AI and human robot interaction (HRI) . Will be on show ...

Check out our updated page on abacus and ancient computing.

History of Abacus and Ancient Computing - KASS History of abacus and counting devices from Ishango bone and tally sticks to tokens, counting boards etc. Discover the Salamis tablet, the Strassbourg board and the exchequer.

50,000 years later…the green comet is back! At its closest, this long period comet will be 26 million miles away from Earth on 2/1. It will potentially grow brighter as it gets closer to our planet. ☄️

There’s a good chance this comet will never return to Earth. Because it’s flying so close to the Sun, current predictions show that the comet won't make it back to Earth for at least a million years, and may just end up leaving the solar system forever. This may be the last time the comet will ever be visible on Earth! 😱

If skies are dark and clear, this comet will be visible to the naked eye as a faint, green fuzzball. Telescope or binocular viewing will provide a clearer view of the green comet!

Learn more about the green comet on our blog: bit.ly/3QImzIu

https://scroll.in/video/1030443/watch-75-musicians-perform-the-entire-song-whose-first-stanza-is-indias-national-anthem

Watch: 75 musicians perform the entire song whose first stanza is India’s national anthem Written by Rabindranath Tagore in 1911, ‘Bharat Bhagya Vidhata’ had five stanzas. Only the first stanza became ‘Jana Gana Mana’ in 1950.

Boston Dynamics robot Atlas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF4DML7FIWk

Atlas | Partners in Parkour Parkour is the perfect sandbox for the Atlas team at Boston Dynamics to experiment with new behaviors. In this video our humanoid robots demonstrate their wh...

Are you ready to go?

First space hotel set to open in 2027 The Gateway Foundation has announced that it intends to open the world's first space hotel, named Voyager Station, in 2027.

A "dhaba", street food stall, uncovered in Pompei, that was buried for centuries under ash from the volcanic eruption, will soon open to the public.
video: https://www.reuters.com/article/italy-pompeii/archaeologists-uncover-ancient-street-food-shop-in-pompeii-idUSKBN2900D3

Pompei, Torna alla luce la bottega dello street food - Arte Il ministro Franceschini "Un esempio per la ripresa del Paese". E il direttore Massimo Osanna annuncia: "Si visiterà a Pasqua" (ANSA)

3D printed buildings on the Moon.

BIG and NASA collaborate to design 3D-printed buildings for the moon BIG and 3D-printed building company ICON have revealed they are working on Project Olympus, which aims to develop robotic construction for the moon.

Merry Christmas & a very Happy New Year 2021.

https://phys.org/news/2020-11-bodies-slave-unearthed-ashes-pompeii.html

Bodies of man and his slave unearthed from ashes at Pompeii Skeletal remains of what are believed to have been a rich man and his male slave attempting to escape death from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago have been discovered in Pompeii, officials at the archaeological park in Italy said Saturday.

Happy Diwali to all
The image is a part of a triptych on Indian festivals : the "Poornima" part, showing women folk burning diyas...by MF Hussein © Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

What colour is the Moon? Here are photos of Italian photographer Marcella Giulia Pace.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap201111.html?

APOD: 2020 November 11 - Colors of the Moon A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.

Nomad planets float around "unattached" to any star. A new one was just found...

An Earth-sized rogue planet discovered in the Milky Way Our galaxy may be teeming with rogue planets, gravitationally unbound to any star. An international team of scientists, led by Polish astronomers, has announced the discovery of the smallest Earth-sized free-floating planet found to date.

Illustration of blue flashes observed by Juno on Jupiter.
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=7769
You can read the full article here:
"Possible Transient Luminous Events observed in Jupiter's upper atmosphere"
Rohini S. Giles and others...
doi.org/10.1029/2020JE006659

Juno Data Indicates 'Sprites' or 'Elves' Frolic in Jupiter's Atmosphere An instrument on the spacecraft may have detected transient luminous events - bright flashes of light in the gas giant's upper atmosphere.

Interesting sails!

Wallenius Marine develops world's largest wind-powered vessel to slash shipping emissions Swedish shipping company Wallenius Marine is developing a ship called Oceanbird, which could transport 7,000 cars and trucks across the Atlantic propelled only by wind.

A great singer passes away.. Pandit Jasraj

Hindustani classical music legend Pandit Jasraj passes away He had an ability to play with both popular and rare ragas.

Hubble Uses Moon as 'Mirror' to Study Earth's Atmosphere Taking advantage of a total lunar eclipse, Hubble used the Moon as a mirror to study sunlight that had passed through Earth's atmosphere. As a result, Hubble detected Earth's own brand of sunscreen – ozone – in our atmosphere. The technique simulates how scientists will search for evidence of li...

Do you remember punched cards & tapes? Maybe you are not old enough.They were a big thing in input/output to computers post 1950s and are still, but much less, used in the 21st century. Today there are experiments trying to make holes that are of nanometric dimensions and store a terabyte of data... maybe. Check it out here:

Punched cards from Korsakov, Babbage, Hollerith to IBM and computers - KASS A history of punched card development and use in computers from Korsakov, Babbage, Hollerith to IBM and recent innovations in nanoscale multipede memory devices.

Large-scale early Maya sites in Mexico revealed by lidar mapping technology Nature

Do you know what Napier's bones are? A calculating aid made by John Napier in the early 17th century. Read more here:

Simplifying Calculations: from the Multiplication Table to Napier’s bones and Logarithms. - KASS A brief history of evolution of arithmetical tools for simplifying calculations: from the Babylonian Multiplication tables to Napier’s rods (bones) and Logarithms.

Skeleton of a Cretaceous mammal from Madagascar reflects long-term insularity Nature

Mahatma Gandhi 150th anniversary stamps by Delhi artist Gulistaan I added to our Gandhi anniversary exhibition (for Liechtenstein post in collaboration with India post).
Check out the work of many other artists in this expo here: https://kartsci.org/mahatma-gandhi-150-anniversary-online-exhibition/

Foster & Partners architects have launched an initiative to occupy children at home during lockdown. They provide templates & your child can build a skyscraper, a city, draw a park etc
You can then share the creation on social media with the hashtag

check it out here
https://live.fosterandpartners.com/news/archive/2020/04/archi-parts-architecturefromhome/

Archi-parts #architecturefromhome | Foster + Partners How about drawing the future architect and the most fantastical skyscraper ever designed! This is so much fun and the whole family can play. Download template: ...