Butchering Teddy Bears

A Ken Burns iPad app, touchscreen subway maps, swapping sexism and more in our weekly look at the web

With an impressively jarring exhibition at Galerie xpon-art in Hamburg, Germany, artist Miroslav Menschenkind deconstructs and destroys Teletubbies and teddy bears. From slaughtering house scenes with teddy carcasses hung on hooks, to shredding machines with stuffed animal innards, it makes quite an impact. There’s a little humor but a lot of death to childhood dreams in the show, which runs through 2 March 2014.

Worldwide-3 Space Telescope

A Ken Burns iPad app, touchscreen subway maps, swapping sexism and more in our weekly look at the web

The same company responsible for the hardware behind Google Maps and Google Earth images, Ball Aerospace, will soon launch a new space telescope capable of seeing objects on Earth’s surface as small as 10 inches across, though those without government clearance will only have access to images at half that resolution. Traveling at roughly 18,000 miles per hour, the giant telescope, dubbed Worldwide-3, can even …

City Guides: Cape Town

Plan your visit to the 2014 World Design Capital with our tips for South Africa's Mother City

Cradled by a striking 360-degree panorama of a horseshoe-shaped mountain range and the sparkling sea, Cape Town is one of the most majestic metropolises on Earth. But the city’s magnetism goes beyond its obvious visual appeal, and this year South Africa’s Mother City is being internationally recognized for its forward-thinking inhabitants. Cape Town has been selected as the 2014 World Design Capital thanks to a …