Following the last two posts about Kenji Yanobe (if you remember: Cinema in the Wood and Postapocalyptic survival […]
Researchers at University of Tokyo have developed R Daneel, a humanoid 60-kilogram robot that kicks up its legs […]
MobZombies is a zombie-fleeing game where a player’s movement controls an avatar in the game space. Players run […]
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Webcams give us the possibility to have a look at distant places/times in realtime. Roermond-Ecke-Schönhauser, by Markus Kison, […]
Chrystl Rijkeboer creates installation and art objects made of human hair. For Project kloone4000 (which presents work of […]
A discovery by Princeton researchers may lead to an efficient method for controlling the transmission of light and […]
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Embrace is a concept bracelet that enables the user to be seamlessly connected to their significant other over […]
A team at the University of Tokyo’s Center for Spatial Information Science has developed a system that evaluates […]
Pixel Factory is a box that convert random pixel data into 7×7 pixel window. The image is printed […]
I’m struggling to convince Max to wear one of those. But he’s Italian, so he won’t understand. Never […]
Lucid Touch is a bioreactive sculpture that induces emotion using an affective feedback loop to control the flow […]
Darumouse = Daruma + Mouse. Daruma being a round Japanese wish doll with no arms and legs, modelled […]
I’ve seen works by “established” artists at the Venice Biennale. The pieces were good of course but i […]
Dickies by Anthony Kleinepier A bean-bag seat in form of a dick? How tacky! But if it’s part […]
The Mars Foundation plans a permanent settlement on planet Mars using near-term technologies and resources already available on […]
Japanese aerial survey firm Pasco Corp. will soon begin selling software that shows on a computer screen the […]
Based on google maps, Tokyo Art Beat‘s Event Map offers a listing/mapping of the art and design scene […]
E-mail Erosion automatically creates sculptures, using spam and e-mail as data to trigger the sculpting process. The work, […]
Loved ones: ceramic hand grenade, landmine or rocket designed as delicate presents. The destructive force of an explosion […]
Something everyone talked about but no one has seen at the Venice Biennale is Gregor Schneider’s “Cube Venice […]
Scientists are working on techniques for creating future computers, sensors and other devices that use molecules, such as […]
My favourite pavilion at the Venice Biennale was Iceland’s. I was fascinated by Gabríela Fridriksdóttir‘s uncanny world. If […]
Aparna Rao‘s My Bedtime project is aimed at underlining that each individual has a unique sleep need that […]
Input of information is becoming a challenging task as portable electronic devices become smaller and smaller. Smart Laser […]
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Billboard Building (R3 Moto Azabu) is Klein-Dytham‘s lastest building. The building, conceived like a billboard, is covered with […]
Laparoscopic surgery is the most common form of weight-loss intervention. It reduces the size of the stomach to […]
Photo documentation of their work from 1936 till 1980. This archive of vintage photographs shows the ingenuity of […]
Pixelsurgeon has an interview of Margot Quan Knight, an artist who has her own idea of what a […]
Wondering how a memorial product can better help today’s bereaved to grieve and heal in the years following […]
The Japanese Communications Ministry is to establish a research group that will work to commercialize virtual reality television […]
That’s the silly item of the day and I want one. Scarf from the summer collection of Belgian […]
Yesterday I stopped at the Fondazione Bevilacqua in Venice (just behind the pigeon-infested Piazza San Marco) to see […]
British architecture firms Alsop and Arup are to create a landmark structure to attract visitors to the World […]
Seing Manekineko’s post about Kenji Yanobe, I couldn’t resist the urge to write something about the artist humourous […]
PingMag has an interview of Paul Baron and Olivier Thereaux who set up in November 2003 Tokyo Art […]
Eavesdripping, by Sascha Pohflepp, uses water as medium and display to render invisible communication visible and experienceable. A […]
Well, this is my luck! I’m back from the Venice Biennale and have just read emails urging me […]
Cinema in The Wood, by Yanobe Kenji, is a kids’ movie theater and nuclear shelter. Educational movies are […]
QR codes are quite ubiquitous in Japan. So, there are now inexpensive hardware and software tools for printing […]