A newly posted work from Japanese kinetic sculptor Osamu Kanda, whose elegant praying mantis automaton I blogged two weeks ago. This one is called Crawl. [via The Automata / Automaton...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Tuesday September 29th, 2009 1:30 PM
Categories: Art & Design, Fun & Games, General, Robotics | 2 Comments
To produce a naturally blue rose has been a dream of horticulturalists for almost as long as people have been breeding flowers. It turns out to be essentially impossible to...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Tuesday September 15th, 2009 12:03 PM
Categories: Electronics, General, Science | 8 Comments
Japanese toymaker Osamu Kanda made this elegant machine. His YouTube channel has oodles of wooden mechanical goodies.
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Monday September 14th, 2009 7:53 AM
Categories: Fun & Games, General, Makers, Robotics | No Comments
Kumiki puzzles, as they're known, have been manufactured in the Ashigarashimo district of central Japan since the late 19th century, but the traditional fastenerless joinery techniques from which their intricate...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Wednesday September 9th, 2009 3:44 AM
Categories: Craft, Fun & Games, General | No Comments
This week: “One-Chip” Arduino, Making Dot Paintings w/ Bubble Wrap, More Decochari, Recotana’s AVR-based OSC Server, Gundam Bento, Life Preservers Replaced With Recycled DIY Flotation Devices, Making Glasses From the...
Posted by Mike Dixon | Thursday January 15th, 2009 8:50 PM
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This week: Ardunio-based Anime Sound Glove, World’s Smallest Flapping Wing Flyer?, Rubber Band Gatling Gun, IAMAS Gangu Project, A Picture That Changes Depending on the Source of Light, VR Panorama...
Posted by Mike Dixon | Thursday January 8th, 2009 10:40 PM
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New mashup Web site reveals the hole story behind Japan’s manhole covers / Ittemia（イッテミア）å‰ç·š While not the oddest fetish in Japan by a long way, there are some who travel...
Posted by Phillip Torrone | Sunday December 28th, 2008 11:00 AM
Categories: Art & Design, Computers & Mobile, Electronics, General | 1 Comment
Ballparks by Major League Models via BoJ. Major League Models creates the world’s finest “made-to-order” replicas of your favorite ballparks. Our incredible scale sizes yield museum-grade showpieces that consistently turn...
Posted by Phillip Torrone | Friday December 12th, 2008 11:15 AM
Categories: Art & Design, General | 3 Comments
The Gakken Tea Serving Robot is designed to be a replication of the karakuri zui, an illustrated manual written in the Edo period (1603-1868). This mechanical doll has a tray...
Posted by Mike Dixon | Thursday December 11th, 2008 4:21 PM
Categories: General, Tools | No Comments
In covering DIY technology from Japan, there have been quite a few kits and projects that have come along that would be of interest to makers outside of Japan, but...
Posted by Mike Dixon | Monday December 8th, 2008 12:11 PM
Following up on the previous post covering Make: Tokyo Meeting 02, here are more photos and info from this event. This time there were over 60 presenters and over 1,200...
Posted by Mike Dixon | Tuesday December 2nd, 2008 3:43 PM
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This researcher connected a bunch of electrodes to his face to stimulate his nerves and tendons causing him to become a human puppet for the duration of this video. Although...
Posted by jonahbc | Monday November 24th, 2008 5:14 AM
Categories: Art & Design, General | No Comments
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