MAKE visited the Pasona’s amazing underground farm in Tokyo, here’s a bit about them from “Trend in Japan” and the pictures… – An underground rice and vegetable field has been planted beneath an office building in Tokyo’s Otemachi business district. This urban farm – in what used to be the vault of a major bank […]
What works well for a gaming input device also appears to be a useful tool for human robot interaction. University of Calgary students Cheng Guo and Ehud Sharlin performed a study in which participants tried to pose Aibos and navigate them through obstacles using both keyboards and a Wiimote-based gesture interface: For the navigation tasks […]
Kitchen Budapest (KiBu) is a new media research lab, and somebody there made this LED gingerbread man. Delicious, so long as all those components are RoHS compliant… – [via] Link.
Phil @ MAKE points us to these amazing chocolates, in the shape of wrenches, nuts, and bolts. Delicious! The outer dusting makes them look like they are antiques covered in rust. – Link.
Here’s a nice way to annoy your neighbors while exercising around your local hood. The “Soul Cycle Chopper” is the ultimate party bike and best of all, it comes with instructions. How to build the “Soul Cycle Chopper” – Link, [via]
Happy Thanksgiving Crafters! For those of you reading in the U.S, enjoy the day off with your families! To fully bring in the mood of Turkey Day, here’s a knitting pattern by Team Knit for this cute Turkey Finger Puppet. Gobble, Gobble! Link.
Irina Blok combines blocks and shrinky dinks to make jewelry. Her jewelry includes a “what do you love” series made up of pendants depicting different loves and a “power bracelet” with images of power lines. [via] Link.
