Made in Japan

Made in Japan – Volume 21

Made in Japan – Volume 21

This week: Ball joint doll heads, “Plastitch” Models, Vocaloid Meets Generative Composition, Human-made Spider Web, Rice Paddy Art in Yamagata, Kakuyo’s Strap-on Fisheye Lenses for Cell Phones, Breadboarding on StapaVision, Carioka Labs’ Low-Temp Stirling Engine Car, Making Spacey Movies Through Slo-Mo, and Three “Emo” Recycling Tools. Making Ball Joint Doll Heads This video shows the […]

Made in Japan – Volume 20

Made in Japan – Volume 20

This week: Cological Contraption Set, AeroSpider – Wall Walking RC Car, Meta-Ultraman: Ultraman Made Out of Smaller Ultramen, OLLO DIY Robot Kit, Clothespin Triceratops, Keromin, an Electronic Instrument that Looks Like a Frog, Zero Emission House, Microcontroller Boards ‘R’ Us: MicroFan, Fake Watches by Mint House, LED Grow Lights, and PingMag’s RFID Aesthetics. First off, […]

Made in Japan – Volume 19

Made in Japan – Volume 19

This week: Ferris Wheel-Style Takoyaki Machine, Conductive Slime? – Sickly Dog Slime Game, Osaka Fire Dept.’s DIY’d Hydrogen Sulfide Removal Device, Kobe Aqua Robot Competition, Astro Boy Made from Train Tickets, Shuntaro Iizuka: Cardboard Character Costumes, Hair Pins: Yonuko, Hideto Hyodo – Acrylics Craftsman, Web-Controlled Kaleidoscope, and 70’s Robot Glasses. Ferris Wheel-Style Takoyaki Machine A […]

Made in Japan – Volume 17

Made in Japan – Volume 17

This week: A Capacitor-Powered Fast-Charge Mini Car, Strawberry Skin Oshibana, LED Dome Light Hack, Robot Face Rapid Sequence Camera, Coming Soon? – Arduino Mini XBee Shield or Skinny-like 3.3v Arduino + XBee, Kumiko Latticework, Evolta Robot Climbs Grand Canyon Cliff, iPong, a Kappa Ring. Capacitor-Powered Fast-Charge Mini Car Researchers at the Tokyo University School of […]

Made in Japan – Volume 16

Made in Japan – Volume 16

This week: Miyazaki Modelers, the Wooden Supercar, Tatamet Folding Helmets, the Baby Elephant Copter, the MC Escher Stair Walking Jig, A DIY Underwater Fishing Camera, The Cycle Man Toilet Paper Holder, a Carved Kendama, Magnetic Motor Fish Microbot, The Mint House Makoto Eye Mask, The Mushroom Stool Cardboard Box, Hitachi’s Hard Disk Crusher, and the […]

Japanese style scooter modding

Japanese style scooter modding

We posted about the Japanese scooter scene last week. If it made you interested in modding your own scooter, then this might be a good place for inspiration. The website is in Japanese, and the Google translation isn’t the best, but it is a great series of pictures of the build process. Did I mention […]

Made in Japan – Volume 15

Made in Japan – Volume 15

This week: The World’s Smallest Co-Axial Helicopter, Black Leather Keyboard, iPhone Location Amp for the Yamanote Train Line, Joule Thief Insect, Webcam Theremin, Kodomo no Kagaku Magazine: Science For Kids, Dream Factory Blow: Retro Miniaturized Vans, RC Airplane Launcher Catapult, Wooden Toys from Heiwa Mokko, Recycling Art: Cabbage Chair by Nendo, Recycling Art: Plastic Bottle […]