This week: A kit to speed up your Rubik’s Cube times, Lego models of Tokyo, Hanabusa’s Mac Mod Lab, outdoorsy electronics w/ NAO Technohut, feel like a super hero with the Umbrella Sword + Wind Swirl combo, battle of the origami champions, the robots of Tmsuk, and a robot that finally knows how to have […]
This week: Chanko’s wire VW’s, Korg on the Nintendo DS, a pricey but nicey wooden keyboard, one stamp for many faces, a cyborg-esque finger piano begging to be circuit-bent, the Pixel Factory electricity-free movie player, Japanese manhole cover art, a psychedelic gas mask kaleidoscope, cushions made from subway car seat material, a rainbow in your […]
This week: Actbrise: Makers of Boutique Mouses and Handicapped Assistance Products, Mashup Art w/ Twittalk, The Strange Crochet Things of Niimarusangow, Ujino Muneteru’s The Rotators, and The Pika Pika Lightning Doodle Project. Actbrise: Makers of Boutique Mouses and Handicapped Assistance Products A small Japanese electronics company called Actbrise has introduced the Jupiter Mouse (13,980 yen […]
This week: Women who make heart-shaped cucumbers, the hacks of Carioca, a QR code magazine, Japan’s world of competitive rubber band shooting, extreme styrofoam PC case mods, and the makeshift mobile restaurants of Japan. Heart-Shaped Cucumbers by the Heartstick Group – While many people may be familiar with the square melons of Japan, here are […]
Makers from Japan: An Interview with Masayuki Akamatsu Masayuki Akamatsu has taught sound/media arts at IAMAS (International Academy of Media Arts and Sciences/Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences, Gifu, Japan) since 1997. He has exhibited multimedia electronic installations and performed throughout the world, and is also a member of The Breadboard Band, a group […]
MADE in Japan – Volume 3 This week: “Life Sensing” Hot Water Pots, Circuitbent Pachinko Machines, Otona no Kagaku: a “Science for Adults” magazine that comes with a toy, Maywa Denki, Make Your Own Soba, that Famicom Guitar, Funny Wall-mount PC, and an iPod/Boombox Mashup. Making Sure Elderlies are Still Alive by Wirelessly Tracking Their […]
Welcome to the second installment of Made in Japan, a weekly roundup of links to maker-type activities from Japan. Making the Future with Robotics The bilingual Japan-based PingMag has a sister site called PingMag MAKE that is devoted to showcasing the “life stories of people who are building today and exploring tomorrow: craftsmen, engineers, entrepreneurs, […]
