Eclectic junk from the four corners of the ‘Net. And pictures too!
Here are some more paper toys you can build. The Spectrum Snail is very cool. If your a science teacher or have kids and you want to give them a simple demo of how white light is made up of differnt colors, this would be pretty nifty. The paper DNA is also very cool. Cerative use of old PET plastic bottles too!
CD Spectrum Snail – Spectrascope made out of a CD and paper
Paper DNA Model
I can only hope that the next USPS PR event has a spokes model like this…
Private post
Triumph International Japan Ltd model Yu Misaki shows off the “Post Privatization Total Surprise Bra!” in Tokyo on Tuesday. The lingerie maker said it designed the bra to express support for Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and his push to privatize Japan Post.
More news from Japane here:MDN: News on Japan as it happens
Now if the Segway guy had come up with this as the next big thing he would have been right.
Waseda University and tmsuk, Japan, are showing off the “WL-16RII” , a new 2 foot robot to assist people in climbing up and down stairways. The robot presented in Fukuoka will go on sale in 2010. In the demonstration “WL-16RII” succeeded in the stairway ascent and descent of height 20 centimeters. Sensors (not on board) inspect the height and width , etc., of the stairway and programs movement beforehand allowing for safe ascent and descent. In the future using RFID chips on stairways, information can be passed to the WL-16RII allowing it to walk freely in town.
Ployer – WL-16RII
Original story here,
Translated via Excite (The images won’t show up, its due to some weird stuff on their server. It loads fater any way…)
Oh man, these look so *#%* cool!
Oh yeah, the page is in Japanese… Deal with it! 🙂
” Legend of people of beetle ace “
I didn’t manage to post this last night, this site has some beautiful pictorials of abandoned buildings and ruins in Japan. I don’t know why, but these places have such a strange quality to them that just makes me want to go there and find some of my own.
BTW, I’d swear that there is a school in Yokohama near Isogo station that looks like the Kawasaki city barracks residences. I guess the school is still used but it looks like a run down slum. Are all elementary schools in Japan like this?
Ruins Deflation Spiral
Translated site
