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On the Potential for Branded Robots

Last year I wrote about these awesome fighting robots from Japan, where  I asked this question: “I am very interested in at least progressing research into the potential for branded robotics, androids & cybernetics if any readers have thoughts?” I received an equally awesome response from one Pius Agius, who challenged me on my Western predilection [...]

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New Interactive Augmented Reality Experience by T-Immersion

New Interactive Augmented Reality Experience by T-Immersion

Total Immersion have launched a new kind of interactive attraction using mobility and augmented reality. This new attraction developed in cooperation with Hanwa Co. (Japan) is a state of the art walk through where guests are swept into an experience merging videogame and real live adventure: Before entering in the attraction, guests are equipped with [...]

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Something Beautiful

Something Beautiful

No techno-pop-culturalism today. Just a really lovely video of a very cool place in Japan. Watch this in fullscreen for a truly ethereal, calming experience: Kuroshio Sea – 2nd largest aquarium tank in the world – (song is Please don’t go by Barcelona) from Jon Rawlinson on Vimeo.

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There Should Be More Robots on TV

This is incredible. Just when I thought I had a grip of current robot development, the Japanese blow my mind with this piece of raw awesomeness: Bizarre Japanese Fighting Robots Uploaded by DiagonalView. – Videos of the latest science discoveries and tech. It is so difficult to keep pace with the Far East on the [...]

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Gutter Talk

Gutter Talk

Gutter Talk: Hot & Cool in the World of Comic Books The medium we call comics is based on a simple idea: the idea of placing one picture after another to show the passage of time. Legendary comic artist Will Eisner defines comics as ‘sequential art’. The idea that art can be ‘joined up’ to [...]

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