Design site Wonderwall employs a unique user interface that dynamically reacts to a user’s mouse, responding based on browser history.
Read more...November 4, 2009
October 29, 2009
Small Scale Rice Farming in Japan
Rice farming usually conjures mental images of vast, sprawling rice paddies. That’s not always the case, as Tokyo Green Space recently discovered.
Read more...October 15, 2009
Good Ideas Salon Tokyo: 3 Questions for Peter Rojas
PSFK asks Peter Rojas, one of our panel members at the upcoming Good Ideas Salon Tokyo, what pure living means to him.
Read more...October 8, 2009
Japanese Suit To Protect Against Swine Flu
Haruyama Trading Co. of Okayama, Japan has developed a suit for men which promises to guard the wearer against swine flu.
Read more...October 5, 2009
Ogori Cafe: Service With a Surprise
Cabel Saasser brings word of a mysterious cafe that he recently experienced in Kashiwa in Japan. Located inside the Urban Design Center Kashiwa-no-ha, the Ogori cafe looks innocuous enough, but holds a surprise in store for its patrons.
Read more...September 28, 2009
Mio I-zawa: Throbbing Tumors And Hearts With Wheels
Mio I-zawa is a Japanese interactive media artist that utilizes flesh-like masses of material that resemble hearts, tumors, and skin cells. These items are placed into situations where they interact with computers, humans, or both.
Read more...Wooden Mobile Phone Prototype Unveiled in Japan
Japanese mobile phone monolith Docomo has developed a mobile phone called the “Touch Wood” built from the excess wood collected during forest thinning.
Read more...September 23, 2009
12 Amazing Japanese Robots
Advancements in robotics are being made at a rapid pace. From machines that carry out tedious domestic tasks to highly specialized devices, we’ve gathered a selection of innovative robots from Japan.
Read more...September 18, 2009
Retro Cameras from the Streets of Tokyo
Old cameras are becoming a stylish accessory, and in Japan the youth eagerly show off their retro cameras to the Tokyo Camera Style blog.
Read more...September 17, 2009
Ingenious Label Design Ensures Food Safety
TO-GENKYO has designed an innovative hourglass shaped label for packaged meat which uses a special ink that changes color as ammonia is released inside the package.
Read more...September 15, 2009
Robotic Calisthenics
Taizo is a robot built by the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology in Japan, designed specifically to lead the elderly in exercise.
Read more...September 14, 2009
How Google Handles Your Street View Privacy
A video created by Google Japan that helps explain the process that the tech company undertakes to ensure the privacy of the people and property they photograph for their Street View function of their Maps service.
Read more...September 9, 2009
Creative Inspiration from Behance II
Behance is a company that organizes the creative world to make ideas happen. Every Wednesday, Behance shares 5 fresh art and design projects from their network with PSFK.
Read more...September 3, 2009
Creature Comfort: Japanese Cafes Offer Animal Companionship
A Japanese cafe concept that’s quite popular is the pet cafe, where stressed locals can gather to enjoy a meal, a beverage, and some relaxing companionship with a rabbit, cat, or dog.
Read more...(Pic) Decorative Solar Panel Lamps
Sony has released a series of lamp shades made of solar energy panels. Each side is coated with dye-sensitized solar cells that mimic photosynthesis by collecting sunlight during the day to power lamps at night.
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