Rube Goldberg machines are all about taking as many steps as possible to do something really simple. In this clip from the Japanese educational television program, PythagoraSwitch, a small red ball called Biisuke travels through a Rube Goldberg machine to rescue his yellow and green-colored brothers from the ball prison. It’s a pretty neat idea to turn the classic RG machine into an epic quest.
You can find more small machines on the program’s YouTube page.
-RSB
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It seems we’re getting one step closer to that strange futuristic world portrayed in science fiction. Folks, it’s about to get weird!
The people over at Alcyone in Japan recently developed this virtual tool using a modified Oculus Rift headset and two Wii Remotes to interface with the synthetic lips. It’s really a sight to behold. I wonder if Facebook had this in mind when they purchased Oculus Rift for $2 Billion.
It seems that the sex industry is always quick to adopt the newest technology.
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Exciting (albeit strange) times ahead!
-RSB
I featured some images from Will Schofield’s (50 Watts) collection of 1970’s and 1980’s Japanese illustration last year, but the series is too cool not to share some more. The work tends to feature distorted figures with a courageous palette of colors, reminiscent of surrealist paintings. Hope you enjoy!
Look for more Japanese illustration here & here.
-RSB
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50 Watts is one of the best vintage design & illustration blogs on the web. Space Teriyaki, a collection of books and catalogs on Japanese illustration and design from the 70’s and 80’s, embodies the brand of intriguing and rare content that Will Schofield has gathered.
I’ve always enjoyed Japanese illustration and have featured the likes of Kazumasa Nagai and Yusaku Kamekura before. The pieces from this era tend to share a boldness in both color and form.
If you’ve enjoyed these, you can find more at 50 Watts.
-RSB
Yume Cyan shot these incredible long-exposure photographs of fireflies in the forests surrounding Nagoya City in Japan. Fireflies have specialized light-emitting organs in their lower abdomens which create a chemical reaction leading to light. Specifically, an enzyme called luciferase acts on luciferin, in the presence of magnesium ions, ATP, and oxygen to produce light. But WHY do these bugs create light?
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Well, the answer is sex. From Wikipedia: “Fireflies are a classic example of an organism that uses bioluminescence for sexual selection.
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They have a variety of ways to communicate with mates in courtships: steady glows, flashing, and the use of chemical signals unrelated to photic systems.” It sounds a bit like the Morse Code of sex.
Apparently, Yume headed to the forest in the Spring of this year during the beginning of the rainy season to catch the fireflies as they mate after thunderstorms.
The long-exposure photographs make the light look like big drops of green water…
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It’s a wonderful technique.
Find more from Yume Cyan at his 500px site.
-RSB
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For 7 years, a diligent Japanese custodian worked on the maze you see above. Twitter user @Kya7y (and daughter of the artist) found the drawing recently and posted it for the world to see. Apparently, it was completed almost 30 years ago in his spare time using some pen and ink on A1 size paper (841 x 594 mm).
What is maybe most impressive, however, is that the drawing was made with very little planning.
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He simply drew the maze as it popped into his mind.
I hope this is sold as a print some day.
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I’ll hang it on my wall, and spend the next 7 years trying to solve it.
-RSB
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