Move over Large Hadron Collider - Japan’s Large Helical Device is in the house! Check out this wonderful photo. I think any experiment as big as a building is rad - but if it happens to be a beautiful helical design that creates mini-stars on earth, then bonus! (Don’t worry LHC, we still <3 you)
The Large Helical Device (LHD) project involves construction of the world’s largest superconducting helical device, which employs a heliotron magnetic field originally developed in Japan. The objectives are to conduct fusion-plasma confinement research in a steady-state machine and to elucidate important research issues in physics and engineering for helical plasma reactors.
There is a great Gizmodo interview with Alton Brown about the Food Network host’s latest road show Feasting on Waves, and the gadgetry that is involved in making hte show. Interesting read! Loved Feasting on Asphalt.
Info from TOKYOMANGO that the UNIQLO NY store will soon have humanoidish robots to help people shop! I’m sure this actually means ONE robot and it is probably supervised - but this is still super rad! I’m gonna go back to NY to check it out.
Disgaea’s Prinnies Getting Their Own Game. A rough translation of the game title is “Prinny: Dood, Are You Sure I Can Be the Hero?” 1000 penguins that say d00d a lot. Hmmm, Eeeenteresting
Lisa Katayama of the wonderful blog TokyoMango has a post on Denpa, the Biggest Geek Dance Party Ever. Basically, in Japan many of the anime otaku gather at a big dance party where the DJs blast music from the latest hot memes spewed forth from 2ch and the fans go nuts and dance along. Sounds like fun! I’ve only been able to find 2 friends to do the Uma Uma / Carameldansen dance with - hope to catch this next time I’m in Japan!
James Roper does artwork that has a certain unstable, explosive feel that really grabs me. His Hypermass series is all collaged pieces of manga and anime art.
