Swarm

What is round, metal & deals with art & techology?

 

It's called "swarm" (created by the orb swarm team)...They've created metal spheres that move autonomously on their own, while knowing where they are & where to go next...

Basically they are: Mechanical-Kinetic sculptures.

So what about the art part?

ART (lol)

 

 

The swarm orbs were tested in New Orleans, November 13th for the American Anthropological Association conference. (That was the result!)



The orb swarm blog

There wasn't a real reason why this was made...The team simply said:

"What can we create that's challenging & creative?"

Cooking robot!

So I've been trying to look for another fairly interesting topic for my blog...I wanted to find something dealing with food & technology and I found something!

I could see people liking the idea of a robot cleaning their house for them, or having a car you just sit in and you're escorted everywhere...but what about cooking?

Yes? No? Yes? Maybe?

This robot is taught how to cook, and a wii remote is used to answer the robots questions!!!

I think it's a neat twist, being able to teach a robot something than having memory installed and expecting the robot to do everything right the 1st time. This is a neat bit of techonology that could (or already is) in the future of kicthens.

Here's a short version of the video:

Electric Town!

Akihabara, Japan...Otherwise known as "Electric Town".

It's called "Electric town" because of the overwhemling (or perfect) amount of electronic shops. Akihabara is ten blocks (or more) of everything you'd need dealing with electronics. It doesn't matter if you're a tech-nerd or IT professional, you'll want to visit ths city!!

Some stores are: Sofmap, Laox, Radio Market & Yodobashi Camera. As for a IT business visits the Akihabara Crossfield is the place to be! Even if you're not able to enjoy Akihabara as a whole, the Crossfield has shops and resturants inside, as well as the conference rooms etc...

(Akihabara Crossfield)

 

Now...Japan is also known for anime (Japanese animation) and Akihabara is also known as a otaku (Super anime fan) paradise...I'll leave that up to you to research...but I will say that the cafes are like none you've ever seen! lol