You might already have realised that I like discovering interesting ways to make music (which is why the HARP appealed to me), so this “instrument” based on lunar topographical data sparked my interest.

Take a robot pitcher, constructed with a mechanical arm and a high-speed, three-fingered hand that can open and close at up to 10 times per second, and a robot batter with 1,000fps cameras, and you have the beginnings of a cyber-baseball team.
Here’s a video including slow-motion replay:

The geek has indeed inherited the earth. A growing number of pursuits are now aimed squarely at the geek in all of us. Gone are the days when poring over comicbooks, talking about gadgets and raving over Star Trek is a sure way of getting beat up. Now it is cool to be a geek. [...]

Japanese art collective Rinpae Shidan released a time lapse video of one of their projects where they have been painting on the same wall for one week long. Every art work they created served as base for the next painting.

It’s a stereotypical geek (nerd, perhaps) dream – the invention of underwear that you don’t have to waste time changing every day yet remains pong free.
Created by boffins in Tokyo, J-Ware “stink-free” underwear is being tested by Koichi Wakata, currently orbiting the earth on the International Space Station.

Ken Tayas’ Nihon Town illustration mashes both Asian and Western pop culture up. Among the party are Super Mario Brothers’ mushroom, Astro Boy, Domo kun and Noodle from The Gorillaz.
You can check the complete list out at Enfu and admire the illustration 3000px large on Flickr.

When I initially saw this, I thought ‘Genius!. A lovely wooden USB stick with Post-it notes dispenser. The perfect argument to start sticking post-it notes on my laptop screen, a sure recipe for disaster.Little later I was sitting in the little room, thinking how I could make one those myself. It’s crunchtime, DIY FTW!

We’re all familiar with the foldaway bed, but what about foldaway rooms?
The ergonomically-inclined Japanese have done it again, as if the Bento Box wasn’t enough! This time, designer Toshihiko Suzuki has created Kenchikukagu, aka, rooms that fold up and can be wheeled away.
For about $7,500 US each, you can choose between a bedroom, kitchen [...]