Tag: tokyo
X-SEED 4000 – science fiction housing for one million people
Japan’s Taisei Construction Corporation has a dream. It’s dream is to make a building taller than all the other buildings.
Only the X-SEED 4000 project doesn’t just scrape a few metres over existing towers – it’s nearly TEN TIMES the size of current sky-scraping record holders…
3D printing moves one step closer…
Some boffins have been running tests involving laser printers. Test that, like all good tests, have involved dogs, facial restructuring and cutting-edge technology.
The scientists, from the Tissue Engineering Department at the University of Tokyo Hospital, have successfully printed out 3D bone replacements, using enhanced inkjet technology…
Daily Tech Hotlinks for 10-Jul-07: Second Life, Simpsons video game, Yahoo's Mosh, Photobucket, iPhone
– Tetsuya Mizuguchi, creator of Lumines and Rez, is developing a Virtual Tokyo for Second Life (1up)
– Matt Groening to be final boss in new Simpsons video game (Slashdot)…
Fujitsu show off their flexible 'Fab PC' at the Tokyo Design Premio show
Oh, to live in Japan! Those lucky Tokyo-dwelling citizens have been treated recently to the Tokyo Design Premio show, the largest international design event which celebrates Japanese lifestyles with 17 brands, 48 designers and graphic artists plus a huge display of high-end interiors.
Fujitsu were there showing off their wares and concept ideas, including the ‘Fab PC’, which is quite literally fab…
