Jogging in Tokyo with Wiimote
The Modding otaku, Ryo Katsuma has done it again. He first made news around the blogs for his Wii Balance Board mashup. Well, he has now taken the same principle and applied it to the Wiimotes. Using the Wiimote Katsuma’s mod allows you to move down Google Map Streets. How...
Edagawa’s robotic bike storage
How do you solve a bike storage problem in the heart of Tokyo? Create a robotic bike storage system. With bikes ridden by over 700,000 people a day in Tokyo, after they get to their train station, those bikes need to go somewhere. This underground bike storage system at the...
Tokyo monkey chaos: The shirt
Well by now I’m sure you have heard about the monkey found walking the train tracks in Tokyo. If not, take your pick from here, here, here, here, or here to read about it. By the amount of fuss about it, its one of those stories that everyone has got...
Old Tokyo recreated in Second Life
For those of you that use Second Life and want to experience a bit of old Tokyo, Second Coa has created a virtual Edo (old name for Tokyo) in the virtual world. Second Coa has produce 12 different areas of Edo including Nihonbashi, Edo Castle, Kanda Myojin shrine, and Asakusa....
WWII bomb found in Tokyo
A bomb in Chofu, Tokyo brought back memories of World War II for many. About 16,000 residents will be issued evacuation orders by the city government so that it can work to diffuse a 63 year old bomb from the War. Keio Corp was performing work on underground rail lines...