Tag: tokyo
Learn How To Cook With This Augmented Reality Cooking Simulator
It's so much easier to learn how to cook these days compared to a decade ago. Back then, you had to either learn by watching someone else or learn from reading a cookbook. These days it's very different. Not only are there tons of excellent cooking apps, there is now an augmented reality cooking sim ...
Lightsaber Handrails: Tokyo Is The Place For Star Wars Fans
The integration of Star Wars technologies into the world has always been on the rise. We have seen gadget after gadget adapt some of the sounds, looks and similar features even though the features in the movies are probably way beyond what our technology is capable of. However, they are ever more pr ...
Guy Creates The Apple Logo By Running With A GPS In Tokyo
Many of us were saddened by the resignation of Steve Jobs the other day, and the news has literally been littered with all kinds of stories about what will happen now and how Apple will survive such a huge blow. Another blow came a few hours ago when a new picture, taken just a couple of days ago (s ...
Photography: Squished Up Faces On The Tokyo Train
We have a train here in Atlanta called Marta. Marta stands for Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority. It's awesome because for about two bucks, you can get anywhere in the city without having to drive in traffic. Sometimes when I get on Marta it's crowded, like during rush hour, but for the m ...
Experience Your Vampire Fantasies At The Vampire Cafe
It's 2am now. I sit here in the dark, writing this article, with all the doors and windows open even though I know that right here in Atlanta is the largest organization of people who think they are vampires. No worries though, at least now I know how to tell if someone is a vampire.
It's true, ...
iButterfly: Millions Of Butterflies Flew Over Japan
Just recently in Japan, a million butterflies flew over their skies... the augmented reality sky that is. Those people who had their iPhones in various locations had the chance to catch butterflies. On that day, you could see people from all ages raising their phones towards the sky.
When they ...
Augmented Reality Enters The Kingdom Of… Cookies!
Oh hell yes!! I'm so excited about this one. I love technology almost as much as I love cookies; so combining them both is like finding the Holy Grail to me.
Look out Willy Wonka; augmented reality has entered your kingdom! A group of extremely smart people at the University of Tokyo, led by Ta ...
The Most Magical Paper Craft Castle In The World
We have featured a lot of paper craft art on Bit Rebels lately. As paper craft becomes more and more popular, we continue to see people push the limit on what can be created with a piece of paper. When @SuuperG sent a tweet today featuring this paper craft art installation created by Wataru Itou, ...
The Toilet Paper Emergency – The Best Use Of Twitter Yet
A lot of people say that tweets are useless and don't ever really help people right when they need it. Well, after hearing about this story, I will never think that again. I can barely type for laughing so hard.
Last week, Twitter user @naika_tei, who lives in Tokyo, was in an electronics store, ...
Welcome to the Largest iPhone Store in the World
I really need to get out and see more of the world. I’ve done a lot of international traveling, but I’ve never visited China, Japan or even the Philippines, where my best friend @mistygirlph lives. I was drooling over China when I wrote this article about their new Chocolate Themepark. Then, toda ...
This Is What Shoe Heaven Looks Like!
Is it just me, or does it seem like the coolest stores are always in Tokyo? Recently, Nike opened its second flagship store in Tokyo and it is like nothing you’ve ever seen before. I’m a high heels girl all the way, but after looking at these pictures, I’m inspired to go buy a pair of sneakers rig ...
Beware: Fleshy Robot Hand
At the Tokyo International Food Machinery and Technology Exhibition in June, a very cool robot chef wowed the crowd. His name was “Chef Robot†(how creative). This robot, which was really more like just a robot hand, could even handle delicate sushi. Here’s the kicker, this robot had a very ...
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