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Two videos from Japan, one sublime and one ridiculous .

You've seen the film , now read the book :-) (Oh, there's a paper size issue which cuts the header line off the pages of the pdf - ...

More "science" coming soon, I promise...but first... Monday was a holiday - "Respect for the Aged Day", to be precise - ...

But only a pretend one, today at least. Japan takes disaster preparation very seriously, with an annual "Disaster Prevention Day" ...

A cure for AIDS? An end to poverty and war? No...it's a one-legged jumping robot !

Not much going on here but the rain...at least it seems like summer has ended. I caught the first glimpse of higanbana in the verge near our...

Bush, you lose . ( Godwin's Law )

...and any progress towards gender equality in Japan is thereby put back several decades. Here's the news , for anyone who cares.

The Difference Engine was a mechanically-powered device which could perform a limited (but useful) set of calculations. As Wikipedia says: ...

JAMSTEC's new supercomputer was switched on today, and there was a seminar introducing it. It certainly seems super to me! It's an S...