Tokyo Maker Faire 2013: Cool stuff

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Tokyo’s extensive metro and train system recreated in colored water and air bubbles by Takatsugu Kuriyama. The colors are the same used on the system map. Tubes rise above and dip below a clear sheet representing above and below ground trains.

More cool stuff below the break.

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A commercial ferrofluid kit from Kodama Lab. The black fluid dances and swirls around a central cone.

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A ‘holographic’ figure dances in front of a projected background. This technique has been used in stage shows. By Hatsune Miku.

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An augmented reality cell phone application plays an animation over the image printed on the card. By Kuralab.

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@awatwi creates a symphony of air bubbles in clear tubes filled with water. An array of servos press or release air hoses that blow bubbles through the water in each column.

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Skeletonics is a light weight exoskeleton that’s completely human driven. There’s no electronic, pneumatic, or augmented power supplies.

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