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Case in point: Kino

noodlepoke is finding out about the rad things that happen at comiket
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCR9LzvmVmo[/youtube]
Once Kaguya's attack stops repeating it gets really awesome to watch

Man, I wanna make games

too bad I don't want to take like 8 programming courses and a bunch of physics classes

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxPVfzH-z_Q[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Wvrprstvdg[/youtube]

Anyone have spare change?
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7uMkb8Tk7o[/youtube]

japan loves robots

It seems that western engineers focus on making bulky, wheeled robots that can think with a hive mind or figure out how to hold and manipulate various objects, while Japanese engineers focus on making compact androids that look awesome doing entertaining things. This is just a generalization though.

Japan only has more entertaining robots because they have more robots in general. I would like to compare those freaky singing androids to what we had at Chucky Cheese and stuff. Most of the tech I have seen from Japan is to replace humans or make lives excessively easier... like these chairs they have for security guards which drive around. Americans make a lot of useless robots without the intent of serving any greater purpose, but we are more of a home-workshop kind of folk when it comes to that. I remember building my first robot at home to present for an elementary school project (we could choose from any topic). Went with a bug model which made it easier for people to understand. All he really did was wheel around though I remember equipping him with sensors to avoid walls and other collision.

All in all Japan just beats the heck out of us at mostly everything in robotics, except military. It is funny to compare the sleek and comfortable exoskeletons Japan is developing to increase accessibility and make life easier versus the big hideous exoskeletons America is developing for military use. Japanese engineers are like "This will allow people to lift heavy loads without excessive equipment" or "With this the elderly can live more independent lives!" while the American engineers are like "LOOK THIS ONE GUY CAN LOAD UP ALL OF THESE ARTILLERY CANNONS AND SHIT WHERE AS A NORMAL GUY WOULD HAVE A MUCH HARDER TIME AND GET COMPLETELY EXHAUSTED". Japan could have much better robotic military equipment if they wanted to.

I am definitely liking a lot of the powered-limb sort of stuff in development over there. I hope such things eventually replace powered wheelchairs, if the cost can go down.

I figure Japan has so many robots because of...for utter lack of words, how it is. But I'd like to know how it got there. I'd like to learn where all of that industry and culture came from.

Did someone mention ?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmRaVoqA5Fk[/youtube]

the mountain tops at night made me feel like crying. Stars/moon bring a lot of it full-circle complete with a sense of scale.

Also, a volcano in the jungle. Earth is swarming with life on the surface, and is throbbing with a life of its own underneath.

Partial solar eclipse in the clouds was also beautiful...

I can't believe we live here ;-;

And we only have one ;-;