Archive for January, 2010

Rice: Ancient Grain for a Modern Culture

Great Economist special about rice in Japan. Long but worth the read!

But how will they taste as sushi?

Confirming itself as one of the world’s leading producers of mad scientists, Japan’s latest scientific innovation is the ‘fish-bot‘, realistic fish and sealife-shaped robots that can be used to teach school children about sealife and our relationship with the ocean.

I’ve just watched the video and I am amazed.