Today at Boing Boing Gadgets, we had a special theme day on Augmented Reality. *Lisa wrote a feature about Geisha Tokyo Entertainment, the Japanese company that made the virtual maid… Read the rest of the article: Today at Boing Boing Gadgets

An article I wrote for the New York Times Magazine about men in Japan who are in love with anime characters is online now. The print version will be in… Read the rest of the article: Love in 2D

To honor the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, NASA has just released these brand new restored videos of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin's historic first steps on… Read the rest of the article: NASA's new restored footage of the Apollo 11 moon landing

Today at Boing Boing Gadgets, we had a special theme day on makeup. Stop by to read about: * three battery-operated mascaras; * why permanent makeup is scary; * how… Read the rest of the article: Today at Boing Boing Gadgets

Today at Boing Boing Gadgets, we paid homage to the Palo Alto Research Center, or PARC, the amazing research facility responsible for hundreds of patents and myriad innovations in technology.… Read the rest of the article: Today at Boing Boing Gadgets

What's everyday life like at Silicon Valley's most famous research center? To find out, I talked to YF Juan, a director of business develpment at PARC, and communications manager Linda… Read the rest of the article: Life at PARC: Organic food, UNIX parties, coyotes and geeks.

Today was Camping Day at Boing Boing Gadgets. Steven and Lisa took some friends and two cars full of gear to Lake Mendocino and churned out a series of reviews,… Read the rest of the article: Today at Boing Boing Gadgets

Today was Fashion theme day at Boing Boing Gadgets. We had a series of posts about technology and fashion, plus more: *Instructions on how to make a vibrating cell phone… Read the rest of the article: Today at Boing Boing Gadgets

Photos: Lisa Katayama My friend Jenny's mom works at a sewing factory in the Mission district of San Francisco. Every day, she and a dozen or so Chinese ladies make… Read the rest of the article: Photos of an abandoned sewing factory in San Francisco

Today at Boing Boing Gadgets, we paid special homage to our best doggie friends by doing a series of posts about dogs and technology. Among them: * An illustrated guide… Read the rest of the article: Today at Boing Boing Gadgets

Today at Boing Boing Gadgets… * Lisa tested out a high-end wetsuit to see if it would stave off cold NorCal water. * Steven interviewed Mark Sponsler, the guy who… Read the rest of the article: Today at Boing Boing Gadgets

Recently at Boing Boing Gadgets, we paid special homage to bridges. Come visit us for those posts and more: * An interview with Donald MacDonald, chief architect of the new… Read the rest of the article: Recently at Boing Boing Gadgets

Today at Boing Boing Gadgets, you can read about: *A fossilized stack of floppy disks; *Big-ass light bulbs; *The Face Bank loses its creepy eyes; *A washing machine for dogs;… Read the rest of the article: Today at Boing Boing Gadgets

Recently at Boing Boing Gadgets, we looked at the wonderful world of LEDs, plus much more. Steven posted a video of a Japanese kid that made a Pac-Man Roomba using… Read the rest of the article: Recently at Boing Boing Gadgets

Today at Boing Boing Gadgets, we introduced you to Dell's new all-in-one PC; taught you how to buy Tamiflu online; informed you of a violent robot uprising; Joel showed us… Read the rest of the article: Today at Boing Boing Gadgets

Althea Crome might be the only person in the world who imagines everything she sees in miniature and then knits them with tiny, tiny needles and thread. The intricacy of… Read the rest of the article: Microscopically knit apparel for Neil Gaiman's Coraline

Today on TokyoMango, I wrote about real live Pokemon that sold for nearly a billion dollars on Yahoo! Auctions; a new web meme that spawned from the prime minister's exit… Read the rest of the article: Today on TokyoMango, and I'm out!

I didn't realize how important family history was until after my grandmother died. She was a reporter/actor in pre-Communist China who quite unwillingly moved to Japan right after WW2, but… Read the rest of the article: A profile of actor Henry O

Japanese food is famously colorful, and people often pack creative, artful lunches for their kids and spouses. The Jacket Lunch Box blog belongs to a designer/DJ/food enthusiast who likes to… Read the rest of the article: Album covers made with Japanese food

Three polar bears at Nagoya zoo in central Japan turned green this summer from swimming in a pond infested with algae. The zoo staff had been changing the water less… Read the rest of the article: Polar bears turn green with algae