THE TOKYO EYE

The Blue Danube, the ape throwing a piece of bones into the air, neo-futuristic objects floating in the space and so forth; Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey takes its place in the movie history with those remarkably elegant scenes that are still beautiful in the 21st century.  From October to December, The British Film Institute is holding a special event for sch-fi movies - Sci-Fi: Days of Fear and Wonder - and the digital-remastered edition of 2001: A Space Odyssey is going to make its return to the screen during the event. Along with that, a new trailer of the movie was crated for the first time in forty years.  You might also like this post Via: Gigagine

Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, answered all questions in Mandarin to the delight of the Chinese audience. Though the language is one of the challenging subjects to westerners, his Mandarin was well understood. The background of his speech was that Tsinghua University's school of Economics and Business appointed him to the school's advisory board along with Tim Cook. Despite the fact that his social network is completely blocked by the Chinese government, his appearance in one of the top Chinese educational institutions indicates his seeking inroads into the Chinese market and collaboration with the country's IT business. But the question is that how did he acquire his Mandarin skill when considering the fact that his wife speaks Cantonese. Want to learn a new language?  A recent study shows that learning a new language stimulates the same part of your bran as SEX. Researchers from Barcelona's Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute and Otto von G...

Since people in UK are fed up with their image insecurity and self-doubt, IKEA UK provides Britons with one simple solution: a motivational mirror that speaks out on how good you look. As a YouTube commentator indicated, I can't wait how this plays in Conan's TV show lol How do you think? It's good or bad? Do people act too superficial? Leave your comment below. You might also like this post Via: Idea*Idea

We tend to be blind when we comer across brands. This time, it's Apple. In Jimmy Kimmel's show, people were somehow convinced that an old Casio watch with Apple log on the back is actually an Apple's smart-watch that is not existed yet.  What is sad is that when the reporter says "It also shows you the date" or "it has an alarm," people just answered as if they've never seen those features before. It is clear that it neither help their life better nor solve their essential problems. Still people strictly believe in a fantasy that what Apple does is always right. It also suggests the point that anything attached with Apple log could be a commercial success in the world of brands. And here is an TV ad made by Samsung who is in envy of the Apple brand. Anyway, it's all about brands and the question is that why do we care about them? You might also like this post Via: YouTube TechCrunch

Russian Wikipedia page for the flight MH17 A Tweeter bot monitoring  any edits made to Wikipedia from Russian gov't IP addresses Nothing is definite but it's certainly obvious that Russian gov't is drifted into removing some pieces of info inconvenient to it from Wikipedia, such as the probable fact that it provided separatists with missiles that took down the commercial airliner. It was detected by a Tweeter bot monitoring edits to Wikipedia made from Russian gov't IP addresses. US president Barack Obama mentioned that the tragedy was likely done by the separatists and added that without sophisticated weapons they couldn't be able to down the airliner. If it were true, it could be the most embarrassing Wikipedia updates ever in history.  You might also like this post Via: The Telegraph

No matter where you are, subways (or underground) is not a comfortable place. Always jammed, crowded, and gasping for breath and fresh air. Began in October 2013, 'Going Underground: our journey to the future' exhibition gives further opportunity to Londoners to experience what the future of the underground is with a three-month extension.  With the joint partnership between Siemens and London Transport Museum, the exhibition allow us to have a glimpse in to the out-of-the-box thinking design that leads to the future of the underground. With 30% more energy efficient and 20% lighter than the current metro trains, the Siemens Inspiro gives us an idea what the future metro trains should be and what directions we should follow to reproduce the city and the world as a whole sustainable.  However, the future design somehow reminds me of this thing below... ...or maybe this thing You might also like this post Via: Siemens ...

The search giant just recently reveled the prototype of its self-driving car. The project gives us a glimpse into the future where the technology take the wheel. But a populaer comedian in the States, Conan O'brien, on the other hand, is more of skeptical about the project. Here is a edited version of Google's original preview of the project; what if the slef-driving system had a bug and what the experience would be like? You might also like this post Via: TechCrunch

The world's largest excavator, Bagger 288, which is designed and built by a German company is now recreated as a transformer by a German animator. Check it out on the video below! Bagger 288 You might also like this video Via: Idea*Idea

Google Now is an essential service on your phone and now that the service has become available on your desktop as well. The below video let you know how to enable Google Now on your desktop step by step. First off, open a new tab 1. Access "chrome://flags" 2. Find "Google Now Mac, Windows, Chrome OS" (Just type "Ctrl+F" and type "now") 3. Click the pulldown saying "Default" and change it to "Enabled" *Do not touch other setting on the page. 4. Scroll down to the bottom and click "Restart now" button Then you'll get Google Now on your desktop! You might also like this post Via: YouTube

NEVER EVER EVER DO THIS... but you can TRY! PlayStation challenges people to insert their fingers into the electrical socket installed in a public place in Belgium. If you can keep inserting your both fingers for five seconds, you'll get a popular game for PS4! Now, go travel to Belgium and try it! You might also like this post Via: Kotaku

Jimmy Fallon and Billy Joel formed a joint session with a magical iPad app, Loopy HD, that literally loops multiple recorded voices of yours and your friends, that forms layers of looped recordings of your singing, beatboxing or playing instruments. Try! You might like this post Via: Rocket News 24

The Wachowskis created another legendary movie, Jupiter Ascending, that would be as impressive as their former master-piece-series, Matrix. The story goes around a girl who is inherits genes of the queen who holds the hegemony over the entire universe. From a Earth to Jupiter, the story revolves around her and her mysterious guardian whose power and spirit are invincible. Now, enjoy the latest trailer of the remarkable space-opera! You might like this post Via: Gigazine

Now that Sony will invite you to a virtual world with their latest technology, HMZ: Personal 3D Viewer, that let you live in the virtual world where you can experience anything you want and meet your imaginary friends who were the residents of an animated world. See the below video for more details of their technology. You might also like this post Via: Sony YouTube

They always make everything a joke. You might also like this post Via: Memorial

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They have English subtitles, so don't worry. Anyway, do you think this is real or just a joke?  You might also like this post Via: YouTube Rocket News 24

The world's largest model railway that attracts millions of tourists from around the world. In the highly computerized minure world , hundreds of railways, millions of automobiles and large commercialized ships run across the tiny version of West. You might also like this post Via: YouTube

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It's probably the best time to say good-bye to our commercial TV networks which are nothing but only  fossils of the past. Japanese major commercial networks made an outrageous decision to ban to air Panasonic's latest smart-TV series, Smart Viera which has a variety of connectivities to major Internet services, including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and more. So you can share what you are watching on TV on YouTube or Facebook anytime you want when you are in front of the TV.  And, here is the thing. Japanese commercial TV networks decided not to air the smart-TV's ad due to the product's violation of the industrial rule according to which the TV-picture must be displayed on the screen entirely: while the viera offers users to access to the Internet as the social networking systems are displayed on the right-side and the bottom of the screen.  And conclusion Japanese net-users draw from this issue is that their out-dated ideas which ...

HTC First, whose another name is Facebook Phone, turned out  so unpopular that AT&T, for one day,  decided to lower its price from $99 to 99 cents. Despite their sacrificing effort, the phone hasn't been sold well due to the fact that Facebook Home isn't user-friendly at all. According to a specialist, Facebook Phone series will be discontinued soon, and unsold boxes of the phone will be returned to the manufacturer. You might also like this post YouTube Slashdot