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From the MAKE Flickr pool:

I'm not sure what Osaka, Japan's Naniwa craftsmanship festival is, but it looks like a mini maker faire. Lots of fascinating projects, I wish I could have been there!

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shiinaneko found a new way to use his iPad:

It was the time, when I was eating sashimi at a bar, fiddling with my iPad. A slice of Tuna accidentally dropped on the iPad. At that time, I hurriedly got rid of the sashimi, wiped it off. Later I found that suddenly, in the first place, if iPad were a dish, there are no problem. Now, I introduce a revolutionary way of using iPad "iDish".

[Via Pink Tentacle]

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I love this ornate and colorful light that Japanese maker Keisuke Matsushita created with RGB LEDs and a beautiful etched brass enclosure. Keisuke's site is in Japanese but you can still get a sense of how he made this project.

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From Make: Japan:

Beatfly is a small illuminating blimp for entertainment. Its light and movement can be controlled via various interfaces such as MIDI controller, iPhone multi-touch interface, Flash interface on a web site, computer keyboard, mobile phones and voice, and music. It flies, filling the space with colorful light, producing diverse styles of performance in the air. Beatfly is based on open source hardware and software technology, and its technical resources themselves including materials, circuit diagram, mechanical diagram, and software programs are also published as open source under the Creative Commons license. Everyone is welcome to explore this technology by themselves. Beatfly is developed by Hideki Yoshimoto and supported by the IPA Exploratory IT Human Resources Project (The Mitoh Youth Program).

Interested in making one? Check out the project's code and schematics. You may also buy a Beatfly kit (BYO XBee and Arduino) for $65. [Thanks, Hideki!]

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