@ odaiba part one

here we go!

the japanese have different terms for waves... which reminds me of kahlil gibran and what he said about the various arabic terms for horses, which shows what they consider important for their livelihood.
(how about us? what is important for indonesians? i cannot think of anything which can be called differently in bahasa indonesia based on its size or position)

i went to miraikan, which is the museum for emerging science:

it was pretty interesting. over here children can learn hands on about how computers work. unfortunately it is all in japanese:

and there is this section where we can participate in a research about human behavior and what inventions we think important for the future:

it's a bit disturbing, with the eye on the screens, and the warning: remember, any move you make can be turned into information... or something like that:

at one of the stops, we can speak into a mike, and the computer will detect our mood and create a song which would reflect it... frankly, all the songs it made sounded similar to me (maybe we all were just so excited to be there). 

but it's very high tech. before we go in we had to get our ticket scanned at these small machines, enter our initial and language prefeence, and then these round things would appear at our feet, following us wherever we go and acting as our guide:

moving on...

that big spinning globe is so sugoi!

next, i applied to be a citizen of itookashi city, set in the year 2050, when everyone has their personal one-manned helicopter:

i can track the city's development at http://life2050.jp/en/introduction/ (4234332). check it out. it's ama-azing what technology and development they have thought up for the future. it's like they are all disciples of the great master doraemon.

and suddenly the globe turned into the galaxy... and people can lie down on the sofa/bed on the ground floor and enjoy the show... unfortunately the recorded lecture is (as usual) in japanese.

then the next floor is all about outer space, future in medicine, drilling technology, which i didn't manage to explore fully, because they were about to close (yes, i woke up late that day).

but i did manage to get a picture of the real-time video aboard NASA's international space station. sugoi! (yes, that is my most favorite japanese word these days.)