Miraikan

Miraikan, also known the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (probably why people call it “Miraikan”), is located on the man-made island of Odaiba in Tokyo Bay. Suspended above the entry hall is the Geo-Cosmos, a one-of-a-kind globe covered with OLED panels that displays real time weather patterns and other important geographic data. Miraikan is…

Ice Cream Vending Machine

Everyone loves the ice cream truck, coming down the street on a hot summer day loaded with every variety of ice cream a kid can imagine. The only thing better would be a vending machine, so you wouldn’t have to wait in anticipation for the ice cream truck, right? Thankfully, Japan’s marketing department has heard…