Economist, Dec 1, 2012

choi

(1) Contemporary art in Japan  Harakiri Hellraiser; An enfant terrible of Japanese art comes out of the shadows.
http://www.economist.com/news/bo ... harakiri-hellraiser

Note:
(a) enfant terrible
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/enfant%20terrible
(b) Makoto AIDA  会田 誠

* makoto 誠 【まこと】 (n): "sincerity; honesty"

(c) Mori Art Museum  森 美術館in Roppongi Hills Mori Tower 六本木ヒルズ森タワー
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roppongi_Hills_Mori_Tower
(a 54-story mixed-use skyscraper located in Roppongi[, a neighborhood of Tokyo]; Completed in 2003 and named for builder Minoru MORI 森 稔)  
(i) The 本, pronounced "hon," is a counter of trees--equivalent to 棵 in Chinese.
(ii) The Chinese pronunciation of 六 is "roku."
(iii) minoru 実る; 稔る 【みのる】 (v): "to bear fruit; to ripen"

(d) 会田誠：平成勧進プロジェクト | 森美術館
http://www.mori.art.museum/contents/aidamakoto/index.html

Click "アーティスト・作品紹介" tag in the bottom horizontal bar.
* プロジェクト project (n)
* アーティスト  artist

(i) Harakiri School Girls  切腹女子高生  
(ii) War Picture Returns  戦争画Returns
(iii) A Picture of an Air Raid on New York City   紐育空爆之図 にゅうようくくうばくのず
(iv) izakaya  居酒屋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izakaya
(v) A painting titled "あぜ道," where
"aze" あぜ《畦; 畔》 (n): "ridge of earth between rice fields"

(e) Takashi MURAKAMI  村上 隆
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takashi_Murakami
(f) regarding "his drollest work."

droll (adj): "having a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality"
(g) Akira TATEHATA, president of the Kyoto City University of Art
京都市立芸術大学 学長 建畠 晢
(i) tateru 建てる 【たてる】 (v): "to build; to construct"
(ii) hatake/hata 畑; 畠 【はたけ; はた】 (n): "[dry] field (for fruits, vegetables, etc)"

choi

(2) March of Lettuce Bot; Robotics: A machine that helps lettuce farmers is just one of several robots intended to automate aspects of agriculture and horticulture. (in Technology Quarterly).
http://www.economist.com/news/te ... -one-several-robots

My comment:
(a) I heard of Blue River Technology about a half year ago, went to its web site and saw nothing there how the job was done to differentiate a weed from a lettuce. I just visited it, which is same old. Maybe because the technology is not ripe for commercial use, or because it is a trade secret.
(b) Also I visited just now the web site of Vineland Research and Innovation Centre (based in Vineland Station, Ontario), which is not helpful, either.