Chinese Fake Egg !
Well, this is about the Fake Egg, made and
sold in China.
＜中国食品＞初公開！
ニセ卵の製造過程が明らかに―河南省
配信日時：2007年8月14日(火) 16時21分
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写真を大きなサイズで！ |
13日、中国河南省鄭州市のメディアにより、鄭州市内の市場で、化学薬品や食品添加物で作られた
ニセ卵が販売されていると伝えられた。
2007年8月13日、カメラマンは、ニセ卵を製造する業者をよく知る人物Aさんとの接触に成功した。
Aさんは、今までベールに包まれていたニセ卵の製造過程を明らかにした。
A さんは説明を交えながら、カメラの前で実際に作ってくれた。Aさんの話によると、このニセ卵は
10年前から中国東北地方で製造を始め、3～4年前から杭 州・香港などでも販売されるように
なったという。数年前からニセ卵が発見され、取締りが行われたが、いまだニセ卵の流通は後を
絶たない。卵は安価で、なぜ コストをかけてまでニセ卵を作るのか、中国の人々も理解できないという。
Aさんは、ニセ卵製造に熟練している業者は1日一人で1000個以上作ることができ、コストは本物の
卵の10分の1で、卸販売価格は本物の2分の 1。業者にとってはコストパフォーマンスがよい。
ニセ卵は普通の卵と一見変わらないが、ゆで卵にして食べるとゴムのような食感で卵の味はしないという。
このニセ卵は、主に褐藻に含まれる多糖類の一種で、ミョウバンやゼラチン、でんぷんなども使われる
食物繊維の一つであるアルギン酸ナトリウムが主 原料である。卵の殻は炭酸カルシウム製としている。
中国の専門家達は、こうした材料を使った食品を長く摂取すると、記憶力が減退したり、認知症などの
症状 を招く可能性もあると注意を呼びかけている。（翻訳・編集/YO）
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The original article = http://www.recordchina.co.jp/a10497.html
The fake Eggs has been known to be sold in china many years. And I’ve
been wondering how it was made ? = at last, I found the report how it was made.
It seems this report was made by a Chinese reporter who met a man who
demonstrated to make Fake Eggs.—– According to the article, the Egg was made by
Aga aga jerry from the seaweed, with other ingredients, and the shell was made by lime.
The most amazing things were, they were so well made and the people has been buying
them without noticing the fake —– until they were cooked. (taste was not the Egg)
To find the way to make it and perfected the product —– isn’t this genius ?
It seems, this ingenuity was parallel to the way how Chinese invented the Acupuncture.
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Tanbo Art (Rice field Art) in Japan
————————————————— (Photo from Jiji news)
I’ve been seeing those news every year on this season. This is a Tanbo-art,
exclusively in Japanese rice-field. (of course, not everywhere of their field)
—– it was a picture drawn by the different colored rice crop. And in here,
a famous medieval samurai Keiji Maeda (famous in his eccentric behaviour,
called Kabuki-mono = origin of the name Kabuki) was depicted in Yonezawa.
(You may better Google “rice field art japan” or watch this youtube.)
Amazing isn’t it ? !!!
( It is completely different from an on-the-spot, one hour prank = Crop-circle. — To do
this, four or five different colored rice crop has been kept many years and the seeds
were sown to exact position — and wait and see it’s grow ! = Typical Japanese Mind )
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St Martins Degree Show
The art school, Central St Martin has been drifting place to place, like a
hermit crab changing their shell larger to even larger. Among the declining
English industrial, economical trend, they must be one of the few rags to rich
success story. The first time when I visited their degree show more than 30
years ago, they were in a non assuming shabby building in the Covent Garden.
(after the St Martin moved out, the place became to an art material shop =
London Graphic Center. I wonder if they are having business connection ?)
Then St Martin moved to a huge grey building in the Charing Cross Road.
Then, next to the Back hill. Now they are north of King’s Cross Station,
over the Regent Canal, place called Granary Square, a building called Granary
Building. As the name suggests, it must be an old day’s Granary, storing the
grain brought by the barges through the canal.
The inside of otherwise featureless big building, its courtyard has been
transformed to a huge shopping mall like space. ( gone too far !)
It was an archetypal sample of the Capitarism. Invest for a package, and use
it to create (or collect £9000 tuition fee) = profit to buy even larger property.
This is called the growth of enterprise !
This was a gimmick like exhibit to show a physical phenomenon.
Like an old fluorescent light, a cathode discharge lamp (used in a video light
or video projector) is flickering in very high frequency, — to see, it need to
have a high speed moving screen. —> Then, we can see the split colors.
Demonstration of phenomenon itself, like a fallen apple by the gravity wouldn’t
make an art. The art has to show its apple fall in a very special beautiful way.
Likewise, the instrument makes sound is just a physical phenomenon.
When its sound was formed as an impressive melodies and composed in
harmony etc, we call it a musical art. In Photography, the object makes its
secondary image by the light through an optics, is a physical phenomenon.
= so that, unless the image showed the intentionally made interference of
the author, it is not an art but mere reflection of the object.
While seeing every years work, what I found was that when the place get
larger, the works get smaller and boring. Have look other’s, such as this;
https://tokyobling.wordpress.com/2015/03/24/godai-art-university-graduation-show-2015/
Once in a year event was in the same time, reunion with old friends or teacher.
And young graduates’ chance to meet the old boys, girls network.
(By the way, in this photo, the Left is the Top)
I think, a sweet on the hand must be a joke of a visitor. 🙂
This said to be an interactive performing space. (when something performed)
This was the Animation Corner. (Some were already in the professional level)
The most funny story happened was,
on the last moment, I was told by this
woman that the photography was not
permitted, of which even the
security didn’t mention so. 😀 😀
Hate crime or jealousy against a Japanese camera ? 🙂
There are chilling out spaces for chattering (or for serious discussion ? )
(but, £5 for a glass of apple juice was definitely a rip-off !)
Out, out, — OUT !
It was a nice evening and a beautiful sky — at least.
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Dorkbot-88
There was the Dorkbot’s 88th gathering.
As its nature of their activity, it’s not quite a science or technology — rather
murky to comprehend, let alone to explain.
—– So, please read those and try to make sense by yourself.
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With speakers including – but not restricted to…
Sarah Angliss
http://www.sarahangliss.com/
https://twitter.com/Therematrix
A preview of new work with breath sensors that Sarah’s been developing
at the Pervasive Media Studio, Bristol. Funded by Arts Council
England, it’ll be part of a drop-in participative performance at Vivid
Projects, Birmingham during this year’s Supersonic Festival.
A composer, multi-instrumentalist, roboticist and sound historian,
Sarah’s work explores her obsessions with defunct machinery, faded
variety acts and European folklore.
David Mills
http://apocalypto.org.uk/
https://twitter.com/DTL
#xraymylunch, #xraystuffinmylab, and using high contrast X-ray
microtomography (XMT) with advanced image processing algorithms to
read fragile historic documents.
Kasia Molga & Adrian Goodwin
http://www.kasiamolga.net/
https://twitter.com/olygamy
World Wilder Lab is a collective set up by Kasia Molga, Erik Overmeire
and Ivan Henriques. Together with Adrian Godwin we developed a device
called PlanEt which allows us to hack into whispers of plants. Now we
are trying to figure out what plants are saying…
William Trossell
http://scanlabprojects.co.uk/
https://twitter.com/ScanLABProjects
ScanLAB is an ongoing series of projects investigating the use of 3D
laser scanning in architecture, art and film, with subjects ranging
from Arctic ice floes to Mount Pleasant subterranean Mail Rail
station.
Stefan Dzisiewski-Smith
http://www.bycgwtsf.com/
https://twitter.com/stefandz
The weirdest things that people do with – and ask about – Bare
Conductive’s electrically conductive paint, plus the paint’s more
“unusual properties”.
To participate, I took my part with my murky photography.
(With the 100 year old German Anastigmat lens and a homemade
It’s a blatant manifestation of the Anti Establishment stance and the
Counter Culture statement = in other words, the Anarchist’s message ! 😀
In fact quite few participants are overlapping with anarchist’s group such as
Space Hijacker and a guy above photo is running the Hack Space as well.
So, if you have any strange idea to speak, contact Dorkbot London.
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Google Account — What ?
If you are a user of G-mail, G+ what ever the Net-account on Google
or a Net search on Google, you may have received a mail like this from
them. —– Do you think is it a convenient way to deal with Net or
devices ? = If you go to “My account” to register this is my account, you
will find lots more information needed to tap-in — to each account !
And to “SECURE” your account for recovery you need to put your
PHONE NUMBER ! —– ? ? ? wait a moment ?
Most of your friends knows your number.
= by pretending that you forgot the Password and tap into with the
number === someone might just HACK IN !
Giving the information to connect all the account under one entry =
this is the most valuable information to sell !
Then a company or shop can do a telle-sale through direct phone
while knowing all sorts of your information, preferences, even
ethnicity (by the choice of language)
—- When Google does this “On behalf of the shop”, they would
say “Privacy rules were not broken”.
( This is how the AD was precisely targeted.)
Are you silly enough to dance with them ?
If you hand your possession to somebody, all the trouble starts,
if the person is trustworthy or will it be in the safe secure
keeping etc ? The best measure is not to hand your possession
to others in the first place.
And the most secure way to deal with the Net is, give least
information, alongside a pseudonym, false DOB, etc with
complex password, and conceal the trace or connection to other
account as much as possible. ( = This is the way I’ve been avoiding
to receive spam and the fraud. It’s no point to trick false person. 😀 )
Convinced ? []
Appropriation
The controller I made to create a Focus-shift effect for the photos was using
the battery case from the discarded Canon G9 camera together with its battery
= NB-2LH.
What I needed was much smaller battery though, other choices were the
battery for Lumix camera but they are 3.7v (it needs to be more than 5v)
otherwise AAx4 or AAAx4 type. —–> I settled to the Canon battery.
As the brand-name suggests, it was a well made battery system = easy
to use and could last for ever kind. (I mean the case, not the battery itself) 🙂
Commonly used among the Canon cameras,
the battery retaining latch was well designed
and made.
—– think, if I had to design this kind myself,
what would I make and need to work ?
= conclusion = if it IS already there, why not
use it straight. It could save
all the hustle, still it cost nothing. 🙂 = This is called appropriation.
— this word gives pretty bad impression though, think about, is there
ANYthing we are NOT appropriating for our life.
= All the foods were happen to be there, not necessary to be eaten by us.
= We are just appropriating its edible character and its existence. (Only a food
we are not killing for us to eat IS the humble salt.)
—– Give a thought or two, have we human being ever contributed to a survival of
this planet and its life form ANY good ?
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Even an electrical component which was a human invention, still I didn’t make
= I’m just using it. Isn’t this, an appropriation of its character and the function ?
There are two types of the semi-conductors, one would open the gate and allow
the electric current to flow when positive signal was given, other type does open
the gate when negative signal was applied. (they were called NPN or PNP type or
N-channel or P-channel type etc) = We are just utilizing the appropriate type of
component to configure the circuit.
What we call “Landscape photography” is in fact, an appropriation of the natural
(though, sometime man-made) scenery to copy — there is very little opportunity
to create the image out of nothing. —– You may not guessed
what I would write here —– this network of appropriation is indeed, what
Lord Buddha pointed out “the Karma” = nothing could exists by its own.
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Graduation — ? ! ! ! of the Kyoto Uni’
Photos from Japan. —– a guy said “If anything crazy happened, it’s in Japan”.
As a very decent Japanese, —– still I agree with him. Those photos were not from
Cos-Ple or Carnival but can you believe, it was the Graduation Ceremony in
the Kyoto University.
Yes, they are new Graduates, the top-brains in Japan. So, they are not crazy at all.
It’s not a Halloween or Carnival but more like an act of Manga or Anime
= Typical Japanese culture.
Before Manga, Japan had Ukiyoe (Utamaro) tradition. = This tradition was in the context
of Kabuki Culture.
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This Kabuki derived from a word “Kabuku” (傾く) = inclined or twisted = Eccentric.
Strangely you might thought, the very traditional, Shinto, Buddhists Feudal society
under the Shogun / Samurai-Ruled society, still having very exceptional tolerance
towards the Eccentric or even indecency. ( think, mass publication of “Utamaro” !)
So, to have a public display of very extravagant Kimono of Lord Date etc, etc, or
show-off of Fire-fighters, even a Yakuza’s stunt was a part of the Japanese culture.
= So, why not to have a FUN at the Graduation Ceremony ! ! !
(You may mistaken that it was a display of Ego, but far from it,
If the person could kill-off the own Ego, he can become a cat = otherwise, how
the one could make oneself fool, on THE day = only once in the life.)
—– Original Report : http://togech.jp/2015/03/25/2105
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PS: Since WP changed the system for us to upload / editing, I can no longer change
the color of the letters = so that, the text may looks funny here.
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Poetry Contest (2)
Not necessary having a thought, I suddenly realized that the story of the Poetry Contest of Huineng and Shenxui was not right. Its contest was the 5th patriarch, Hongren try to find who should succeed him and become 6th patriarch of the Zen. Unlike the other sect of Buddhism, Zen does their learning without rely on the words. = the action in the practice or a thing or phenomenon trigger the understanding.
So, the founder of Rinzai Zen, Rinzai said to have uttered that, “On the way, (may mean Pathway) when you saw the scriptures, through them away. When you saw the monks kill them or met Lord Buddha, kill him too.” —– (this advice was meant be getting rid of any notion, and empty the mind.)
[]On the said Poetry Contest, for the answer to the Hongren’s request to show the Zen mind, well-learned top-rank monk, Shenxui wrote “Mind is like a mirror, I polish the mirror diligently for no dust to settle on it” —– opposing to this, one low rank monk, Huineng wrote “Since Mirror is not exists in the first place, where could dust settle”
—– Hongren found that Huineng has much deeper understanding in Zen, he chose Huineng to be his successor.
[]Zen teaching was started by Bodhidharma on 5th century. Though, as a matter of fact, there were numerous legend and myth about Bodhidharma but little historical facts were known, therefore any story has to be treated with a pinch of salt.
—–When Bodhidharma wanted to choose his successor, there was a similar story. He asked his disciples “Can each of you say something to demonstrate your understanding ?”
Dao Fu stepped forward and said, “It is not bound by words and phrases, nor is it separate from words and phrases. This is the function of the Tao.”
Bodhidharma: “You have attained my skin.”
The nun Zong Chi stepped up and said, “It is like a glorious glimpse of the realm of Akshobhya Buddha. Seen once, it need not be seen again.”
Bodhidharma; “You have attained my flesh.”
Dao Yu said, “The four elements are all empty. The five skandhas are without actual existence. Not a single dharma can be grasped.”
Bodhidharma: “You have attained my bones.”
Finally, Huike came forth, bowed deeply in silence and stood up straight.
Bodhidharma said, “You have attained my marrow.”
Bodhidharma passed on the symbolic robe and bowl of dharma succession to Huike and, some texts claim, a copy of the Lankavatara Sutra.
Bodhidharma then either returned to India or died. (This story from Wikipedia)
(There was the conflicting stories, —– He might returned to Persia. Or even killed in the mass execution at Heyin in 528.) []
My doubt was that why Shenxui, studying under Hongren did have such poor understanding ? (While Huineng who was working in the kitchen could still pick up the Zen understanding from overheard conversation of other monks.)
And the same question goes to the colleagues of Huike too. = they were no ordinary monks, THE direct disciples of Bodhidarma. As they lives together, they must have lots of discussion even arguments. —– still keep maintaining such variety of idea = quite logical and full of blah blah, but where the “Teachings of the Master” which was supposedly on the principle of Void and abhorrence to the words, has gone ?
And, what was the 5th Patriarch, Hongren’s understanding and the teachings of “mind” ? —– (Was he thinking, “There is Zen Mind” ? )
— Who recorded those stories ? — Was that came from the diary of Hongren ? — weren’t those stories made-up to glorify each Huineng and Huike ? ? ?
While making others looks fool = makes stories interesting. And this kind of practice was behind of all those compilation of “Sutra” or scriptures. It’s mean, we need very critical sharp eyes to distinguish what was the true teachings. 🙂
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Dorkbot gathering #87
Dorkbot is one of the most peculiar social group.
As its motto says, it is the gathering of the
people doing strange things with Electricity.
Other than some Core-members taking care of
organizing the meeting, there is no membership kind, but just a mailing list. = If you
are interested in, just visit their site and join them (free).
After a bit of lapse, their gathering got back to the monthly base,
and this one was for the February.
The first speaker was James Auger and he talked about Robot things and
“Somewhat a kind of kinetic Sculptures” = kinetic mean, having some mechanism
with certain electronic controls. = hence, doing strange things with electronics. 😀
And, he is teaching it to the grown-up students and going to be a Phd !
James Auger is a designer, researcher and lecturer whose work examines the social, cultural and
human impact of technology and the products that exist as a result of its development and application.
His PhD topic is Why Robot? Speculative design, the domestication of technology and the considered
future. James is also a partner in the Speculative Design practice Auger-Loizeau, whose projects have
been published and exhibited internationally, including MoMA, New York; 21_21, Tokyo;
The Science Museum, London and the Ars Electronica festival, Linz, and
are part of the permanent collection at MoMA.
The second speaker was Tim Hunkin. Since he has been running Fun Arcade,
with “Strange Game (?) Machine” he was THE genuine Dorkbot tribe.
Tim Hunkin is an English engineer, cartoonist, writer, and artist. He created the
Channel Four TV series and Science Museum gallery The Secret Life of Machines, which
explained the workings and history of various household devices. He has just launched
a “new London arcade of home-made coin operated machines built by enthusiasts”:
www.novelty-automation.com
twitter: @NovAutomation
The third speaker was Restart Project.
The Restart Project is a London-based social enterprise that encourages and empowers people
to use their electronics longer, by sharing repair and maintenance skills. Through community
and workplace events we create engaging opportunities to extend the lifespan of electronics
and electrical equipment.
twitter: @RestartProject
And the last presenter was Pollie Barden.
Pollie is an artist, activist and game designer who has designed games from the mobile platform
to the urban landscape. Firefly is a tagging game that explores temporal memory, and exploits
the balance of collaboration and competition. The action takes place at night. Your first strategic
move is the clothing you wear. Players, wearing Flashing LED badges will compete to see who can
steal the most badges from other players. However, the prize you seek may be your downfall!
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I’ve been with this Dorkbot London for about 10 years, so, I’ve been watching
the popularity side of the technology. = understanding and approach of the
people toward the electronic technology. — Years ago, the presentation of the
gathering were the handmade strange machines and its electronics. We could
operate the machine and see its function and the way how it was made. — though,
now we got used to fire virtual weapon by pressing a button and see the enemy
smashed over a screen. (I’m guessing = I never played Game) The operation,
movements etc etc getting more and more realistic and the resolution of the screen
is ever getting finer. —– but how many of us does know such as a color in the screen
was generated, let alone to simulate it by the LEDs and its control of brightness. —–
I’m not happy with this trend = “Virtualization of the Life, thanks to the Technology”
—– May be I have to write about it in the other post.
—– incidentally, my pieces such as Wire Dragon, the Archer = Cupidon were
first time presented at Dorkbot many years ago.
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PS: The Red cast on some photos were caused by the low battery in the camera.
And a moale on the Pollie’s pullover was because of its pattern.
—– strange things would often happen in the Dorkbot.
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Ai Music — What ? ? ?
This music said to have composed entirely by a computer. It’s mean, a computer
(its program) had its mind how to compose a music, in other words it was an
Artificial Intelligence to be a classic music composer in Bach’s style.
—– It’s pointless to talk about the music without listen it first. (So, ask your ears.)
Sound somewhat a part of J.S.Bach’s clavier collection —– though, what did you
find of this composition ? — In my feeling, I found this, very irritating to listen.
So that, it convinced me that how the man who composed the original
Well Tempered Clavier, Book one = J.S.Bach had human mind and a sensitivity.
I think, the mind was conceived phrase by phrase such as “I like this flower”,
“A is equal to B” or “As A was equal to B, therefore A plus B will be the amount
of twice of A” kind. So, the music expression has more or less the same structure,
whether it has a poetical dialogue inside of the composer or the description of the
landscape etc, in any case, each phrase, description etc is a complete packet.
They never drug the argument endlessly, as they ought to settle somewhere.
Yet, this “so called, Ai composed Music” has no such packet structure, but just
continuing on and on for the sake of making it to the length. How irritating !
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—– My guess is, that the man who programmed this so called Ai, just made an
algorithm “What most likely choice of a note after the note, according to the
statistical tendency of J.S.Bach” not the artificial emulation of Bach’s Mind.
Music is not a permutation of the note, but the emotional phrase induced by
a musical language. —– Language need to have a structure and the words.
They are not an endless line of alphabet.
I don’t mind if this music was played to a computer, but human ear is not a machine.
If you like to follow this Ai story, the link was :
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