Stephen Black

The Hokusai Museum is a diverse tribute to the renowned Japanese artist Hokusai Katsushika who visited several times near the end of his life in the charming town of Obuse, about 20 kilometers northeast of Nagano.

"Once you have a good VR / AR system you no longer need phones or TVs or any other major physical objects - They can just become apps in a digital store."

The fake nose of astronomer Tycho Brahe that he wore after losing his real one in a duel about math with his cousin

But what of the wives and daughters? Flatland’s women are mere line segments, actually very thin triangles, whose social standing is zero. Their intelligence is little greater. They are required by law to wiggle from side to side so that they can be seen, and to emit loud cries so that they can be heard, because a collision with a woman is as fatal... See more