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Named “Sonny”, from ZheJiang University. Winner of the red dot design award in Life Sciences.
Squishing toy injection mechanism + give the kid the toy after the shot.
Will the kids be more amenable to injections with the cute packaging? (Is this another example of glossy design without meaning?)
Continue readingDesign in China Special: Cutee Syringe for Kids
Chinese Engadget has a tutorial on how to make a PC-in-a-mooncake-box.
Link to post on Engadget. Via PostShow.
Belinker is like Dodgeball, but for China: via SMS, it alerts your nearby (within 1500m) friends as to your whereabouts, and you be will alerted to crushes (or in Chinese, 梦中情人) nearby.
You have to sign up on the internet first and there’s a fee if you send more than 50 “belinkers” a month.
Its currently…
Continue readingChinese version of Dodgeball
跑跑卡丁车 (“Kart Rider”, or “Crazy Racing”) is one of the most popular online games in China. It’s basically a variant on the Mario Kart formula, and comes from South Korea.
Here’s a Flash version of the game, which is sadly stripped down, but still fun as a casual game:
At Icebin’s blog, via PostShow…
Continue reading跑跑卡丁车 Kart Rider – Flash version
A retrospective look at the Anti-Dog law protests, through the eyes of the participants:
And the journalists:
The difference is subtle: the professional journalist stands away from the action, snapping a photograph; the citizen journalist stands in the crowd, snapping away while being jostled around.
Continue readingCitizen VS Professional Photography
Scans of a pamphlet dated 1965, titled 怎样打飞机 (“How to Shoot an Airplane”).
Link to original post on 白板报, with scans of instruction manual. Via PostShow.
From a strip entitled 豌豆笑傳 (The Peaboy Chronicles).
As always, translations in maroon:
Link to original strip on Sina, link to comic’s website.
