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Photo: Courtesy of JR East. In a case of life accidentally imitating art, Japan is building its very own Snowpiercer-style train.

Um, what.

Director Bong Joon-ho's film adaptation of Jacques Lob's graphic novel centers on a futuristic luxury train that serves as the site for some next-level class warfare. The haves are in the front with all mod cons, while the have-nots (including star Chris Evans) stew in squalor in the rear. And, of course, that makes them a little testy.

Outside the world of cinema, Japan's JR East Railway is turning that into something of a reality with its Cruise Train, a stately conveyance that'll seat a mere 34 people and cost about $50 million to develop. The train consists of 10 carriages broken down into five suites, one deluxe suite, two glass-walled observation cars, a dining car, and a lounge. Sadly, it won't have a perpetual motion engine like the train in Snowpiercer. Passengers like Chris Evans, however, are a strong possibility.

If you want to get into your very own post-apocalyptic battle aboard a moving rail transport, you'll have to wait until at least 2017. In the meantime, you can check out the renderings from JR East and figure out how to improvise weapons out of pillows and swizzle sticks. You'll need 'em. (Slashfilm)

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The Land Rover 2014 is a calendar designed by art director Zeynep Orbay. The 3D topographic map has a different shade for every month of the year.

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Ante la competencia internacional, grandes de la electrónica japoneses están dejando de centrarse en la fabricación de televisiones y empezando a experimentar con agricultura aeropónica. Fujitsu tiene una planta en Aizu-Wakamatsu donde produce 3,500 lechugas al día. Para el año 2016 quieren conseguir producir 8000 lechugas al día en el mismo espacio, lo cual les daría unas ventas de unos 4 millones de dólares al año.

Las lechugas de Fujitsu son algo caras, se encuentran por unos 400 yenes la unidad (Unos tres euros)

Otra empresa llamada GE Japan Corp tiene una planta de producción en Miyagi que dicen que es la que más lechugas al día produce al día del mundo, ¡más de 10.000! Para conseguirlo utilizan luces LED (De Kajima Corp) diseñadas para que las lechugas crezcan más rápido que con la luz del Sol.

Iluminación LED cuyos colores cambian según la fase de crecimiento de las lechugas

Toshiba también acaba de anunciar que está reformando una fábrica de diskettes cerca de Tokio que llevaba 20 años cerrada para producir verduras. Panasonic también está entrando en el mercado de la agricultura pero en vez de montar plantas de producción de lechugas o verduras lo que están haciendo es vender invernaderos equipados con placas solares, baterías y ordenadores que optimizan las condiciones en el interior para verduras. Por último, parece que Sharp se está especializando en la producción de fresas en interiores, usando también iluminación con LEDs y sistemas de purificación de aire.

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