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Leaving for the World Tea Expo 2009
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This will be my second time going to the World Tea Expo and Steven's first time going. It will be good for him because he's getting certified by STI and will finally be receiving a well rounded tea education. Not that he doesn't know about tea, but he will be getting an official, well rounded education so that he will be able to teach more about tea.
Hopefully, we will be meeting more tea farm owners so that we can buy direct and get some leads on some yerba maté. But this year, the expo only has one maté seminar and Steven is the maté specialist for Sipping Streams. Maybe Steven will teach a seminar on maté at the World Tea Expo in the future.
Come and visit the tea house after May 8th and see what new goodies we bring back!
And remember to get your tea smoothies, made with all natural, real fruit and real tea from our loose leaf teas! No added sugars, completely natural! Get one today because it's getting hot outside!
~Jenny
Tea Gets The Job Done
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Tea Interrogation
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The Tea Council of the USA offers a Calm-A-Sutra video contest where students can win a scholarship for the best two minute video explaining the health benefits of tea. This is this year?s winner.
Only The Best Tea Leaves
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Kamakuri Tea Serving Robot - Gakken
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From the Edo Period of Japanese history, the Kamakuri Ningyo mechanical
dolls are famous for being ahead of their time. Now you can have a
unique version of your own with the Kamakuri Tea Serving Robot DIY kit from Gakken.
Including all the pieces you need plus English instructions, the Tea
Serving Robot is completely automated to carry your tea when placed on
the tray, and then serve with a bow. It?s the original robotic doll,
direct from Japan.
Where to buy: http://www.japantrendshop.com?a_aid=12f3bb84
Tea Making Robot
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By YURI KAGEYAMA
Fortunately, researchers at the University of Tokyo are exploring just that. In a demonstration this week, a humanoid with camera eyes made by Kawada Industries Inc. poured tea from a bottle into a cup.
Then another robot on wheels delivered the cup of tea in an experimental room that has sensors embedded in the floor and sofa as well as cameras on the ceiling, to simulate life with robot technology.
"A human being may be faster, but you'd have to say `Thank you,'" said University of Tokyo professor Tomomasa Sato. "That's the best part about a robot. You don't have to feel bad about asking it to do things."
Sato believes Japan, a rapidly aging society where more than a fifth of the population is 65 or older, will lead the world in designing robots to care for the elderly, sick and bedridden.
Already, monitoring technologies, such as sensors that automatically turn on lights when people enter a room, are becoming widespread in Japan. The walking, child-size Asimo from Honda Motor Co. greets people at showrooms. NEC Corp. has developed a smaller companion robot-on-wheels called Papero. A seal robot available since 2004 can entertain the elderly and others in need of fuzzy companionship.
Sato says his experimental room is raising awareness about privacy questions that may arise when electronic devices monitor a person's movements down to the smallest detail. On the bright side, the tea-pouring humanoid has been programmed to do the dishes.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/28/AR2007022801302_pf.html
Tea Theremin
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Instructions for turning a mug of tea into a Theremin:
1 Prepare some tea
2 Expose the L/R leads on an 1/8" cable
3 Immerse leads in tea
4 Plug cable into audio input
5 Start up max/pd/processing/etc. and average every 735 samples (882 if you're in Europe/running on 50Hz)
6 Scale value and drive oscillator
(The tea should not be neglected, be sure to drink it once you're done making noise.)
