I spent the past week chasing otaku in Tokyo. Otaku are geeky fans who love comics, videogames, and music – and in Tokyo there are so many otaku that they have created their own nightlife scene.

Geek of the Week profiles the characters of Pacific Northwest tech, science, games, innovation and more. See the Geek of the Week archive for more. by Kurt Schlosser on Nov 4, 2016 at 11:26 am ...

If there’s one thing we learned from Revenge of the Nerds, it’s that dorks can dance. And that hot chicks dig a big brain. So if you get your groove on a la Elaine Benes, you can enter Florida-based ...

Given the enormous creative energy some robot geeks regularly demonstrate, this took longer than I expected: A robot hobbyist (who is Japanese, I believe) created a humanoid with an iPhone head. To be ...

This is one trend you will either love or hate. It seems that dancing at the Apple Store (and posting the performance to YouTube) continues to grow in popularity. Why let iPod-toting dancing ...