I tried using a Zen garden that helped me meditate and relax while dealing with the challenges of cancer, and it really works ...

Why not just build a robot to create the perfect Zen garden in miniature? That was what [Tim Callinan] and his classmates did for a semester project, and the “ZenXY” sand plotter was the result.

Zen gardens are also commonly referred to as "dry rock" gardens because they don't incorporate water. Instead, a mix of sand and gravel is a key component in a Japanese meditation garden that's ...

[Nick] is working on a prototype of a coffee table sand plotter that draws patterns in sand a lot like a zen rock garden. [Nick]’s zen rock garden uses a magnet to draw a ball bearing across ...

the sand a tranquil sea. In 2002, a research team at Kyoto University claimed to have cracked the Zen code. Relying on computer models, they found that the garden's rocks—when viewed from the ...

The studio challenges the traditional VIP lounge with an abstract echo of nature, inspired by Japanese zen gardens ... forms imitate the lines in a sand garden and sinuous walls suggest ...