Posts Tagged ‘japan’
News Stories
Japan Sells $20K Mech For Kids (video)
Rich kids in Japan can bug their parents to dish out $20,000 for a fresh-from-the-factory, pint-sized, ride-able mech for them. These things are rolling out of mecha manufacturers in Japan by Sakakibara Machinery Works and thos...
News Stories
See-Through Highlighter Lets You See What You’re Highlighting
Everybody uses highlighters when they’re taking notes, going over things and more, so they’re a pretty common thing. Sure, companies try to spice things up a bit with unique colors or by adding sticky notes to the h...
iOS Applications
Face Stealer iOS App Lets You Superimpose Someone’s Mug onto Yours (video)
Yahoo needs to be nimble, smarter, and more creative if they wanna compete with Google and those alike. In other words, they need to create more apps like this, called Face Stealer. Put simply, Face Stealer superimposes anothe...
Featured
Image of the Day: Volcano Erupting from Space
Sarychev Volcano (Kuril Islands, northeast of Japan) in an early stage of eruption on June 12, 2009, as seen from space.
Computers
Sony VAIO T Series T14 and T15 Ultrabook Specs and Pricing
The ink isn’t even dry on our Sony VAIO S15 laptop review and here we are biting our nails in anticipation over the next installment to the brand, now celebrating its 15th year in existence. We already knew Sony was plann...
Gaming
Nintendo’s Wii U TVii Services Arrives December 20th
I don’t have a Wii U in my possession. I have, however, used the gaming console, albeit to a limited extent. So it’s a bit difficult for me to truly comment on the controllers true effectiveness in terms of actual...
Gaming
Wii Mini is Not the System You’re Looking For, Unless You’re Canadian
The launch of the Wii U has come and gone. Stock remains few and far between, unless you’re willing to pay a hefty premium via Ebay or Craigslist. Or you can head North and pick up the Wii Mini on December 7th. It’...
Wacky
Old Phone Booths Turned Into Aquariums
As cellphone take over, payphones are becoming a thing of the past. Many are disappearing from the streets in many cities around the globe. But a Japanese art collective Kingyobu decided to create some art from old payphone boo...
Household
Floormat Vacuum is the Answer to Sand in Your House (video)
Hardwood floors and snow are a bit like oil and water. Needless to say, it’s not the actual snow, but the sand that the city’s plows dump on the street and sidewalks that get dragged inside. Sand on hardwood, wedg...
Household
Climbing Wall Home (pics)
This home’s unassuming outside anything but represents what lay behind its concrete walls. [nggallery id=213] Sure, there is the standard living room, bathroom and even car port. But what sets this Japanese home apart fr...
Offbeat
Sound Effect Fork (video)
This is most certainly one of the strangest product videos we’ve seen all month. The EaThermin is a fork attached to an Arduino board, an audio board and a speaker. Bite into whatever food is on the end of the fork and ...
Science
Spherical Flying Machine (video)
The idea of a Spherical Flying machine may not be all that exciting at first blush, but if you hit the above video you’ll see that it is in fact an extremely agile aircraft. Unlike a quadricopter, or more importantly a h...
