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Spherical Flying Machine (video)

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 [...]

Gadget of the Week: Water Printer (video)

Gadget of the Week: Water Printer (video)

This printer uses water instead of ink. [...]

Verizon And AT&T Now Providing Free Calls And Text Messages To Japan

Verizon And AT&T Now Providing Free Calls And Text Messages To Japan

Last week Japan got shattered by an 8.9 earthquake.  While the events are unfortunate, to say the least, AT&T and Verizon have begun offering free calls to the country be it by US landline or cell phone. [...]

“Virtual Master Real” Handheld Fishing Game From Japan

“Virtual Master Real” Handheld Fishing Game From Japan

Now, I’m not saying you’re not gonna like this, I’m just saying it’s probably better suited for your 6 year old, though I have a feeling its Japanese makers have a more mature audience in mind. [...]

Sony Ericsson Dishes 16 Megapixel Camera Phone To Japan

Sony Ericsson Dishes 16 Megapixel Camera Phone To Japan

We thought 12 megapixels for a camera phone was bananas, but apparently the monkeys at Sony Ericsson disagree.  (We hope you got the monkey/bananas reference). Soon Japanese carrier KDDI will offer a 16 megapixel shooter inside [...]

Red Nintendo Wii Celebrates Mario’s 25th

Red Nintendo Wii Celebrates Mario’s 25th

Why are we so obsessed with the Nintendo Wii and other video game consoles when they receive an all new finish?  After all, it’s about what is on the inside not on the outside, right?  You [...]

NITC’s 62 Speaker 3D Sound System Better Than Vinyl

NITC’s 62 Speaker 3D Sound System Better Than Vinyl

There’s talk of the NITC’s 3D audio 62 channel system, and every writer is mentioning that NITC stands for National Institute of Information and Communication Technology. What they fail to mention is that we’re talking about [...]

Apple Should Hire This iPad Magician (video)

Apple Should Hire This iPad Magician (video)

We’ve seen some magic on the iPhone, but nothing compares to street magician Shinya’s performance on the iPad, which just launched in Japan.  I’m guessing he imported one when it was released in the US, but [...]

Sony Gets All Clark Griswald With Its New Retro CFD-A110

Sony Gets All Clark Griswald With Its New Retro CFD-A110

Like those wood paneled Plymouth Cruisers vying for that slice of nostalgia within the minds of the many, Sony of Japan is happy to announce their retro CFD-A110.  What would undoubtedly make a great bathroom stereo, [...]

Citizen Bluetooth Watches Are For Japanese Wrists Only

Citizen Bluetooth Watches Are For Japanese Wrists Only

Citizen’s latest Bluetooth watches are both cool and frustrating.  Why the odd combo you ask?  Well, cool because you can control a wide variety of options on your phone right from your watch.  Frustrating because they’re [...]