This is by far the first set of Micky Mouse inspired MP3s to come from Japan and I’m sure they’re not the last.  But now you can score an S-series Sony Walkman adorned with everyone’s favorite Disney character.  Or if you so choose you can opt for Minnie or the two of them together. There is a variety of colors and even if you don’t need a new MP3 player they should make for a nice collectors item, that is assuming you’re really into Mickey Mouse crap. Course, you’ll need to travel to Japan or have someone ship you one.

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I think it’s safe to presume that you’re going to spend a significant amount of loot totally converting to 3-D TV and Blu-Ray.  Word from Sony Japan is that they’ve priced the TDG-BR100 and TDG-BR50 Active Shutter 3-D Glasses at $133 a piece.

You are also going to need the Infrared Emitter to get the glasses to work.  That will cost you $55.  They should be arriving around June in Japan.  This seems a tad late given that the post I did a couple of minutes ago detailing Sony’s new 3-D Blu-Ray Players, which arrive in the US by the end of the month.

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Talk about tawdry.  Looking like every Swatch Watch ever made mixed together, the Casio G-Shock Man Box has got to me to most cornea confusing watch there is.  At $225, it’s hard to imagine what kind of trustfund raver would throw down the cash for these when they could easily by a palette of glow sticks for the same amount.

Available only in Japan where it would look like everything else in downtown Tokyo.

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The RoboCar G could easily be mistaken for a golf cart, but it’s much more than that.  Using a combination of sensors, including stereo cameras, laser rangefinders, radar and sonar, as well as an inertial measurement unit, the diminutive sized vehicle can drive itself and can be controlled wirelessly using a computer.

Top speed of the vehicle is currently 37mph; it’s powered by a lithium-ion battery and a brushless DC electric motor.

The vehicle was developed in collaboration with Gunma University and industry partners, and will be sold in Japan to public facilities and hospitals.  There’s no word on a price, but they’re due to ship this November.

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I really don’t understand this product.  The Japanese made Smash Guitars are cheap instruments that are manufactured from 100% recyclable materials beckoning the question, if you care that little about your guitar to smash it why would you care enough to send the broken pieces back to the company to be recycled??

The company claims that they will take all those busted shards and construct a new guitar and donate it to charity.  The electric guitars are available in the Telecaster mold and only cost $60 each.

Can I get a WTF?

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Wheels, that’s so last year.  A research team at Japan’s Kobe Gakuin University have invented a wheel chair, or perhaps just a chair, that floats on a small cushion of air, sort of like a hovercraft, in fact just like a hovercraft.  A few problems, though: it can only carry up to 330lbs and won’t work on carpet or floor mats.  And what about propulsion?  A standard wheel chair can easily be self driven.  Check the vid below.

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Taking the message in a bottle concept and adapting it to a music in a bathtub type scenario, the Self Contained Waterproof Pomme Bath Speaker will help your tunes float by when taking a hot and steamy…bath.  Strictly Japanese at this point, the Bath Speaker is available in 3 different colors and is really easy to use.  Just plug your MP3 player into the 3.5mm jack and screw the top on and your ready to go floating!

You can buy one now from GeekStuff4You for about $33 and it will ship approximately 7-12 days from order date.

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Letting you either eliminate your dish cloth or your kitchen counter calculator, this odd combination gadget is sure to have fools WTF’ing all over the place.  Available in a myriad of different colors and patterns this could be a cutesy type of gift for Mother’s Day.

Pragmatically speaking, I didn’t see anywhere about this gadget being dishwasher safe so who knows how long it’ll last after you clean up some grease stain after your bacon party.  On sale now for $26 a pop.

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“The Pump” sneaker might be dead, but that doesn’t mean new life can’t be breathed into the early 90s tech.  Rebook will release the Insta Pump Fury sneaker this March at Japanese retailer Atmos.

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What could possible be the cutest thing you own minus the Hello Kitty toilet seat comes the Toyjector from Princeton.  Not being one of those words that rolls off the tongue, the baby little Toyjector displays images with a resolution of 300 x 224 (QVGA), a contrast ratio of 100:1, and a brightness of 5 Lumens.

Costing just over $180, the portability of this thing is quite robust.  A tripod is included in the price as well as an AC adapter.  GeekStuff4U has the Toyjector expects to ship within 5 to 10 days.

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I have a Belkin USB Hub that is kind of like this one.  Combining a small storage box with a USB hub and a card reader is exactly what this is.  Good for keeping memory cards and other small gadgets out of eye sight, the USB hub called HuBox, has 3 USB inputs and one SD card reader slot.

What will soon come from Japan, there is yet to be any indication of an official release date or price point.

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There are more than anyone’s fair share of iPhone guitar apps available.  Fortunately, there is only one Ezison 100, an accessory designed to work with any guitar app to provide a more realistic guitar like experience on the touchscreen handset.

Just insert the iPhone, connect the headphone jack to the speaker system and walla, you’ve gotta a mini guitar – minus the fret board of course.  It runs off 3 AAA batteries and is crafted of wood and an acrylic fiber of some sort – sounds like it will have a nice weight to it.

The Ezison 100, which is made by Japanese Bird Electron, will only have a limited run of 50 units and cost about $300.

[via Crunchgear]

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I just saw a documentary called The Cove.  I was appalled by what is going on in Taijii Japan as well as amazed by the tenacity of the film makers.  I thought it proper to post on these new set of iPhone cases by Earth Wear, where a portion of the proceeds goes to the protection of threatened species in addition to environmental conservation.

The cases are actually designed for the Pod Touch / iPod Nano as well as the iPhone 3G-3Gs and come in 8 different designs including:  Africa, Birds, Critically Endangered, Butterfly, Babies, Rain Forest, North Pole, and Under Water.  They all look great and remind me of something Ocean Pacific would have designed in the mid-eighties.

Each case is around $43 so let’s hope that this isn’t some type of scam.

[via Akihabaranews]

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For the aspiring voyeur, or for those who love candid video and spy gear comes the JTT WACA HD 8GB wristwatch. The attractive looking man watch conceals a video camera capable of shooting at 1280 x 960 resolution at 30fps, fluctuating between 720p and 1080i resolution.

Packing more technical prowess than other video watches out there, the watch can also shoot still images at the 8 megapixel range.  On sale now for $150.

I would never have a need for this gadget.  Would you?

[via Technabob]

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Cold eyes got you down?  Supporting USB 1.1 and 2.0, this new Eye Warmer set-up from Thanko assures you that warm towel feeling you been missing all these years.  On sale now for just $22 you really owe it to yourself to not buy this for yourself or your friends and enemies.

Thanko really has some creative minds at work as the never cease to amaze with their vast array odd products.

File under crap gadgets?

[via CrunchGear]

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Living in North Portland or NoPo as it’s called, I just had to post on the NoPoPo Eco Water-Powered AA Batteries.  The No Pollution Power batteries use hydro-electric technology to hold a charge from almost any liquid for up to ten years!  Sounds crazy right?  From the innovative minds at Aqua Power Japan, the batteries can even use urine to charge as odd as that sounds.

Having a hard time believing that this is not a joke, you can buy these earth safe batteries in sets of 4 for $6 a pop.

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For all you fireworks junkies out there, the Sega Indoor Fireworks Projector takes the danger and financial burden out of cornea burning displays of holiday.  Not so sure whether or not this is actually made from the iconic video game company, I’m interested in seeing just how cool this thing is.

The Sega Indoor Fireworks Projector has a small speaker for sounding out periodic blasts but you can also hook it up to your home theater for that extra push.  To keep sets varied, you can exchange circular pattern discs for different arrays of fireworks like a slide machine or those old picture viewers you had as a child.

On sale now for $217.

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I love the Japanese.  Everything weird comes from Japan, I swear.  Everything from USB gloves to dustmop attachments for babies…and now, the Like A Spoon Mouse.

I know, computer mice are a dime a dozen.  But this one may well be strangest by dint of several key points.  One, it’s wireless, which is cool but admittedly not that uncommon.  Two, it’s tiny. VERY tiny.  It runs off a single AAA battery and weighs 115 grams.  That’s a tiny mouse.  Three, it’s shaped, well, kind of like a spoon.  Or rather, just the bowl part.  In fact, it’s almost shaped like one of those hellacious hockey-puck mice that got people so enraged at Apple back in the day.

But here’s the most interesting part about the whole thing.  These sell for 8000 yen.  Yeah, that’s eight THOUSAND yen, by way of clarification.  A yen is still approximately equal to one penny, so you can figure roughly $90 gets you one of these strange little mice.  Though for the life of me, I can’t see why you’d want one, unless you HAVE to have every Japanese thing you see.

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The HypnosEye Projector is a completely wireless projector and is a cheap and easy way for you to display visual media from your iPhone.  It actually works with any phone that has an adjustable brightness as it uses a special mirror with a reflection agent at the top of the glass instead of the bottom making for a more clear image.

Priced at $80, this little but not that cool looking projector is cheap enough to warrant a possible purchase.  No mention of how it’s powered, though.  See the other specs below:

• Portable wireless projector with screen and stand
• Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, mobile phones etc.
• Projection distance: 0.5-2m
• Projection area: from 17-45″ (43-114cm)
• Projection focus is adjustable
• Material: Polycarbonate (screen) + ABS (stand)
• Screen size: 250 x 360 x 1mm (9.8 x 14.2 x 0.04″)
• Weight: 80g (screen), 400g (projector and stand)
• Manual: Japanese

[via RandomGoodStuff]

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Officially endorsed by the Japanese Military, these “Japan Self-Defense Force Sunglasses” really need to be worn by the Terminator for true authenticity purposes.

Apparently capable of withstanding impact from 6.5mm object traveling at a speed of 106 MPH, so I don’t know why the above picture shows a bullet racing towards these cool guy shades.  After all a bullet travels up to 1000 MPH, and the general force of impact on your head would give you beyond a hectic whiplash, exorcist style.

So while these shades will probably work wonders with shrapnel, don’t buy these because you think they will take a bullet.  And definitely don’t attempt a cool YouTube video demonstrating how tough they are.  Now priced at $317

[via Dvice]

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