Remember Puchi Puchi the bubblewrap popping keychain, here is the second installment in the form of Bandai Peri Peri which gives you the pleasure of opening a DHS or FedEx zipper package over and over again. It has an inbuilt speaker for various sound effects, such as roulette mode, cat mode, bingo mode and so on. Powered by batteries it has a series of magnets which holds the ABS zipper. The Periperi goes on sale in Japan by Novermber...
At the cost of sounding kinky, Akihabara's Refresh Club allows patrons to dress up as maids and play the Wii Fit. Now how does this accomplish fitness of the mind or body completely beats me. In fact the thought of a sexy French Maid costume only conjures up images that cannot be mentioned on this page. To top it all, playing Wii Fit in a maid's garb costs the patrons ¥2,600 or $25 for 30 minutes. Source...
Tyco and Gakken showcased their small linear motor car at the Ceatec exhibition in Japan. A magnetic field holds the vehicle two or three centimeters above the tracks as it moves along. [Nikkei BP]...
Ceatec has its share of crazy stuff and this is one of them. A 37 inch Hitachi LCD TV covered in gold foil, the LCD is just 15mm thick and there is no news on when it will be hitting the stores. The basic idea is that the LCD can be covered in different colored foils to suit the surroundings....
A Tokyo-based company, Prop, has displayed a product, which is designed to cushion a fall using two separate pockets of air. The airbag has been designed keeping the elderly in mind with epilepsy, who were particularly vulnerable to sudden - and dangerous - falls. The device is strapped around the body - giving protection to the head and hips. The airbag can inflate in 0.1 seconds if it starts moving quickly towards the ground, one pocket will be behind...
What you are seeing above is one of the most awesome DIY projects I have come across. The solid stainless steel gun even includes a “precision laser pointer” and for you non PS3 lovers it was designed after the gun featured in Metal Gear Solid 4. The Japanese fan who made this gun had a lot of spare time in hands, loved rubber bands and could mould steel with laser precision. Check out the gun in action after the...
The CO2 calculator is a tool that has been introduced in response to an increasing customer request for precise CO2 numbers. Frepar Networks have developed the solar-powered CO2 Calculator; it includes calculating every human activity, which contributes to expanding or contracting our CO2 footprints, from utilities to trash and recyclables. It is possible in the future for users to calculate their yearly Carbon Tax payments as well. It all comes down to the credibility of a particular home's green...
Sotec a subsidiary of Onkyo has unveiled the E7 series of media center PC's. Sporting an iMac look the PC has a 21.6 LCD (1680 × 1050 pixels), Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 processor at 2.53 Ghz, upto 2GB memory, upto 500GB hard drive, DVD multi drive, card reader, 1.3 Megapixel webcam, and the first of its kind iPod dock. Except for the limited RAM it makes a good buy, the unit comes complete with a wireless keyboard and...
Not a very positive name, but what the heck, it will at least make heads turn! I'm talking about the new flavor from our friend TokyoFlash. The Negative watch features an 'always on' LCD display, and looks pretty cool. The display can be backlit with one of seven user-selectable LED colors by simple pressing a button. Here's how to read the time on this masterpiece: The display presents the time in negative space, the unlit squares on the screen...
The first thing that comes to mind when anyone mentions Japan is the cool technology that makes it so well known. However, what’s not known much about is the deeply religious roots many Japanese people share with their technology and gadgets. It’s no wonder then that there exists a shrine for people to receive blessings to their newly purchased gadgets. The Kanda-Myojin Shinto shrine is one such shrine that blesses its devotee’s gadgets with a plaque designed to emulate...
Thanko is hell bent on creating USB gadgets which would come in use not more than once in a year. Among them is is the USB mobile battery charger using which you can charge your mobile / MP3 player / PMP battery. It has two pins which you need to place on the battery contacts to deliver the juice. So when the battery is charging you cant use the gadget anyways and with the ever increasing cases of battery...
University is supposed to be a time of growth and self-discovery, when you leave your parents for the first time to go out in the world. It is definitely hard for some children and parents to help cope up with the transition so the Central China Normal University opened its gym overnight to allow 350 parents of freshmen students to sleep on mats laid out on the floor. Parents accompanying their children on the first day of school surely...
The Aibo is long gone and along comes another entrant to fill the vacuum. This one is Dog-Wan developed by Daisen robotics Osaka. Dog-Wan stands tall at 700mm it is 530mm in length and weighs 5 kg. Made from molded polycarbonate the quadruped has a single servo meter delivering 40.8 kg cm of torque. It can sit, walk, wag its tail and can even carry a 2kg shopping bad in its mouth. The onboard gyro sensors give it a...
Hard drive based music systems are big in Japan and to maintain its edge Sony has upgraded its flagship model NAS-M700HD from 80GB to 160GB. and introduced two new models the NAS-M500HD and CMT-E300HD (pictured after the jump). The new series includes support for LISMO a service which allows music uploading to a cellphone. The NAS-M700HD comes with a MD deck and S-master digital amplifier a feature which is absent in the other two. Apart from this common features...
The NV-U3V from Sony Japan is a GPS which comes with 4GB of flash memory and a One-Seg tuner for watching Digital TV. The PND has a high-res 4.8 inch touchscreen supporting a resolution of 480 x 272 pixels which makes watching TV fun. The onboard Memory Stick slot can accept sticks upto 16GB which makes the total available memory to a whopping 22GB. It can play majority of media files and you can even record or program the...
