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#batteries

Improved Lithium Ion Batteries Deliver 10,000 Charges, 20 Year Lifespans

Eamex, a Japanese company, claims to have figured out how to greatly increase the lifespan of the high-capacity lithium-ion batteries that run hybrids and electric vehicles. More »

02/04/10

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By Adam Frucci

#cellphones

New Toshiba Phone 'Acts Like a Secretary'

Toshiba is working on a new cellphone with tech that allows it to, uh, behave like a secretary. Apparently, that means it tracks you wherever you go and gives you info without your asking. Sounds like a creepy secretary, Toshiba! More »

02/02/10

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By Adam Frucci

#imagecache

Bad Apple: The 1-Bit Stop Motion Movie

I like the current wave of unusual stop motion animation. This clip is not as crazy and amazing as the heasploding Videogioco, but I like its simplicity. It was recorded using a webcam, with no post-production whatsoever. [Pink Tentacle]

02/01/10

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By Jesus Diaz

#japan

Put Those Chopsticks Down! It's a Trap!

Your "friend" who brought you those "special" ramen packets straight from Japan? He's not your friend. That's Soap Ramen and Sponge Cup Noodles Ramen by Takara Tomy—out this month overseas for an unknown price. [TakaraTomy via AkihabaraNews]

02/01/10

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By Mark Wilson

#wrongmodo

Careful, Old People in Japan May Pee on Your iPad

As if there weren't enough iPad jokes already, it turns out that there's a Japanese product—a high-tech adult diaper—called the Aipad. You can guess the pronunciation by the fact that I'm even writing about this. More »

01/29/10

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By Rosa Golijan

#xbox360

The Xbox 360 Is Actually a Japanese Salaryman

Japan's latest Xbox 360 ads follow the trials of 3-6-0, a salaryman for the Xbox Mission Department with the duty of scoring big name games. Watch the rest of the saga unfold at: [Kotaku]

01/26/10

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By Mark Wilson

#iphone

Guitar-Shaped iPhone Speaker Encourages Using Your Phone as an Instrument

This awesome guitar-shaped Bird Electron Ezison 100 iPhone speaker is designed to be used with the many guitar apps in the App Store. How long until we start seeing legit bands use stuff like this on stage? More »

01/25/10

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By Adam Frucci

#japan

Potato Chip Hand Solves the Chip/Keyboard Problem the Japanese Way

The age old conundrum of how to eat chips at a keyboard without making a giant mess has finally been solved. So how do you keep your hands clean? By using another hand. A robotic hand. More »

01/21/10

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By Jason Chen

#speakers

Avantgarde Lives Up To Their Name With The G2 Speakers

Teac and German manufacturer Avantgarde Acoustics have teamed up to produce a line of speakers that I can only hope sound as good as they look. More »

01/19/10

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By Sean Fallon

#imagecache

Choices

Resident technobiologist/Biblical scholar/intern Kyle dubbed this display "the Noah's Ark of humping USB toys," to which I can only say, "indeed." Spotted, it is multiply safe to assume, somewhere in Tokyo. [Tokyo Mango]

01/15/10

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By John Herrman

#humidifier

A Wooden Humidifier That Requires No Electricity

If you live in a place that is cold and dry right now, do yourself a favor and pick up a humidifier. This particular model from Japan definitely has an elegant "ancient tech" kind of charm. More »

01/13/10

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By Sean Fallon

#motionsensinginput

Control Your PC With the Puyocon Motion-Sensing Ball

Using a mouse is old-hat, if the recent wave of ball-shaped motion-sensing PC remotes is anything to go by. Straight out of Japan, the Puyocon can be squeezed, thrown around or rolled, controlling actions on the computer. More »

01/12/10

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By Kat Hannaford

#badideas

Doggie Anti-Aging Oxygen Tank: For the Completely Insane Only

Attention, crazy dog people with too much money: these two chihuahuas are inside an anti-aging oxygen therapy chamber at a dog salon in Japan. Buy your plane tickets now! [TokyoMango]

01/11/10

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By Adam Frucci

#colorebook

Hands On: Fujitsu FLEPia Color eBook Reader Should Stay In Japan Until It's Done

I just tried out the Fujitsu FLEPia, which has been shown in 2007, talked about in 2008 and finally released in Japan in 2009. It's slow and janky. More »

01/06/10

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By Jason Chen

#ces2010

PSP 3000 Coming to Japan in Blossom Pink. Bleurgh.

Available in Japan in March. Price is $183 - and the loss of whatever street cred you might have had. More »

01/06/10

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By AddyDugdale

#sony

Sony's BDPorter Is a Portable Blu-ray Projection Machine

Looking for a portable projector with a built-in Blu-ray player? Who isn't? Well, Sony's new BDPorter is just that. More »

01/05/10

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By Adam Frucci

#japan

I'm a Sucker For a Good Ejector Seat Prank

Once you're done watching innocent people fall through an artificial floor, hit this clip two minutes in to bask in one of life's simple pleasures—a guy is ejected from a van into a small tub of water. [Geekologie]

01/04/10

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By Mark Wilson

#capsules

Read About Capsule Living and Feel Better About Your Dinky Apartment

Twenty years ago, Capsule Hotel Shinjuku 510 was a place where Tokyo's businessmen could get a quick night's sleep after a long day at the office. Today it's an apartment building for those left unemployed by the devastating recession. More »

01/02/10

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By Kyle VanHemert

#y2k10

Cybiko: "Make for Happy Best Time!!!!"

Oh oh Cybiko! Presumably born of an illicit union between a walkie-talkie and a Palm Pilot, this 2000-era gadget was for kids who wanted to send messages to nearby friends. But could it also make men erect and cows flatulent? More »

12/30/09

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By Anna Jane Grossman

#thanko

First Cat-to-Human Paw Transplant Deemed a Complete Success

TOKYO (AP) - After several decades of gruesome failures, Japanese researchers have successfully transplanted a kitten's paws to a human body. The test subject, a 29 year old model for Thanko, a gadget seller, has a new lease on life. More »

12/30/09

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By Mark Wilson

#science

Transparent Goldfish Developed By Japanese To Reduce Unnecessary Dissections

From the same land that transparent frogs were created in, comes the see-through goldfish. Japanese scientists hope that due to the organs and heart being visible, it'll eliminate the need to dissect them in schools and laboratories. More »

12/29/09

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By Kat Hannaford

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