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more about #korea more comments → Gordonium: So, this is the opposite of the Love Boat? The Responsibility Boat? Also, from the picture, I thought I was looking at some seriously funky/unbalance... more » ThomasWolfSwe: F*ck a-you whale! F*ck a-you dolphin! AAAARRRHHHH!! #fluid more » Curves: North Korea is probably taking aim on this symbol of imperialism as we speak. #fluid more » Gordonium: It's gorgeous, and bizarrely informative (or informatively bizarre?)... but what the hell is its purpose? The Living Light article just calls it a "pr... more » Jaredu: That is pretty amazing. I'd love to have something similar to this just hanging in my room, not for this purpose, but it looks like something out of s... more » Invisible-Echidna: Asian countries are in a pissing contest for the biggest replica robot now? What's next? the real thing? It. has. begun... more » ThisDudeRufus: I can't wait to see the news, "Giant Robots save Japanese economy". Or is that destroy? more » jbownsabmw- Koopas Beware: Can we please build a 500ft Sentinel facing west somewhere on Hawaii? It would incorporate a missile defense system that fires from the robot's exte... more » maven2k: I don't know, it sure seems like a good hiding place for some kind of secret weapon if you ask me. more » Dr. H. F. Danger: Soon to be neighbors...Eva unit01 and Escaflowne more » kitsuneconundrum: gotta fight/scare those pesky north koreans. Nukes? Pwfah! We got here some mecha! more » sharked: What a bootleg-ass version of Mazinger Z. Can't the Koreans do anything original. Maybe a lifesized Starcraft base or somthing. more » sm753: I'll get flamed by Koreans but here it goes. Korea has always been trying to "one up" Japan and China for decades. They're also notorious for "borrowi... more » OMG! Ponies!: Sadly, after the failed "Pink Goo" Statue of Liberty experiment, the US has continued to lag in the Giant Frakkin' Robot arms race. It is a sad day w... more » rogsim: Now they needs ones for the Robotech VF-1 and Voltron (lion and vehicle). more » -
#madrobotics
A Robot Who Can Be Your Real-Life Avatar
One of the dreams of robotics has been to create a machine that can act as a remote version of its operator - like the movie Surrogates, only cool. Now a group of Korean engineers have brought us closer to this goal. [io9] -
#architecture
Starship-Like Exhibition Space Will Float Around Asia in 2012
Here are the best images yet of "Fluid": the stunning whale-inspired floating pavilion being built for World Expo 2012 in Yeosu, South Korea. Designed by Australian architects, Peddle Thorp, Fluid will sail onto other Asian cities after the show. More » -
#architecture
The Living Light Sculpture
The Living Light Sculpture looks like a giant metal flower, or a man made approximation of a jungle canopy with artificial sunlight coming down through its branches. It's actually a digital map sculpture reporting air quality in Seoul, Korea. More » -
#robots
Korea's Massive 364-Foot Taekwon V Statue Will Crush Puny Humans
Holy crap! So Japan builds giant Gundam and Testsujin statues (59 and 60-feet, respectively), now Korea is building this freakin' huge Taekwon V (Voltar the Invincible) replica that will be more than twice the height of the Statue of Liberty. More » -
#pmps
First Aluminum iRiver E200 Pics
iRiver has some of the most stylish tech gear this side of Apple, but the upcoming E200 player looks boringly similar to its E100 predecessor, despite a new thinner, all-metal design, and a larger screen. More » -
#northkorea
More Analysis on the Korean Rocket Launch
Really interested in what kind of nuclear rocket capability North Korea has? The Bulletin does a really in-depth analysis of the latest launch, based on released and carefully reasoned interpolated data. More » -
#pmps
Iriver P35 Touchscreen PMP With Wi-Fi Is Coming to America
We're so used to gadgets afraid to leave the safety of Japan or Korea to travel to our unforgiving west that it's always a treat when it unexpectedly happens—especially a gadget like iriver's P35 PMP. More » -
#airplanes
First Commercial 747 Is Now a Crappy Restaurant in Korea
It may not be in the World's 50 Best Restaurants list and, looking at it, you don't have to wonder why. But this rusty Korean restaurant is special: It's the first commercial 747 ever flown. More » -
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#surveillance
Friendly Dragonfly Streetlamp Helps You Forget Big Bro Is Watching
Its wings are covered with an array of bright LEDs, its head, a video camera. You see that it sees you, about to commit some misdemeanor. But it's too cute—there's no way you're in trouble. More » -
#oled
Super Thin, Flexible OLED Lights to be Available in 2011
We've seen ultra-skinny flexible OLED sheets before, but it looks like we now have a date for when they're coming out. Korean company Modistech says it'll debut its thin-and-flexy OLED lights in 2011. More » -
#usausa
Six Technologies That Passed America By
With America's status as a technological superpower comes a tendency to occasionally straight ignore the rest of the world. For better or for worse, here are technologies we've all but completely missed out on.
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#mp3
MashiMaro MP3 Player's Audio Cable Placement Becomes the Butt of a Joke
A company has "borrowed" famous Korean rabbit MashiMaro and turned it into an MP3 player. And true to the spirit of the cartoon, they placed the audio connector in a well analyzed place:
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#animalabuse
USB Whac-a-Mole Brings Your Carnival Fantasies into Your Cubicle
Sure Whac-a-Butt may be a great conversation piece at your frat house, but some of us prefer the classic version. Luckily, that's out now too. USB Whac-a-Mole is $17, but only in Korea. [Hallyutech] -
#picoprojectors
Video: Samsung Show W7900 Projector-Packing Cellphone Actually Looks Pretty Cool
This currently Korea-only projector cellphone peeped up its head at CES, and now our friends at PopSci had a chance to play with the Show and its 10-lumen built-in DLP projector. More » -
#whaa
Some Korean UMPC Has Maybe the Best Box Art Ever
At this point, we could really care less about a Korea-only UMPC, for obvious reasons. Unless the box art looks like this. Take notes, US gadget manufacturers. [Engadget] -
#comingtoamerica
Samsung Releasing Laptops Into the U.S. of A.
Years after selling notebooks in Asia and Europe, Samsung has finally braved the jump to the U.S. market. The company will be releasing five different notebook lines to North America, including its pretty little 10-inch netbook for $499 and the super skinny X360 starting at $1,599. Other lines include their Q-series all-purpose notebooks, their R-series desktop replacements and the business focused, rugged P-series. Ha! We knew you couldn't stay away, Samsung. [Laptop Mag] -
#arcades
North Korean Arcades Are Incredibly Sad
I've seen some crappy arcades in my day, mostly tucked into some crummy corner of whatever cheap hotel my mom had stashed us at, populated with well-worn Galaga and Street Fighter II machines. They had a certain kind of charm, though, and still do, considering the fact that the arcade is an endangered species in the US. Then there's this arcade in North Korea, which is almost as bad as the old Soviet ones. More »
