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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. https://gizmodo.com/question-how-to-eat-potato-chips-at-a-keyboard-218797 As this lady demonstrates, you push the button on the shaft to clamp the hand around the chip,…

Tech News Jason Chen Jan 21

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. The G2 line consists of three models: the Duo, Duo Omega and Uno. All three models feature a frequency range of around 170-20,000Hz for speakers and 20-350Hz for the…

Tech News Sean Fallon Jan 19

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]

Tech News John Herrman Jan 15

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. Carved out of Japanese Cypress, the Mast Humidifier absorbs water from the hull and diffuses it through the air—along…

Tech News Sean Fallon Jan 13

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. The Entertainment Computing Laboratory, at Tsukuba University in Japan, should hook up with Cambridge Consultants, whose Suma controller…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jan 12

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]

Tech News Adam Frucci Jan 11

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. https://gizmodo.com/fujitsu-flepia-e-reader-displays-4-096-colors-309687 The FLEPia is still the production color ebook reader available, says Fujitsu. The problem is that it’s really slow. Page turns take 1.8 seconds, and slowly…

Tech News Jason Chen Jan 6

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. [Playstation Japan]

Tech News AddyDugdale Jan 6

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. This rollable cabinet comes stocked with a Blu-ray player, a WXGA projector, surround sound headphones, speakers and a 60-inch screen. It’s aimed mostly for corporate use as a presentations machine that can be carted around to…

Tech News Adam Frucci Jan 5

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]

Tech News Mark Wilson Jan 4

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. As Japan’s jobless rate creeps higher—it is currently 5.2%, the highest it has ever been—some Tokyo…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Jan 2

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? The Cybiko, which was introduced in 2000, was an antenna’d handheld gadget that could send…

Tech News Wilson Rothman Dec 30

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. https://gizmodo.com/attract-cute-japanese-girls-with-thankos-fuzzy-cat-ear-5332739 “For years I lived with a wretched handicap,” [name withheld] explained. “My hands were…

Tech News Mark Wilson Dec 30

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. To be honest, I don’t seem to recall slicing and dicing goldfish in biology class—but then, I was…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Dec 29

Mummified Monsters from Japan’s Temples and Shrines

In many countries, crytpid remains are objects of curiosity, relegated to tourist attractions and cryptozoology museums. But in Japan, the mummified remains of monsters and demons are often kept in Buddhist temples and out of the hands of the public. Some of these demon mummies are believed to be cursed. The demon mummy found at…

io9 Lauren Davis Dec 29

Gaming In the Streets

Only in Japan would you find an arcade with the theme of playing in China’s “backstreets.” Called Your Warehouse, the whole complex is basically eight stories of rusted scum…that actually provides amenities like towels to sweaty DDR players. [Kotaku] https://kotaku.com/japanese-arcade-themed-like-chinas-back-streets-5436082

Tech News Mark Wilson Dec 29

Sushi Machine Arranges Rice Real Nice*

I don’t know how to make adorable sushi rolls for bento. If I did, I’d be munching on a super saiyan’s face right now. Bandai feels my pain, however, and has released this nori maki maker. Dishwasher safe, the set comes with all the necessary tools and instructions to recreate your favorite characters from Anpanman.…

Tech News Mark Wilson Dec 28

This Camera Sees Color as Well As You Can

Japan’s PaPaLaB made the first practical camera capable of seeing color as well as the human eye by attaching a special filter to a recalibrated $140k industrial camera. Uses: Archives of fine art and telemedical imaging. [Tech On via Engadget]

Tech News Brian Lam Dec 27

Japan’s Strip Club at the End of the World

Akeno Gekijo was once one of Japan’s rare strip clubs, with a central podium, strip poles, and seats facing the stage. Now its charred ruins look more like the setting for a violent apocalypse. Michael John Grist, who travels Japan and the rest of the world documenting modern ruins — places abandoned or destroyed —…

io9 Lauren Davis Dec 23

The Japanese Snuggie Devolves Humans Into Giant, Two-Legged Tadpoles

Say hello to the Japanese Snuggie. The Two-Legged Sleeping bag. The Human Larva. Say hello to…this. There is no pitchman charismatic enough, no paid spokesperson straghtfaced enough, no model poised enough to give this the informercial it so clearly deserves. The legs on this thing almost feel like a cruel joke. Sure, you’ve got a…

Tech News John Herrman Dec 23

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

Avantgarde Lives Up To Their Name With The G2 Speakers

Choices

A Wooden Humidifier That Requires No Electricity

Control Your PC With the Puyocon Motion-Sensing Ball

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

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

PSP 3000 Coming to Japan in Blossom Pink. Bleurgh.

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

I’m a Sucker For a Good Ejector Seat Prank

Read About Capsule Living and Feel Better About Your Dinky Apartment

Cybiko: “Make for Happy Best Time!!!!”

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

Transparent Goldfish Developed By Japanese To Reduce Unnecessary Dissections

Mummified Monsters from Japan’s Temples and Shrines

Gaming In the Streets

Sushi Machine Arranges Rice Real Nice*

This Camera Sees Color as Well As You Can

Japan’s Strip Club at the End of the World

The Japanese Snuggie Devolves Humans Into Giant, Two-Legged Tadpoles

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