Here are some of the friendly faces seen at the Robo Japan 2008 exhibition held at Yokohama Pacifico Hall this weekend.Noir The Kanagawa Institute of Technology exhibited Noir, a blue-eyed grandchild ...
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Photographer Shintaro Sato captures beauty in the chaotic Tokyo cityscape viewed from emergency staircases at dusk. Check his site for the full gallery of high-resolution images.[Link: Tokyo Twilight ...
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What happens when you take the records away from record players? You get without records, an installation by experimental musicians Otomo Yoshihide and Yasutomo Aoyama that uses more than 100 record-f...
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Japanese precision machinery manufacturer Castem has sent nine origami space shuttles to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) office in Houston, it was announced on October 7. If all goes as ...
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Midori-san, the blogging houseplant, at bowls Donburi Cafe in Kamakura If houseplants could blog, what would they say? To find out, Kamakura-based IT company KAYAC Co., Ltd. has developed a sophistica...
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Chindogu master Kenji Kawakami demonstrated some of his celebrated unuseless inventions on a recent Nihon TV variety show. Kawakami shows off the following chindogu: shoe umbrellas that keep your toes...
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These stylish matchbox ads for Japanese bars, cafes and restaurants date from the 1920s to 1940s. See the complete Flickr photoset (uploaded by maraid) for much more.Shimbashi - Dai-san Otako (Izakaya...
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Nihon TV recently aired dramatic footage of Rollerman Jean-Yves Blondeau in his BuggyRollin suit, racing Japanese celebrity biker George Takahashi down a mountain road. (See who wins.)Studded with doz...
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Improv musician Atsuhiro Ito wields a flickering noise contraption called the Optron (or Optrum), a miked-up fluorescent light tube he plugs into an array of effects pedals and plays sort of like an e...
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Robots old and new are on display at the CEATEC 2008 home electronics trade show currently underway in Chiba, Japan. Nissan BR23C Biomimetic Robot Car Nissan unveiled the bumblebee-inspired BR23C Biom...
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Sculptor Satoshi Yabuuchi is auctioning a limited-edition bronze statue of Sento-kun, the popular but controversial official mascot he designed for the Commemorative Events of the 1,300th Anniversary ...
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To NY-based architect-poets and reversible destiny philosophers ArakawaGins, comfort deserves only a limited role in the home. In their vision, a home that keeps its inhabitants young and healthy shou...
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As Japanese consumers become ever more fussy over food safety issues, there is a growing demand for technology that improves food quality. To ease the minds of health-conscious meat-eaters, researcher...
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*Updated with video:Electronic parts maker Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., creators of the popular Murata Seisaku-kun (a.k.a. Murata Boy) robot bicyclist, have developed a self-balancing robot unicycl...
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These TETRA erasers spotted at the recent Good Design Expo in Tokyo are the perfect editing tool for pencil-pushing tetrapod enthusiasts. Produced by Sun-Star Stationery Co., Ltd., the shapely erasers...
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Bad news for rice in Japanthe recent tainted rice scandal has dulled the publics appetite for the staple, and kids these days are consuming less than ever. In an attempt to revive interest in the grai...
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Breaking up is hard to do, and few know this better than a lifelike sex doll owner who Shizuoka police have charged with illegal dumping.On August 21, the 60-year-old unemployed resident of Izu (Shizu...
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Pink Tentacle is hitting the skies this week to participate in the 2008 Nokia Open Lab workshop in Helsinki, Finland, where dozens of selected bloggers and social media participants from across the gl...
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Anata to wa chigau n desu (I am different from you). In the few short days since Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda uttered these words to a pesky reporter after his shock resignation, Japan has witnessed th...
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Japans first field test of smart posters using Near Field Communication (NFC)a short-range high-frequency wireless communication technology that lets users view digital content simply by holding their...
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