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Thursday, May 08, 2008
Electrical eyeballs controlling our gadgets
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04:54 PM
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The field of disability aids has seen many devices controlled by computers that visually track the eye movements of paralysed people, but none that reads the electricity given off by swiveling eyeballs.
Friday, May 02, 2008
Mumbling robots more pleasing than the silent type
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Household | R&D | Robots
06:16 PM
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Robots are good for plenty of things, but having a meaningless chat generally isn’t one of them – something that has to change if a group of Japanese researchers are to be believed.
/ Keep on truckin' ............................................... \
Friday, March 07, 2008
Electric TV scaffold helps gamers Wii standing up
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01:52 AM
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If you’re in Japan, a Wii fan and have ¥69,800 ($675) to spare, you might want to bung it towards the chuckle brothers who run Thanko, that great purveyor of all things ridiculous.
Monday, March 03, 2008
Cholera, ‘flu and many more diseases tackled by eating rice
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12:17 AM
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A seemingly bizarre experiment in genetically engineering plants has come up with a strain of rice that could make vaccination injections a thing of the past.
Thursday, February 28, 2008
World’s first holographic RFID tag to stop Vuitton knock-offs
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02:21 AM
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RFID and holograms are two of our favorite technologies, so it’s a joy to see them form a double act and get together in one pretty little security device. The result is the world’s first hologram-toting IC tag, which arrives in Japan next month courtesy of Hitachi and the printing experts at Toppan.
Friday, February 22, 2008
Biotech nose filters keep delicate nostrils oh-so clean
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02:44 AM
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The impending hay fever season here is kinda uncomfortable in a ‘contents of your sinuses pouring out of your nose’ way, so it’s a joy to report that the geniuses at Bio International Japan have come up with a high-tech way to keep all that runny junk up there where it belongs.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Evolta’s the name, juicing your gadgets forever’s the game
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If, for some reason, you’ve been keeping track of the thrilling progress of the Guinness record for the world’s most powerful alkaline battery, then get out your pen, ruler and notebook and prepare to make a new entry courtesy of Panasonic.
Monday, January 14, 2008
Study shows Japanese children are addicted to phones
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The latest research on the mobile phone habits of Japanese children may be music to the ears of phone providers, but the depth to which the gadgets have penetrated the lives of the young there is bound to set alarm bells ringing elsewhere.
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Waterproof MP3/WMA/CD player likes a quick dip
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Twinbird’s MP3-loving Zabady costs ¥21,000 ($180) and can handle boring old audio CDs as well as disks burned with new-fangled MP3 and WMA files; just not the type with DRM slapped on. The most useful feature is a USB port inside the sealed case that allows the Zabady to play back tunes from a connected drive of up to 2GB.
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
KDDI to deliver domestic 4x high-definition video on demand
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KDDI, the company that recently started an online service delivering DVD-quality movies to domestic customers has upped the ante to send quad-HD films down the same pipe.
Thursday, November 08, 2007
Roll-up solar panels power disaster rescue kit
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08:10 PM
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The latest piece of disaster recovery equipment to come out of Japan is an ingenious feat of engineering featuring one of the most unusual applications of solar technology that we’ve seen.
Monday, October 29, 2007
Rainbow of washlets to brighten up your toilet moments
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Nothing to do with gadgets really - unless you count the bidet, deodorizer auto-open and drier functions - but ain’t these some purty potties?
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Water bottle humidifiers gush steam in a rainbow of colors
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Humidifiers are essential in Japan’s dry winter, so quirky-looking little devices like CCP’s KZ-500AS, which vaporizes the contents of a regular plastic water bottle, are most welcome.
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Try on new specs from the comfort of your cellphone
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Glasses and contact lenses are noticeably big business all over Asia, so it’s no surprise to see a Japanese optician combining sales of spectacles with the venerable mobile phone.
Friday, October 12, 2007
1mm diameter solar cell spheres formed in freefall by gravity
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The traditional flat solar panel looks like becoming a thing of the past now that a Japanese company has developed a spherical equivalent that is both more efficient and far cheaper to make.
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Toyota's hydrogen car covers new ground 550 miles of it
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Household | R&D | Transportation
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Toyota Japan has word of a major breakthrough for one of its hydrogen-powered research cars that is sure to get plenty of column inches there.
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Portable shower in a box for life's filthier moments
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Next time you’re done surfing at a remote beach (or trapped in a collapsing building after an earthquake) you’ll probably wish you had one of these to wash the sand (or brick dust) off - a portable, battery-powered shower.
Monday, August 13, 2007
Researchers use tooth power to control gadgets
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Compulsive tooth grinders might want to look away now if they don’t wish to be reminded of their headache-inducing torment, for Osaka University in Japan has come up with a human-machine interface that is controlled by grinding the molars together.
Monday, August 06, 2007
Panasonic electric car does 100km/h on 192 double AAs
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We’re really hoping that if Panasonic is planning to market its new Oxyride electric car at Christmastime it manages to include a few packs of batteries in the box to keep the kids happy past lunchtime.
Sunday, August 05, 2007
Japanese soccer star Shunsuke Nakamura now available as tasty rice topping
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06:59 PM
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Yes, I know it’s weird and definitely not a gadget but what could be less appetizing than flavorizing your bowl of rice with the essence of Japanese sports stars?
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