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Japans Melody Road

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2007-11-27 12:00:32 by Laura Moncur in Gadgets Page
 
...Japans melody roads play music as you drive | The Guardian | Guardian Unlimited Here is a video of the effect here Melody roads? Really? Thats the best you can come up with that technology? Come on, even I can think of something better When I was a child, there were some birthday cards at the local odd lot store. The card came with a strip...
 
 
 
 
 
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Samsung Enters Japans Mobile WiMAX Market

2008-04-21 19:06:00 by Maximus in Just Another Mobile Phone Blog
 
...Japans second largest mobile service provider, Kyocera, Intel Capital. UQ Communications obtained license for Mobile WiMAX service from Japans Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications last December At a press conference in Japan on Monday, UQ Communications announced that they have selected Samsung Electronics as an equipment vendor....
 
 
 
 
 
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Video: Japans oldest robot reanimated writes poetry, hits on your girlfriend

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2008-04-25 09:04:59 by admin in Cool Gadgets and Gizmos
...Japans oldest modern robot the 10-foot, 6-inch GakuTenSoku has been awakened in Japan. Gone are the inflatable rubber tubes of the original 1928 android build by biologist Makoto Nishimura. The bot now tilts its head, moves his eyes, smiles, and puffs out his cheeks thanks to a $200,000, computer-controlled, pneumatic-servo makeover. While...
 
 
 
 
 
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Japans robot for lonely men is quite the opposite

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2008-06-19 17:46:01 by Michael in Trends in Japan
...Japans robot for lonely men Sure, but only if you forget to note that the robot in question isnt even Japanese and is only licensed by Sega Toys from WowWee with a different exterior Just one more example of the foreign press seeing something on its surface, speculating like hell, and making Japan into something it isnt. After all, would...
 
 
 
 
 
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iPhone 3G boosts Japans SoftBank customer counts

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2008-08-12 02:39:39 by Will Park in IntoMobile
...Japans enthusiastic adoption rates of the iPhone 3G, but it likely does play a role The question remains, will the iPhone 3G sustain this kind of explosive growth Via: TechOn Related Articles at IntoMobile SoftBank brings iPhone to Japan Japans iPhone look alike has a sliding keypad Softbank announces iPhone 3G pricing structure for Japan...
 
 
 
 
 
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All-new Mazda Atenza with Japans first rear vehicle monitoring system

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2008-01-29 11:39:43 by HASH0x8b59950 in Fareastgizmos.com
...Japans first rear vehicle monitoring system. When driving at speeds over 60 kilometers per hour, this system uses radar to detect vehicles approaching from behind and alerts the driver. Another new feature is CF-Net (Cross Functional Network) functionality, a combination of switches on the steering wheel with a centralized display at the top...
 
 
 
 
 
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Japans Shougaku Ichinensei mag bundles finger piano for kids

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2008-03-15 05:03:38 by admin in Cool Gadgets and Gizmos
...Japans Shougaku Ichinensei mag bundles finger piano for kids Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments More: continued here
 
 
 
 
 
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Cell Phone Eye-control and Other Assorted Craziness From Japans Docomo

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2008-06-28 01:47:51 by C. S. Magor in The Uber-Review
Japans NTT Docomo is working on what they call, the cell phone of the future. In the Docomo view, the future is a wearable cell phone that can be controlled with movements of different parts of the body. One idea involves a pair of headphones that detect electrical current that is produced by the movement of the eyeballs; roll your eyes up to...
 
 
 
 
 
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Iriomote The Japanese wildcat that never was

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2008-03-09 12:01:00 by bookofjoe in bookofjoe
...Japans most far-flung islands. Almost indistinguishable from a house cat, the Iriomote wildcat is believed to be related to a leopard cat found on the Asian continent, to which this island was once linked In a nation where pork-barrel politics have paved over the country and dotted it with airports, Iriomote (pronounced ee-ree-o-mo-teh) can...