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Tokyo Motor Show spotlights electric two-wheelers - Oct 22, 2009

Crave Breaking away from traditional motorcycle design, Yamaha explores an electric-powered two wheel commuter bike using an x-shape frame. The purpose behind the EC-f is to design a motorcycle for people with ... Read story »

Gigantor robot spotted in Kobe, Japan - Sep 30, 2009

Crave Workers in Japan have built a 60-foot statue of famous cartoon robot Gigantor in the city of Kobe. The statue is an actual-size replica of the hulking robot depicted in numerous ... Read story »

Robot roller skates less bulky than Segway - Nov 30, 2009

Crave Researchers in Japan are developing robotic roller skates as a new form of personal mobility. Toshinobu Takei of Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) demonstrated his ... Read story »

Tokyo electric taxis to test battery-swapping service - Aug 27, 2009

Crave Better Place will test its battery-swapping service with electric cars used as taxis in Tokyo. A test at Better Place's automated battery-swapping station in Japan earlier this year. The project, ... Read story »

Who needs Gundam? Gigantor is complete! - Sep 30, 2009

Blogs If you've been feeling a little empty spot somewhere inside since the giant Gundam figure in Tokyo was taken down, Kobe's new Gigantor (or Tetsujin 28 go) figure is now complete ... Read story »

Sony's 3D holographic prototype - Oct 20, 2009

Crave Looks like it's "full steam ahead" for Japanese electronics juggernaut Sony as far as 3D visual technology is concerned. Shortly after announcing the company's interest in such displays during the recent ... Read story »

iPhone apps making life in Japan a little easier - Oct 6, 2009

Blogs The always awesome Asiajin had a post today about "Koe-tan", a public transit application for the iPhone (iTunes link). The app allows you to speak two train stations into your iPhone ... Read story »

A photo tour of Ceatec Tokyo - Oct 9, 2009

Crave What we won't give our left arm for to be there at Ceatec 2009 in Tokyo, Japan's annual gadgetfest that features the weird alongside the wondrous. Still, for those who haven't ... Read story »

QR codes in the wild in Japan - Nov 17, 2009

Blogs I've been fascinated by QR codes in Japan even before I came here. For anyone wondering what this technology is about, here's a great explanation by Mobile Ojisan from a few ... Read story »

Vertical Bed you can lug along for power naps - Nov 6, 2009

Crave From the back, you'd think this New Yorker has a disability, thanks to the neck and body braces. We've heard of sleep pod facilities in New York for sleep-deprived cubicle ... Read story »

Internet Karma: The secret to profit in online publishing - Jul 31, 2009

Blogs Note: I get a quota of one cheesy headline per month, so I'm using this one before July is over. Yesterday, I attended a Tokyo tweet-up hosted by Thomas Crampton at ... Read story »

Visualizing earthquake data - Aug 28, 2009

Blogs Before moving to Japan, I had never experienced an earthquake. But over the last few months I've felt Tokyo shift under my feet more times than I'd care to count. At ... Read story »

Real-life Transformer robot from Japan - Sep 29, 2009

Crave OmniZero carries Takeshi Maeda at Robo-One. Japanese robot builder Takeshi Maeda is blowing minds with an exciting demo of the latest version of his OmniZero robot. The ninth generation of ... Read story »

Toys, glorious, toys at Tokyo's Toy Show - Jul 20, 2009

Crave Lots of quirky, silly toys at the annual Tokyo Toy Show, and Japan Cscout has the coverage for those of us who can only wish we were there. It's hard ... Read story »

Much ado about swine flu in Japan - May 21, 2009

Blogs For me, this recent swine flu outbreak has triggered flashbacks of SARS in China which, of course, was where I lived prior to my "Tokyo Shift". At that time I was ... Read story »

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