Articles on Japan

PlayStation 2 ditches its power brick - Nov 8, 2007

Crave The Sony PlayStation 3 has morphed tremendously over the years, from a fat black box to a streamlined sexy thing in colorful contrasting hues. The only problem with the last installment ... Read story »

Seven-story cell phone in Japan - Apr 30, 2009

Blogs Kudos to Hector Garcia of Kirainet for snapping some pics of this amazing Bic Camera building in Tokyo. The facade has been transformed into a giant cell phone with an equally ... Read story »

Sanyo expands eneloop offering for Singapore - May 14, 2009

Crave The eneloop Solar Light conveniently doubles as a USB charger. Still, it's good for an emergency top-up when you're far from a PC or AC mains. This is expected to retail ... Read story »

World's first robot fashion show, no (wardrobe) malfunction apparent - Aug 5, 2009

Crave This fembot played the blushing bride at photo ops and even spoke to the audience during her catwalk debut: "I've put on a wedding dress for the first time. I'm very ... Read story »

IEA: Little gadgets consume gigawatts of power - May 14, 2009

Crave Without more efficient consumer electronics, the world will need to build hundreds of gigawatts worth of new power plants to run the exploding number of electronic gadgets, according to the International ... Read story »

Super computer-powered Toshiba Regza HDTV - Oct 6, 2009

Crave Ever heard of a super computer in an HDTV? Toshiba has released fresh juicy details on its Cell processor-powered LCD TV ahead of the Japan Ceatec 2009 tech fair. The ... Read story »

Bandai's Gyoza Maker for the dumpling fan - Jul 8, 2009

Crave It's all in the wrist. Just crank it up for instant gyoza, almost. How hard is it to make dumplings? The chefs at the DinTaiFung dumpling chain with a global ... Read story »

Nintendo DSiWare: Going back to the source - Jul 14, 2009

Crave Nintendo's portable virtual console is going to the source. Nintendo's DSiWare service, like its WiiWare platform, are temptations and teases for the lovers of the independent and obscure. Because no ... Read story »

Nokia keeps Vertu brand, ceases sales of devices in Japan - Nov 27, 2008

Crave Japan is one unique mobile phone market where foreign companies have scarcely a foothold, even Nokia with its global market share of 38 percent. Turns out the Finnish firm has thrown ... Read story »

Japanese university uses iPhone to keep tab of students - Jun 1, 2009

Crave The attendance reporting app used by the Aoyama Gakuin university. If American school children have to resort to some special mosquito ringtone to use cell phones at school, a university ... Read story »

Japan tops Robot Density List (why do I still have to vacuum?) - Jan 7, 2009

Blogs It's official. Japan has the most robots of them all, and rumor has it, all your base are belong to them. From IEEE Spectrum, here's the definitive bar graph that proves ... Read story »

Bandai to debut Doraemon robot on its 30th TV anniversary - Jun 25, 2009

Crave Look, no ears for Doraemon. These were apparently eaten off by rats! No wonder this blue cat despises rodents. Claws unsheathed. If you remember the Hello Kitty ROBO back when ... Read story »

Yubi-Poki virtual knuckle cracker - Jun 5, 2009

Crave You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me?... Here's something that's guaranteed to crack up your friends--a knuckle cracking simulator that ensures you never run out of knuckles to crack. ... Read story »

Toyota debuts real-time control of wheelchairs with brain waves - Jun 30, 2009

Crave Toyota's mind-powered wheelchair transcends science fiction. First, there was the Mindflex, a Mattel toy that lets players move objects with their brains. Now, word is the same technology will be ... Read story »

Nintendo DSi with larger screens slated for Japan? - Oct 28, 2009

Crave GameSpot on Monday published a report from the Japan-based Nikkei news service saying that a new Nintendo DSi with two larger screens is slated to hit the market as early ... Read story »

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