Articles on Japan

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 »

Score a hole-in-one with the putting bra - Nov 13, 2009

Crave Sometimes you just want to practice your putting. If you're near a woman wearing Triumph International Japan's new golf outfit (in Japanese), and you can convince her to take it ... 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 »

Sharp launches ARM-based Ubuntu device - Aug 31, 2009

Crave Announcements of new Netbooks these days don't seem incredibly exciting anymore because there are just so many of them. Last week, Sharp unveiled its PC-Z1 under the "NetWalker" brand in ... Read story »

Pondering the future of e-book readers - Oct 14, 2009

Blogs So I was just over on Japan Probe trying to make sense of whether or not the Amazon Kindle will be "crippled" in Japan. And the more I wondered about it, ... Read story »

Microsoft launches Windows Mobile 6.5 with My Phone Premium - Oct 7, 2009

Features Offered as part of the premium package is a new "lost phone" feature that can be activated as an ad-hoc paid service. 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 »

Lego and Muji reinvent construction paper - Nov 20, 2009

Crave Lego has teamed up with Japanese retailer Muji to create an interesting take on the building block toy. The Lego for Muji Paper and Block Set together with a paper ... Read story »

Japan's use and misuse of new iPod nano camera - Sep 24, 2009

Blogs It has only been two weeks since Apple released their new fifth-generation iPod nano with video capture capabilities. And in that short time we've already seen some examples coming out of ... Read story »

A suit that protects you from H1N1? - Oct 8, 2009

Crave The new anti-H1N1 suit doesn't just make you look dapper, it supposedly also helps keep you disease-free. If the new swine flu vaccine doesn't give you the right dose of ... 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 »

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