iPad 3 – What Is It and Where Can I Get One?
March 9, 2012 – 4:59 pm | No Comment

It seemed like just yesterday that Apple was announcing the iPad 2 would be coming out and people clamored to get one. And now only a short time later, we now have the iPad …

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Google Does Their Part in Japan
March 12, 2011 – 12:40 pm | No Comment
Google Does Their Part in Japan

Very soon after the news of the 8.9 earthquake and the subsequent tsunami reached the world, Google put up what they call a Person Finder, which is a website designed to help people find their …

Japan’s Newest Robot: The Babyloid
March 6, 2011 – 11:37 pm | No Comment
Japan’s Newest Robot: The Babyloid

The Babyloid may look creepy to some, but it is helping people in nursing homes in Japan to feel useful, even if it is taking care of a robotic baby. Considering that Japan has …

Japan Gets 1GB/s Fiber-Optic
October 2, 2008 – 8:30 pm | No Comment
Japan Gets 1GB/s Fiber-Optic

Japan has always been ahead of the United States on technology. Now it’s just getting unfair. While we cry about the limits imposed by Comcast, Japan is enjoying fiber-optic service from KDDI. That means …

Fabria Freshness Gun Makes Sweet Swelling Snow For Cleaning Up
August 25, 2008 – 7:32 am | No Comment
Fabria Freshness Gun Makes Sweet Swelling Snow For Cleaning Up

Only in Japan could something so cool exist. The Fabria Freshness Gun transforms the process of cleaning up or hiding the smell that your gross roommates leave behind into simply enjoying a nice wintery …

iPod ear buds got nothin’ on these
June 23, 2008 – 9:58 am | No Comment
iPod ear buds got nothin’ on these

Ahh Japan, home of all things crazy/weird/awesome. From the land of the rising sun come these lovely pig headphones. They are (of course) made of silicon, come with a sizable 35-inch cord and are …

Puchi Puchi Bubble Wrap Popping Machine
June 19, 2008 – 11:05 am | No Comment
Puchi Puchi Bubble Wrap Popping Machine

If you’ve ever been reprimanded for popping bubble wrap, today is your lucky day. The little device to the left here, known as the Puchi Puchi, is actually a keychain toy that can fully …

gCubik 3D Display
June 11, 2008 – 10:21 pm | No Comment
gCubik 3D Display

The National Institute of Information and Communications Technology in Japan has released some information on the gCubik, one of the few proof of concepts of a 3D display cube. By utilizing six different LCD …

Japan Goes Ga-Ga For Tourmaline Lined Panties
May 22, 2008 – 7:17 pm | No Comment
Japan Goes Ga-Ga For Tourmaline Lined Panties

Here’s a fact for you, even though Japan seems to pump out some of the coolest gadgets and gear in the world, they still manage to find comfort in believing in random miracle trinkets. …

Sanyo Xacti DMX-CA8 Waterproof Camcorder to Release in Japan
April 18, 2008 – 1:10 pm | No Comment
Sanyo Xacti DMX-CA8 Waterproof Camcorder to Release in Japan

Sanyo announced today that their new Xacti DMX-CA8 waterproof camcorder will be available in Japan around the middle of May. The Xacti DMX-CA8 will have an 8.0 megapixel CMOS sensor, a 5x optical zoom, …

Hard, Better, Faster, Stronger: Toshiba Reveals 128GB MLC SSD For April Launch
March 27, 2008 – 5:37 pm | No Comment
Hard, Better, Faster, Stronger: Toshiba Reveals 128GB MLC SSD For April Launch

Toshiba announced just last week that Japanese consumers would be able to purchase their 128GB SSD HD as soon as April in their line of notebooks. Apparently, Toshiba has managed to produce this very large …