August 2008

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    Mega Man Energy Drink

    Want to be a Mega Man? Well, I hate to break it to you, but you can’t. However, you can drink Mega Man’s official sports energy drink. Sometime this August in Japan, “Rockman E Can Drink” (Mega Man is called Rockman in Japan). The energy drink is being released to mark the launch of the […] More

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    Space effecient Tokyo homes

    With space a premium in Tokyo, one architech has taken it upon himself to let the space given to him define the type of building he creates. Yasuhiro Yamashita has took advantage of this small plot of land that’s no more than 25ft x 25ft. He has not only managed to construct a very livable […] More

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    The Decepticons Lucky Star

    Never before have the Decepticons, arch enemy of the Autobots, looked so good. Here’s are the Decepticon’s version of the Lucky Star opening theme. This is one of the best fan made Lucky Star movies I have seen to date. More

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    Papercraft Summer Kimono

    PaperKraft.net caught a great piece of paperkraft that’s very fitting for the Japanese summer. This papercraft female is wearing a kimono thats 100% made of paper. If you have never head of papercraft before, it’s sort of like origami for the 21st century. PaperKraft.net houses an amazing collection of papercraft from movie characters and props, to […] More

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    Musical origami art

    JooYoun Paek has figured out a way to merge the art of Japanese origami with new age music technology. This odd looking piece of paper is capable of producing dynamic harmonies with just a fold. The sensors have a predefined musical note attached to them. When two or more sensors meet, it produces a vocal […] More

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    Live goldfish inside unofficial Olympic keychains

    In a similar bit of news to my earlier post on the Chinese fish necklaces, traders in Qingdao have also begun selling live fish inside keychains. Qingdao is the site for the Olympic sailing events for the Beijing 2008 games. On the front of the keychain itself is an unofficial copy of an Olympic mascot. […] More

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    Bakumatsu Picture Generator

    Bakumatsu were the final years of the Edo period in Japan. It was a turning point in Japanese history as it was the end of the period of isolation in Japan. The feudal way of governing was coming to an end, and the start of the Meiji government, which would later take Japan to the […] More

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    Naruto: The Broken Bond Trailer

    I must admit, the Naruto: Broken Bond trailer does look very impressive. The days of feeling like you are actually taking part and shaping the story in an anime are not far off. By the time they make it to the Shippuden series, I can only imagine what the technology will be like. Check out […] More

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    The Tanabata Festival

    On August 7th, Asagaya Tokyo held its annual Tanabata festival. Tanabata means “Evening of the seventh” and is one of the Japanese star festivals. Pingmag was there to capture all of the great floats that filled the streets. They caught everything from original characters designed by school children to our favorite anime characters. The original […] More

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    Braille karaoke for the blind

    Have you ever thought about the blind not being able to enjoy Karaoke with songs they do not know? Neither did I. Two Japanese companies, Telesoft and Seika, are set on creating a Karaoke system that doesn’t leave them out. The Braille Karaoke system synchronizes the on-screen lyrics with a special braille device that allows […] More

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    Play DVDs on your Wii

    This was bound to happen someday, too bad Nintendo had nothing to do with it. Seems a group of Wii coders have made an application that allows the Wii to have DVD playback. The technique installs a tiny, hidden channel on the Wii that features a DVD access library. Then using the MPlayer application, you […] More

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    A real sushi wedding cake

    Good enough to eat? We have all seen cakes that look like sushi. However, this wedding cake is a bit different. It’s actually made of real sushi ingredients! This wedding cake was made for Jef and Jin Yoon who seems to really love sushi. So a friend made this cake for their reception. The couple […] More

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