September 2008

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    Dr. Touch is your at home doctor

    I’m sure your parents are the only ones that remember when doctor’s making house calls was a common practice. In today’s busy world, that practice is just a memory. However LG and Intel have partnered to bring that idea back into style with a virtual doctor. The Health PHS5000, or as his friends call him, […] More

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    Tokyo Gore Police

    I love a good Japanese horror movie. Half of my movies on Netflix are split between Japanese comedies and horror movies. One of the movies I will have to save and hope it makes it to Netflix soon is Tokyo Gore Police. It’s your standard police having to deal with superhuman ‘engineers’ who can grow […] More

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    Jogging in Tokyo with Wiimote

    The Modding otaku, Ryo Katsuma has done it again. He first made news around the blogs for his Wii Balance Board mashup. Well, he has now taken the same principle and applied it to the Wiimotes. Using the Wiimote Katsuma’s mod allows you to move down Google Map Streets. How it works is you stick […] More

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    Japanese scientist teaches whale to talk

    They say dolphins and whales are among the smartest creatures in the sea. A professor at the prestigous Tokai University seems to think so too. Whales communicate through a process called echolocation, which basically means they emit a sound and listens for the echos for navigation as well as communication between other whales. Professor Tsukasa […] More

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    Capcom makes retro Mega Man 9 cartridge

    I’m a huge fan of classic gaming systems, and I thought this was a very cool move by Capcom. To celebrate the new, retro, Mega Man 9 release, you can head over to the Capcom store and buy the game complete with a classic Nintendo box and a replica NES cartridge. If you want a […] More

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    Elite Banana will drive you bananas

    Don’t be surprised when you start seeing these bananas show up in an import toy store near you. Elite Banana has swept across Japan, and is now heading to America, or so I have heard. Each banana has their own unique personality ranging from a modest salary man to the cool aviator wearing hipster. Elite […] More

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    Nike kicks homeless out of Miyashita Park

    Nike Japan is throwing the homeless out of Miyashita Park in Shibuya in order to build a skate park. Nike Park, formerly Miyashita Park has been run down for many years now. Currently its inhabited by 34 homeless people that live in shacks made from tarps. They plan on cleaning up the park, turning it […] More

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    Web Kare – Female Dating Sim & Social Network

    The people over at LinkThink have launched a new social network aimed at females called Web Kare. What’s interesting  is that its more than just your standard social network. It’s actually a dating simulation game mixed with social network components. On September 10th, the website lauched and within 5 days, there were already 10,000 registered […] More

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    Sasuke 21 / Ninja Warrior 2008 results

    Well as you may know, Sasuke 21 is now over. There were a lot of familiar faces from America like Levi Meeuwenberg, Brian Orosco, Henry Cejudo, Brian Phillip Harlow, and some people that I will let remain a secret till you see it for yourself. If you like Sasuke / Ninja Warrior, you will especially […] More

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    Ningin’s 8 Days of Anime!

    The great crew over at Ningin are official partners with the New York Anime Festival for 2008. That’s pretty amazing seeing as the NYC Anime festival is one of the biggest anime conventions on the east coast! Ningin has set up a micro-site dedicated to the NY Anime Festival and all of the great performers […] More

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    Rare Mono Shop opens English site

    Remember my earlier postings about the lazy geek cushion and waterproofing your laptop? Everyone was wondering where to buy some of those great items. Well Thanko, the company behind those great inventions have opened and English website called Rare Mono Shop (Mono means “things”). They have a lot of great items at pretty reasonable prices. […] More

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    Bandai’s Luminodot is Lite-Brite for adults

    If you are anything like me, you grew up with a Lite-Brite in your house. I used to have so much fun creating pictures with those pegs of light. But as I grew older, it became less fun, and ended up in a closet somewhere. Japanese toy maker Bandai has come out with a new […] More

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