October 2008

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    Toyota’s Gundam – The i-Foot

    We know Toyota as being the number one car maker here in America. However, what we will never see here in America by the company is so much cooler than just cars. In 2005, Toyota developed the i-Foot robot that offers the “pilot” three-dimensional mobility. Sorta the same concept as the Exoskeleton suit I wrote […] More

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    Make your own erasers good enough to eat

    Bored and need a cool project that will take up a Saturday afternoon? How about making erasers shaped as fast food and sushi in your microwave. Yep, in your microwave. The products are from the Let’s Make Eraser with Microwave line of products. Currently there are 2 sets featured on Jlist, a fast food set […] More

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    Walking under a pool?

    This is a pretty neat optical illusion. Not sure where this is in Japan, if anyone knows, please leave a comment! If something like this was available in the states, it would probably be at a science and industry museum or Ripleys. More

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    Sushi conveyor escalator

    The concept of conveyor belt sushi got its start in 1958 when Yoshiaki Shiraishi had to come up with an idea to keep his understaffed sushi restaurant in business. He was inspired after watching beer bottles on the conveyor line in an Asahi brewery. The concept is still seen today with many restaurants eliminating the […] More

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    The most expensive video game in Akihabara

    The Kotaku team has been in Japan all week waiting for today’s launch of the Tokyo Game Show 2008. With the 3 days leading up to the TGS, they had to keep themselves busy. How? Sure they took the tours, saw the sights, but we know they spent the majority of their time deep in […] More

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    Annoy digital creatures with your finger

    Do the Japanese find it fun to stick your finger into a box and play with torment digital beings all in the name of fun? Who doesn’t?! Bandai Japan seems to think so too. They have created this toy called the Tuttuki Bako (Tuttuki Box). . How it works is you stick your finger into […] More

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    Exoskeleton suit now available to public

    Do you have an extra $2,200 a month that you are just looking for something cool to spend it on? How about this stormtrooper white Hybrid Assistive Limb (HAL) suit. Not only does this suit look impressive, but it will convert your brain signals sensed through the skin into motion. After strapping yourself into it, […] More

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    14 year old girl to compete in Sumo World Championships

    We all know how big sumo is in Japan. You may not realize that it is actually big in other countries as well. Meet Samantha-Jane Stacy. She’s not your ordinary school girl. Her 8th grade Australian classmates have affectionately named her “Sammy Sumo”. At age 14, she hopes to be the youngest ever to compete […] More

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    Man skinny dips in Imperial Palace moat

    As an American, this is one of those stories where I have to say, “I’m glad he wasn’t American”. Fuji TV reports of a Spanish man who came to Japan on in a tour group. Apparently he dove into the moat naked in order to retrieve a bag dropped by his friends. I’m not sure […] More

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    American celebrites in Japanese commercials

    As you may or may not have known, there have been a lot of American celebrities that have done Japanese commercials. I’m sure many of them hope to forget they even agreed to do them. Who you ask? How about people like Hulk Hogan, Arnold “The Governator” Schwarzenegger, and even Madonna. Japander.com has come to […] More

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    Japanese restaurant has monkey waiters

    These 2 macaque monkeys, Yat-chan and Fuku-chan are not your ordinary monkeys. Fuku-chan is trained to hand hot towels to customers to clean thier hands, while Yat-chan can actually serve drinks to customers. While this is really amazing, it brings up the issue of animal rights. Should these monkeys be working in a restaurant let […] More

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    Japan’s bubble clubs return for one night only

    Back in the early 1990s, Juliana’s Tokyo was the place to be at night in Tokyo. The club was one of Tokyo’s most trendy night clubs and famous for its dance stages where ordinary office ladies would dress in bodycon clubwear, feathers, and be the clubs’ amateur go-go dancers. Bodycon is short for body conscious, […] More

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