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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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    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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    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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    3D invisible force field you can feel

    Remember that post I made about games you can actually feel talking about a haptics system that Japanese developers created that uses ultrasound to create a 3D representation of an object that you can feel with your hands? Yea, that one. Well a video has now surfaced! Check it out. Via Geekologie. More

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    Human bobsled vs Motorcycle

    This is one of those things that would be really exciting and scary at the same time. This guy has created a suit that allows him to be human bobsled. It’s able to obtain speeds of around 116km/h (72 MPH). What do you do when you can go that fast? Race a motorcycle of course! […] More

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    Jackie Chan in Street Fighter?

    Well, I didn’t set out for today’s set of post to be all gaming related, but everything that has caught my eye today has been gaming related. Since I was already talking about Capcom earlier, here’s a clip from one of Jackie Chan’s City Hunter. After being tossed around by his opponent, he lands on […] 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 Olympic Skit

    Not quite as impressive as the Chinese opening ceremonies, but this Olympic skit is pretty good! Anyone know the name of the game show? I have been meaning to find out for awhile now. More

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    Japanese Goblin Shark

    This creature of the deep sea is known as the Goblin shark. They can be found all over the world, however, they are best known for inhabiting the deep waters around Japan, where they were first discovered. Their unusually long snout is one of the easiest ways to tell the shark apart from other species. […] More

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    Amphibious Robot Snake

    This awesome robot is known as ACM-R5, an amphibious robot snake. It was developed by at the Hirose Fukushima Lab in Japan. Each section of the ACM-R5 has its own CPU, power supply, motor, and paddles that allow it to swim effortlessly through the water and on land. Scientist can also add and subtract sections […] 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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