You have just found a site that keeps over 400,000 people a month connected with everything cool from Japan! If you’re new here, …

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Amusing Japanese Commercials +

One thing that I can never get enough of are Japanese commercials. Maybe I’m a bit biased due to the fact that they …

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Japanese scientists can see your dreams +

We are one step closer to being able to see what people are dreaming about. A team of Japanese scientists have created a …

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The Daruma dolls have real eyes. +

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Thanksgiving Sushi Roll +

It’s almost that time of year again. When America gives thanks to the pilgrims and Native Americans by gorging ourselves on turkey and …

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Japanese Mac Apples, for real +

Nope, this image hasn’t been photoshoped. A Japanese Mac addict actually grows these apples. Ok, no, it’s not a new species of apple. …

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Barak Obama, Taro Aso, and the Internet +

As I stopped at the last redlight before pulling into my driveway tonight, it hit me. Barak Obama and Taro Aso, prime minister …

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Madonna is a Japanese warrioress +

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Keepon the dancing robot +

You may have seen the Keepon dancing robot in Spoon’s music video. Chances are, you didn’t. Neither did I. However, the bot’s creators have decided to form a company called BeatBots and take the amusing little bot commercial. Don’t expect to see him on shelves in Best Buy or Sofmap. In order to own one of these little yellow dancing machines, you will have to shell out around $30,000. Yep, I did say thirty thousand dollars, 3万ドル.

Keepon danced into the spotlight last year. It was a joint venture between Marek Michalowski and Hideki Kozima who programmed the robot to pick out the beat in a piece of music and dance to it. Keepon can also mimic the movement of an object and move in time to it. Check out its dance moves below. For more information on Keepon, check out New Scientist’s post.

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Neil Duckett | October 28th, 2008 at 8:03 pm +

I’d be keen to buy one for 30,000 .. it’s pretty cool.
Lately | Baka Tensai | October 29th, 2008 at 6:51 am +

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