Ultraman USB Drive
Gadgets

Ultraman USB Drive

The Japanese company Buffalo has released a limited edition of USB drives that look like Ultraman – the fictional character that featured in a Japanese superhero TV series back in the 1960s. It comes with a 2GB storage capacity and only 3,000 copies have been […]

ACM-R5 Robot Snake
Gadgets

Amphibious Robot Snake (Video)

ACM-R5 is the name of this awesome, and quite scary, amphibious robot snake – developed by the people at the Hirose Fukushima Lab in Japan. ACM-R5 is equipped with paddles and passive wheels around the body. To generate propulsive force by undulation, the robot need […]

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Design

Chat Plates

“Don’t talk with your mouth full” – maybe that’s what inspired Japanese designer Ikuko Nakazawa to come up with this nice set of porcelain plates.

iPhone Band
Gadgets

iPhone Band – Smoky Bubbles (Video)

A great performance of the song “Smoky Bubbles” by Denki Groove, a Japanese techno-pop group, using a jailbroken iPod Touch 1.1.2 with third-party applications such as Pocket Guitar and BeatPhone: Here’s a list of the applications used in the performance: PocketGuitar (Bass, Electric and Acoustic […]