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noreply@blogger.com (faiz) — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 22:25:00 +0800

Stylish Japanese Bamboo headphones and speakers

If you like bamboo products, we found 2 stylish Japanese tech products for you. Bird-Electron Japan has created the EZ-TAKEGTF2 portable speakers made from all natural bamboo that don’t require any power source! Utilizing the natural resonance of bamboo, this speaker uses special Japanese SuSu bamboo (which is smoked and aged for close to 100 years), and can be used with any audio device through its 3.5mm stereo-mini plug. With one 2.5-inch full-range speaker at each end, Bird Electron claims that the natural resonance of the hand-crafted bamboo enclosure helps it to project quality sound while enhancing stylish interior design.

If you prefer headphones, try the stylish Amadana 117 series. The bamboo looks fantastic, but it’s also very light and strong (it’s only half the weight of comparable earphones). Of course, the most important aspect of the Amadana 117 line is that they sound rich and clear. Available in two available colors: dark bamboo with a black over-the-ear loop, and light bamboo with a white over-the-ear loop.

from japansugoi

noreply@blogger.com (faiz) — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 12:03:00 +0800

Stylish Japanese Aluminum Keyboards and Mice from Onkyo

Japanese electronics and stereo maker Onkyo is pretty well known for their high end and stylish audio equipment. Earlier this year, they also released some very stylish metallic “Wavio” keyboards, mice and USB dongles, all in brushed aluminum, designed to match their HDC-1.0 multimedia (specifically audio) PC.

Japan working on to replace the Internet ?

noreply@blogger.com (faiz) — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 02:06:00 +0800

Japanese communications minister Yoshihide Suga said Friday that Japan will start research and development on technology for a new generation of network that would replace the Internet, eyeing bringing the technology into commercial use in 2020. Speaking to reporters in Brazil, where he is visiting, Suga said an organization will be set up as early as this fall with cooperation from businesses, academia and government offices for promoting the technology when the Internet is seen to be faced with increasing constraints in achieving higher throughputs of data as well as ensuring data security. The envisaged network is expected to ensure faster and more reliable data transmission, and have more resilience against computer virus attacks and breakdowns. The ministry is hoping Japan will take a lead in development of post-Internet technology and setting global standards, a move that ministry officials believe would help make Japanese companies competitive in the global market for hardware and software using such technology. more...

noreply@blogger.com (faiz) — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 19:09:00 +0800

Move over Gundam, here is the Hex Bug

"If you are fascinated by insects Japan’s electronics and toy maker Bandai (most famous for GUNDAM), has created a set of miniature insect robots that have six legs and move around just like real insects.

The Hex Bug series with names like Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta and Echo are tiny battery-operated robots that are smart enough to automatically avoid obstacles and will change direction when you clap your hands in their vicinity.

The Hex Bug will be available in September and comes in a myriad of colors and styles for about ¥1,999 each (about $16 USD.) Definitely not a gift for those who dislike cockroaches."
Check Out Videos Here!

source: japansugoi

New Tech: Mini Stereo System

noreply@blogger.com (faiz) — Fri, 11 May 2007 07:55:00 +0800

Still playing CD’s? Transfer them to MP3 or WMA files with the ExeMode CDR-300

If you’re like us, we still have a huge collection of Jpop music CDs and with all the new digital playback devices, it would nice to transfer them to other formats.

Japanese electronics maker KFE has produced a mini stereo system the EXEMODE CDR-300 that is a typical boom box that plays CDs and has an AM/FM radio.

What is really smart about the EXEMODE CDR-300 is its’ ability to copy those CDs in either MP3 or WMA formats to an SD card (upto 1 GB) or a USB Key. Time convert some of our older Jpop favorites like My Little Lover or The Brilliant Green.

* The EXEMODE CDR-300 will be available for about US$60.

source:japansugoi

"I Can Read Your Mood" Mobile Phones

noreply@blogger.com (faiz) — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 13:00:00 +0800

The Panasonic NTT DoCoMo P702iD Mood Phone

The folks at NTT DoCoMo and Panasonic have combined a mood ring and a JapaneseKeitai mobile phone to create the P702iD “mood phone”.

Released last summer, the 3G FOMA phone analyzes your voice tones and patterns (in what the Japanese call “Feel Talk”) and displays your mood in up to 10 colors with a 128-gradient LED light.

The P702iD also comes with a 1.3 megapixel camera, up to 2GB of storage on an optional SD card and the phone is also compatible with DoCoMo’s Chaku-Uta Full service enabling the user to download full music tracks from i-mode sites easily. The phone comes in four colors, and if you’re the type of person who likes mood rings, this is the phone for you!

Japanese New-Gen Hybrid Bus

noreply@blogger.com (faiz) — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 04:35:00 +0800

Japanese train bus hybrid デュアルモードビークル starts in Hokkaido

Japan’s first dual-mode vehicle デュアルモードビークル (DMV) that can travel on both railway tracks and regular roads started transporting passengers for the first time last week in Hokkaido.

The DMVs are designed to run on the roads in less densely populated areas (where there are no train lines) but can to easily switch to run on train lines during rush-hour traffic in high-density areas. JR Hokkaido began developing the vehicle in 2000 as a way to cut the operating costs of rural local lines that had a daily ridership of fewer than 500 people (about 30 per cent) of its total lines.

For those who want to try the new DMV, the 28 seat vehicle starts out as a train at Hama-Koshimizu Station on the Senmo Line and then changes to a bus at Mokoto station and uses conventional bus tires to travel along Route 244.

Test run in Fuji, Shizuoka prefecture.
watch videos here

Casio 10 Mpix Digital camera

noreply@blogger.com (faiz) — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 04:19:00 +0800

Casio introduces 10 megapixel Digital camera in Japan

If you like Casio digital cameras, the new CASIO EXILIM ZOOM EX-Z1000 will be released in Japan at the end of May according to Nikkei PC online.

It will be the world’s first 10 Megapixel zoom camera and is also equipped with a 1/1.8 inch CCD image sensor and a 3x optical zoom. The camera also features world’s first 2.8 inch wide monitor (display), simultaneous viewing of a wide angle and a telephoto shot, and a convenient right-side set of icon controls. For more product info see here.

With its 50,000 Yen price tag, it’s not as expensive as we thought it would be and we will be going down to Akihabara to check it out.

credits:japansugoi.com

World’s largest HD-TV in Tokyo

noreply@blogger.com (faiz) — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 06:11:00 +0800

World’s largest high definition TV screen in Tokyo

Another marvel of technology to see on your next trip to Japan, is the world’s largest high-definition video screen at a horse racing track in in Fuchu, Tokyo.

Built for the Japan Racing Association (JRA) by Mitsubishi Electric, the screen measures 11.2 meters (37 feet) x 66.4 meters (218 feet), is about 4 stories high and has a surface area of 744 square meters (8,000 square feet).

The screen has four different resolutions to present images in a manner that provides best viewing based on the viewer’s distance from the screen. Total cost of the screen is reported to be about 3.2 billion Yen.

In the video below, a Fuji TV news reporter runs from one end of the screen to the other (in 12.8 seconds)...Watch videos here

It's i-Pot not i-Pod

noreply@blogger.com (faiz) — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 18:40:00 +0800

The Japanese i-Pot explained

In Japan young people have the iPod, some want the iPhone but the elderly have the i-Pot or “information pot” from the Zojirushi Corporation.

Aimed at the elderly who live alone, the i-Pot not only boils water (for tea or soup) but it also records the times when that elderly person pushes the button that dispenses the water. A wireless communication device at the bottom of the i-pot sends a signal to a server and users of the service can see recent records of i-pot usage on a Web site.

In operation for the last 6 years, the server twice a day e-mails usage times to a designated recipient (like a neighbour or friend who lives nearby) who helps monitor the elderly person. The company rents the pot for about a $50 deposit and charges $30 a month for e-mail and Internet service.

watch videos here

noreply@blogger.com (faiz) — Sat, 7 Apr 2007 02:03:00 +0800

NTT DoCoMo sells Exclusive Motorola M702iS DOLCE & GABBANA Handset

If you’re into exclusive designer mobile phones, then you should check out Japanese mobile operator NTT DoCoMo’s 75,000 Yen Dolce & Gabbana Motorola M702iS phone.
This special edition handset is only being sold in Japan through DoCoMo’s website and in physical D&G stores during the period of April 20 to May 31. The gold colored phone comes with an eel skin case and strap that bears the D&G logo and four original ring tones selected by Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana. If you like D&G fashion, you’ll probably like this phone too.
via: our good friends at Digital World Tokyo

credits: japansugoi.com

Japanese Pill shaped Camera from Sayaka

noreply@blogger.com (faiz) — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 17:01:00 +0800

RF System Lab is a Nagano based company that has produced Sayaka, an endoscopic capsule (an ingestible pill-shaped camera designed to take pictures from inside the digestive track).

Though there are other endoscopic capsules in the market, Sayaka is different because the camera is positioned on the side instead of the front allowing it to rotate for multiple angle shots. For a typical 8-hour, 8-metre journey through the digestive tract, Sayaka takes about 870,000 photos, which are sent to a receiver located near the body.

Now, thats sugoi medical technology from Japan.
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Robot Snake

noreply@blogger.com (faiz) — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 19:38:00 +0800

Life Like Japanese swimming snake robot, the ACM-R5

First they were special effects in the movies, but a few years ago, Japanese scientists at the Hirose Fukushima Robotics Labs created the life like ACM-R5 amphibious snake robot that operates both on ground and swims in water. This snake robot was demonstated at the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi, Japan and amazed many visitors with its life like movements. Snakes and evil robots - too scary!

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New Japanese Sony Ericsson SE W51S Keitai

noreply@blogger.com (faiz) — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 18:46:00 +0800

With the coming of spring to Japan, many folks will (as the seasons change) decide to change their handsets. With that in mind, Sony Ericsson SE W51S and Japan mobile operator KDDI AU will start selling the brilliantly cool and sleek SE W51S.

The handset has Talk Time of 210 minutes and has been equipped with a 2.7 inch screen with 16:9 widescreen display, a 2.01 MP CMOS camera and internal memory of approximately 120MB. There is a very cool LEDS on the front cover which lights up in patterns when you get a call or message.

The handset also has a great remote security feature where you can remotely lock and delete data on the handset via the internet. The handset will be available in black, silver and pink.
Watch Sony Ericsson SE W51S TV commercial with Japanese actress Erika Sawajiri

credits: Japansugoi.com

Build Your Robot !!!

noreply@blogger.com (faiz) — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 16:58:00 +0800

It’s not every day that you would have the chance to play with a robot you see on TV, but with the release of the “Weekly ROBOZAK” magazine from DeAGOSTINI, Japanese Otaku can now subscribe to recieve parts for the robot to be built at home. Over the course of 80 weeks you receive a new part of the robot that you follow instructions on how to assemble.

The RZ-1 is 12-inch tall completely programmable robot than can walk, climb stairs, do cartwheels and other special moves (see video clip below). At 790 yen per issue and 80 issues, that’s 158,000 Yen, but then again, otaku will love this.

credits: japansugoi.com

New Revolution in Surgery From the Inside Out

noreply@blogger.com (faiz) — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 15:46:00 +0800

Minibot Performs Surgery From the Inside Out

Boy, this sounds pleasant. Researchers in Japan have developed a Minibot that enters your body via an incision. It's then controlled from the outside while it performs surgery on you. It has forceps to take tissue samples, can deliver medicine, and take pictures. Most previous mini robots designed for your insides could only take pictures; this is the first to actually be proactive once inside.

So what do you think? Would you rather have a doc slicing and dicing from the outside in, or would you be OK having a tiny robot swimming around your insides doing all the work instead? I can't really imagine the feeling of having a robot inside me, but I guess in the long run it would be better to have the most minimally invasive surgery possible. –Adam Frucci

credits: Gizmodo

New Generation Ads Advertising in Japan

noreply@blogger.com (faiz) — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 03:16:00 +0800

Catchyoo is a cool new projection system developed by French company LM3 Labs used in Japan that is helping ads become very interactive by bringing consumers, literally, into the ads themselves.

The digital ads are displayed on any flat surface such as floors, walls or tables, and consumers physically interact with the content/animation of the ad, for example by making ripples in a pool of water with their feet.

The Catchyoo system is also a great way to demonstrate new product features as they have with Apple’s iPhone (see video below). The media is controlled from a remote central centre in charge of scheduling and broadcasting FX and other contents.

credits:japansugoi

New USB-powered Flower multimedia speaker

noreply@blogger.com (faiz) — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 18:36:00 +0800

Now here’s something for all the Otaku who get complaints from their parents or friends about their room being full of computers and electronic gadgets but no flowers or plants.

From the wonderful folks at Thanko, comes a tropical pink orchid in a flower pot which doubles as a USB speaker. There’s no need to water this (obviously) and it will survive any cold winter! This 2Watt USB stereo speaker works with Windows98SE/ME/2000/XP and Mac OS 9.0.4 and costs Yen 2980.

This is probably the best gift you can give to an Otaku on his/her birthday!!!

source:japansugoi

Akihabara video guide for Otaku beginners

noreply@blogger.com (faiz) — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 23:59:00 +0800

Some post about Otaku in Akihabara!
Here’s a great travel video guide (in English) of Akihabara, the anime, electronics, otaku mecca of Japan.

If you’re travelling to Tokyo or just an English speaking Otaku wanting to know all about Akihabara, this is a nice introduction into the district, culture and shops in the district.

Featured locations include Animate, Royal Milk Maid Cafe, Radio Kakian, Tokyo Anime Center, Akiba Ichi and Akihabara Crossfield.

watch this videos!
source:japansugoi

The new KDDI kids phone (for old folks too)

noreply@blogger.com (faiz) — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 00:34:00 +0800

In Japan, mobile phones (keitai) are getting more and more sophisticated. However, for children, KDDI’s AU has recently launched the Sanyo A5520SA series of “junior phones” that have simple to use features and settings to restrict talk-time and emails. The target market for the phones are parents who want to worry less about their children.

source:japansugoi

これを見つけた! (Found this!)

noreply@blogger.com (faiz) — Wed, 7 Feb 2007 19:42:00 +0800

Casio Ex-word XD-SW4800 electronic kanji dictionary

"We all know learning Japanese, especially written Japanese is quite difficult. Although our learning Japanese section and posts offer some tips for the beginner, what you really need is a great electronic dictionary. Casio’s new Ex-word XD-SW4800 electronic dictionary is a must for all Japanese learners because it’s able to help you look up Kanji (Chinese characters) quite easily.

By using the stylus on a touch screen, you copy the new kanji you don’t understand and the dictionary will let you know what it means in English and Japanese, how to pronounce it and, write it properly in the correct stroke order. Although the dictionary is priced at ¥52,000 it’s a good investment if you are serious about improving your written Japanese.
via: Digital World Tokyo"

source: DigitalWorldTokyo

Language Translation

noreply@blogger.com (faiz) — Mon, 5 Feb 2007 16:44:00 +0800

Hait! sorry because there's no post for few days before!
just found a site that can do a translation from a language into another language.
Check this out!

Delivers Internet's first Web index (1995)
• First multilingual search capabilities on the Internet
• First Internet search engine to launch Image, Audio, and Video search capabilities
• Most advanced Internet search features and capabilities: multimedia search, translation & language recognition, and specialty search
• Awarded 61 search-related patents, more than any other Internet search company

Try this out!
Babel Fish Transslation

Beware! I Can Read Your Mind!

noreply@blogger.com (faiz) — Sat, 3 Feb 2007 02:27:00 +0800

Sorry, there were no post for yesterday because my connection was down.(wireless access point) So, today i'm gonna tell you something interesting news that i've just found around the net. Here it goes!

The robot mimics hand movements
by analyzing brain activity. (Jiji)

THE MIND-READING ROBOT
Machine Mimics Movements by Sensing Brain Activity

Honda Motor and the Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International (ATR) have jointly developed new technology that enables a robot to mimic the movements of a person by reading the patterns of activity in the person's brain. Clench your fist, and the robot does the same; hold two fingers up, and the robot does likewise. Researchers in the West have already developed technology in which devices can be operated by implanting electrodes in the brain or controlling blood flow through special exercises, but this is the first system in the world to achieve robotic movement using changes in the natural blood flow caused by brain activity.

New Use for MRI Data
The new technology takes advantage of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), which is well known for its use in medicine. Subtle changes in blood flow occur in the brain when a person moves. These changes are interpreted through MRI, and this data is used by the robot to reproduce the person's movement. In an experiment using the game rock, paper, scissors, the robot analyzed changes in blood flow to judge which of the game's three hand gestures the person was making and mimicked this gesture seven seconds later. Accuracy varied from person to person, but the robot made the right gesture 85% of the time, and the ATR says that in the future it should be able to mimic more complex movements.

The robot uses MRI technology. (Honda and ATR)

Robots today cannot do anything unless they are controlled manually or programmed by human beings. But if this new technology continues to develop, it may become possible to control a robot just by thinking. Over the next year the research team aims to make it possible to control the robot hand just by imagining the appropriate hand movement, as well as to miniaturize the brain-reading device down to the size of a hat, ready for putting the system into practical use.

credits: web-japan.org

Transformer Lego Robot USB storage

noreply@blogger.com (faiz) — Thu, 1 Feb 2007 20:30:00 +0800

Actually I have many things to post here & share it with you out there...But dunno which one should I publish first. So, I'm gonna put some new stuff about Japan interesting technology here...so...
Enjoy reading!

Here's some description:
If you’re into robots, transformers or lego, this little USB 256MB USB2.0 flash memory stick from Solid Alliance is for you. The top of the robot is separated from the body to reveal the USB connector. When you are bored you can play with the robot as his hands are movable. Cost is 7329 Yen...Hope can buy this... ^_^

J-Technology comin'

noreply@blogger.com (faiz) — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 18:57:00 +0800

As i'm searching around the 'WWW', i was stuck on an article about a new J-robot toy:-
Takara-Tomy hand sized robot, the i-SOBOT

"Kids and Otaku who love robots will love this new hand sized robot produced by Takara-Tomy. The Omnibot2007 i-SOBOT, dubbed the world’s smallest robot which is only 6.6″/16.5cm tall. The robot can play music, say simple words and moves via remote control or take instructions from human voices. Now that’s cool! The robot will be available in stores starting July for 29,800 yen ($245)."

Cool Huh!

source: japansugoi.com