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Adario Strange is a writer and filmmaker originally from the East Village of New York City. His work has appeared in publications such as Wired, PC Magazine, and New York Press.

MP4 Watch lets you pretend to watch time while spying on the world

Adario Strange

Monday, December 15, 2008 - 10:05pm

Following up on their James Bond-style spy camera watch, Thanko has introduced the even cooler MP4 Watch, just in the time for the holidays. The watch offers a full color screen that tells the time and date but also doubles...

Japanese commuter hordes harnessed as human electrical power plant

Adario Strange

Monday, December 15, 2008 - 1:55am

When it comes to new ways of generating energy, it doesn't get any greener than the contraption recently installed in Tokyo's Shibuya train station. Developed by Japan's Sound Power, the FB-0001 platform generates electric power when the hundreds of thousands...

Mind Job: Japanese researchers translate brain patterns into accurate images

Adario Strange

Thursday, December 11, 2008 - 11:39pm

Science fiction movies have long been obsessed with the as yet unattained ability to project the thoughts of humans (dreams, intentions, etc.) onto a video screen. Now a group of Japanese researchers at the ATR Computational Neuroscience Lab in Kyoto...

Gift Guide 2008: 10 bizarre gifts you can only get outside the U.S.

Adario Strange

Thursday, December 11, 2008 - 6:45am

The Internet has connected the world in ways never before imagined, but the peculiarities of local flavor still exist. Every country sees itself through a different lens of subjective reality giving birth to tech oddities so numerous we here...

Project Aiko: The sexy virgin robot built to serve man

Adario Strange

Thursday, December 11, 2008 - 1:02am

Anyone who had any doubt that the future of humanoid robots would inevitably veer towards the seedy side need only look to the example of Le Trung and his fembot Aiko. The Vietnamese-Canadian tinkerer put Aiko together and controls her...

Nintendo DS plus Korg hack gives anyone robotic vocals

Adario Strange

Tuesday, December 9, 2008 - 10:55pm

Back in the summer we told you about the new Korg DS-10 synthesizer software for the Nintendo DS. Now an outgoing Japanese geek named Jetdaisuke has uploaded video of an innovation originally cooked up by Korg engineer Kanamori-san that allows...

Japanese DJ software offers perfect excuse for buying a second iPhone

Adario Strange

Monday, December 8, 2008 - 9:22pm

As the club DJ transition from vinyl turntables to CD turntables to dual iPods has progressed audiences have become more accepting of the changing dynamic. But some DJs still long for the old school vinyl aesthetic. Japanese design and software...

Hoard real cash while gaming with the Tetris and Atari Breakout Piggy Banks

Adario Strange

Sunday, December 7, 2008 - 8:27pm

The folks at Strapya World have figured out a way for financially strapped geeks to save money and simultaneously serve their tech lust with the introduction of the Tetris and Atari Breakout Arcade Gaming Piggy Banks. The mini-arcade machines require...

Pole Dancing Robots make CCTV surveillance sexy

Adario Strange

Thursday, December 4, 2008 - 10:26pm

The British are known for pushing the boundaries of underground art, but somehow they always manage to offer new surprises. The latest is a troop of pole dancing robots (yes, as in stripper) equipped with CCTV heads. The full-motion robots...

Darth Vader army invades Japan with old school gambling machines

Adario Strange

Wednesday, December 3, 2008 - 9:03pm

Life in Japan really is a sweet little slice of science fiction. Currently, Japanese televisions and giant video billboards are running slickly produced video commercials depicting an army of Darth Vaders attacking Japan. Some of the amazing footage includes: Vader-head...

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Stories by Author

Adario Strange

writer

MP4 Watch lets you pretend to watch time while spying on the world

Japanese commuter hordes harnessed as human electrical power plant

Mind Job: Japanese researchers translate brain patterns into accurate images

Gift Guide 2008: 10 bizarre gifts you can only get outside the U.S.

Project Aiko: The sexy virgin robot built to serve man

Nintendo DS plus Korg hack gives anyone robotic vocals

Japanese DJ software offers perfect excuse for buying a second iPhone

Hoard real cash while gaming with the Tetris and Atari Breakout Piggy Banks

Pole Dancing Robots make CCTV surveillance sexy

Darth Vader army invades Japan with old school gambling machines

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