Tuesday, April 1, 2008 - 2:43am
If you like to keep it simple while still showing off your mad scientist side, the Bird Electron DJ6 might be for you. The device has one simple purpose: to get sound to and from your iPod. The only complicated...
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Friday, March 28, 2008 - 1:45pm
Touch The Light is an interactive work of art in Osaka, Japan. At the top of the KEPCO building is a large circular lighting fixture. Stationed one kilometer away is a 1/100 scale model of the KEPCO lighting fixture....
Friday, March 28, 2008 - 1:17am
Not to be outdone by the antics at the New York Auto Show, the Bangkok International Motor Show had a couple of surprises as well. The Toyota Hi-Ct concept car made its debut during the event with a decidedly tank-like...
Thursday, March 27, 2008 - 2:20am
Enough with the R2D2 salt shakers and soy sauce containers, that stuff is for lightweights. It's finally time to go really hardcore Star Wars geeky with some official Star Wars Golf Gear. The bags come in Stormtrooper white and Darth...
Wednesday, March 26, 2008 - 2:18am
Now that the Wii owns the gaming market computer users are getting used to controlling the world with the flick of a magician's wand. Thus this may be the perfect time for Tokyo Ergo Corp.'s PC Remote to debut. According...
Monday, March 24, 2008 - 9:38pm
Imagine a Star Trek-like Tricorder for scary looking foreign languages (like Japanese, for example) and you'll have a pretty good idea of what the Quicktionary 2 Kanji Reader brings to the table. The device allows the user to scan kanji...
Friday, March 21, 2008 - 9:19pm
More proof that Japan fully intends to eventually make every anime character come to life arrives in the form of the Black Ox Robot. The robot's characteristics are based on the anime nemesis of Tetsujin 28 (aka Gigantor), the hero...
Thursday, March 20, 2008 - 2:41am
Nissan has unveiled its latest attempt to woo the environmentally friendly consumer with a "green" machine called the Denki Cube. The Denki Cube (in Japanese denki means "electric") sports a boxy hull (alien to the U.S. but quite common in...
Wednesday, March 19, 2008 - 2:54am
The Jupiter Mouse, created by the mad scientists at Daru Mouse Japan, looks like the computer interface Grizzly Adams might use if he were immortal and living in the 22nd century. By simply moving the warm wooden sphere around in...
Tuesday, March 18, 2008 - 2:59am
Aside from trying furiously to copy the Apple iPod and now iPod Touch design before the device officially makes its local debut, the other Asian gadget trend focuses on releasing devices that look like tasty candy bars. The latest in...
