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  • Sony Ericsson Kurara accidentally announced early, now known as “Vivaz”

    Sony Ericsson Kurara accidentally announced early, now known as “Vivaz”

    Posted on January 20, 2010 | No Comments
    Don’t you just hate it when some big dumb press release company spills the beans on your top secret product long before you intended? Wait, you’ve never experienced that? Well, neither have we. We were just trying to, you know, connect with our readers or something. Sony Ericsson, on the other hand, has felt that burn. [...]

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  • Nail Art Machine: Manicure “vending” machine

    Nail Art Machine: Manicure “vending” machine

    Posted on December 15, 2009 | No Comments
    As everybody knows, Japan is the land of vending machines. Dozens and dozens of these things are standing right in front of my house in Tokyo, offering everything from drinks, to cup noodles over to fresh rice 24 hours a day. But I've never seen or heard of the Nail Art Machine [JP], a machine that (obviously) takes care of your nails - to some extent.

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  • Swedish watchmakers create a Void

    Swedish watchmakers create a Void

    Posted on November 23, 2009 | No Comments
    Not sure why you'd name your watch after something that doesn't exist but the Swedes love them some existentialism. Void Watches V02 have two retrograde hands, one that shows the hours on one side and minutes on the other. It comes in four colors and uses a Japanese movement.

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  • Thanko’s peeing USB wee man

    Thanko’s peeing USB wee man

    Posted on September 1, 2009 | No Comments
    It's Thanko time again. Today the Tokyo-based crap gadget company released another of their weird inventions, the Shoubenkozou [JP], a cupid-like mini figure that for some reason is able to "pee". And needless to say, the thing can be connected to your computer's USB port.

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  • The Nikon S1000PJ projector camera leaks out along with three other Coolpix models

    The Nikon S1000PJ projector camera leaks out along with three other Coolpix models

    Posted on August 3, 2009 | No Comments
    We always knew that Nikon was a leaking ship, adrift in the digital camera sea, but this latest leak proves it. Why bother with embargos and NDAs when most of the info leaks out early anyway. First, it was the D5000, then the D300s and now all these Coolpix cameras that aren’t official yet. This [...]

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  • Pellermodel: Bandai lets you build a 3D figure of yourself

    Pellermodel: Bandai lets you build a 3D figure of yourself

    Posted on June 29, 2009 | No Comments
    Even though I live in Japan, I admit I don't know anything about Origami and other techniques to build objects out of paper. Today is also the first time I heard of the Pellermodel concept, the art of creating "true 3D paper objects". Now Bandai is planning to sell "Pellermodel" (brand name) kits, which make it possible for users to build a small, humanoid-like 3D object with one's own face on it (or that of anyone you like). All that users need to do is to upload a face picture, access Bandai's dedicated Pellermodel website [JP], print and attach the picture on the model's head. Your "3D" figure can then be pressed out in seconds.

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  • Gateway NV series notebooks geared at students, start at $499

    Gateway NV series notebooks geared at students, start at $499

    Posted on June 24, 2009 | No Comments
    NV50Gateway's got a new line of student-friendly notebooks in the NV Series. There'll be a myriad of configurations available starting at $499, most or all of which will feature a 15.6-inch LCD with 1366x768 resolution, 4GB of RAM, 320GB hard drive, six-cell battery, DVD burner, integrated webcam, HDMI, and Vista Home Premium.

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  • Toshiba to finally release netbook in the US

    Toshiba to finally release netbook in the US

    Posted on June 1, 2009 | No Comments
    toshiba NB205While Toshiba's had netbooks out in Japan for a while (and Europe, recently) the company's been a wallflower here in the US, patiently watching as netbooks have evolved over the past year or so and taking notes in a leather-bound pad marked "Netbooks: Pros and Cons" that it carries around in its back pocket. Sure, it looks dumb when Toshiba takes out the pad in a restaurant to write down a new witty quote it's never heard before, but it's also helped in readying a US version of the NB200-series netbook.

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  • Sony Japan to roll out cordless walkman for workouts (video)

    Sony Japan to roll out cordless walkman for workouts (video)

    Posted on May 28, 2009 | No Comments
    In case you’re tired of your earphones constantly falling out while you jog or work out, Sony’s new music player, the W Series Walkman [JP], might be the right device for you. It’s light (35g), cordless and curls around your neck and over the ears. Sony claims the secure fit is guarenteed even when you work [...]

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