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  • Panasonic Released “Panasonic VIERA AR Setup Simulator”, iPhone*1 Application That Enables Simulation of VIERA Being Setup in a Room

    Posted on April 28, 2011 | No Comments
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  • FreeBit’s ServersMan, The Largest-Ever Update, Now on Worldwide App Store and Android Market(TM)

    Posted on April 14, 2011 | No Comments
    TOKYO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–FreeBit™ Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:3843) announced today that ServersMan®@iPhone 4.0β and ServersMan®@Android 4.0β, a new cloud server application for iPhones and Android phones, is now ...

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  • Videos: Mobile robot RODEM

    Videos: Mobile robot RODEM

    Posted on June 24, 2010 | No Comments
    There's certainly no shortage of so-called mobility robots, but major Japanese robot maker tmsuk's offering seems to be quite cool. In fact, the RODEM (short for "Robot De Enjoy Mobility") is being pitched as a mix between robot, wheelchair and ultra-small vehicle (or "Universal Vehicle" [JP, PDF], in tmsuk's marketing language).

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  • Photos and videos: CrunchGear visits Japan’s biggest Otaku party (CGM Night)

    Photos and videos: CrunchGear visits Japan’s biggest Otaku party (CGM Night)

    Posted on June 23, 2010 | No Comments
    Japan's most famous Otaku culture blogger Danny Choo invited video games/anime/manga/Cosplay/figures/maid cafe fanatics from all over the country last weekend, and about 200 showed up at Digital Hollywood University for the eighth "CGM Night" (here's my report on the last one). The idea is to bring Otaku and geeks out of their rooms and socialize among people of their kind. Needless to say, I was one of them (I live in Tokyo).

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  • Video: System for data transmission via visible light

    Video: System for data transmission via visible light

    Posted on June 23, 2010 | No Comments
    Transmitting data via light is hardly anything new, but what about sending and receiving information via visible light? Tokyo-based start-up Outstanding Technology is currently working on a system that uses visible LED light for the transmission of data and audio signals.

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  • Thanko sells digital camera/binoculars hybrid

    Thanko sells digital camera/binoculars hybrid

    Posted on June 18, 2010 | No Comments
    Tokyo's most famous gadget maker, Thanko, has another hit product in its portfolio, the UDGZDC8M [JP]. For reasons unknown, the infamous company decided it's time to give the world a combination of binoculars and an 8MP digital camera. And people living outside Japan can get it, too.

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  • Video gallery: Chiba Institute Of Technology’s awesome robots

    Video gallery: Chiba Institute Of Technology’s awesome robots

    Posted on June 15, 2010 | No Comments
    Like many Japanese institutions of higher education, the Chiba Institute Of Technology boasts a faculty or laboratory, which conducts research on nothing but robots. This particular institute's Department of Advanced Robotics [JP] has been pretty much flying under the radar in recent years, but the department opened a very interesting YouTube channel recently. And some of the robots the researchers in Chiba (just outside Tokyo) have manufactured so far are pretty impressive. Here are four of them.

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  • The CHOBI CAM WP is a cute, waterproof, and (very) small camera

    The CHOBI CAM WP is a cute, waterproof, and (very) small camera

    Posted on June 15, 2010 | No Comments
    It's cute, it's as small as an eraser, it's light, and it's waterproof: Tokyo-based accessory maker Japan Trust Technology is offering the CHOBi CAM WP, a digital camera that's actually not waterproof by itself but comes with a special case that makes it possible to take it up to 20m underwater without any problems (IP68).

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  • Sony releases Piiq headphones for skaters, kids who want to be skaters

    Sony releases Piiq headphones for skaters, kids who want to be skaters

    Posted on June 2, 2010 | No Comments
    Sony just released the Piiq line of headphones ranging from $99 to $14. They claim they are full of "skater fashion" and "high-concept urban awareness," which means Sony's designers in Tokyo watched some MIA and Lady Gaga videos.

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  • Sanyo Xacti DMX-CA100: World’s first waterproof full HD camcorder in action (video)

    Sanyo Xacti DMX-CA100: World’s first waterproof full HD camcorder in action (video)

    Posted on June 1, 2010 | No Comments
    Sanyo last week announced the DMX-CA100 for the Japanese market, the world's first waterproof full HD camcorder "for consumer use with optical zoom lenses" (Kodak has released a simpler model just recently). And now we can (courtesy of DigInfonews Tokyo) give you a video that shows the device in action.

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  • NEC to ship Blu-ray powered 3D PC in Japan next month

    NEC to ship Blu-ray powered 3D PC in Japan next month

    Posted on May 27, 2010 | 1 Comment
    Valuestar N VN790/BS - that's the name of the 3D PC that NEC today announced [JP] for the Japanese market. The company's faster than expected: just last month, NEC teased such a machine in Tokyo, saying it's likely to ship by October 2010. But Japan will get the PC as early as next month. And it appears to be a pretty cool machine.

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  • Pictures and video: Robotic exoskeleton HAL-5 up and close

    Pictures and video: Robotic exoskeleton HAL-5 up and close

    Posted on May 20, 2010 | No Comments
    I had the chance to attend a TED event last weekend, namely the TedxTokyo conference, which took place for the second time in Japan. And as CrunchGear's Japan correspondent, I was naturally most interested in the geekiest presentation delivered: that of Professor Sankai from Tsukuba University (near Tokyo). (The video was of the presentation was uploaded just a few hours ago, which is why I waited till today.) Sankai talked about and showed the latest version of his brainchild, the super-cool robotic exoskeleton HAL-5. Made by his spin-off company Cyberdyne (yes, HAL-5 and Cyberdyne), the robo suit helps paralyzed persons walk and lift heavy objects through transforming brain signals sensed through the skin into motion.

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  • Fujitsu teases 3D desktop PC with built-in 3D camera

    Fujitsu teases 3D desktop PC with built-in 3D camera

    Posted on May 13, 2010 | No Comments
    Another day, another 3D-related tech news item from Japan. This time, it's a 3D-powered desktop PC Fujitsu is currently demoing at a two-day company event (Fujitsu Forum [JP]) in Tokyo. It's not only able to display 3D images but also has a 3D camera built-in (just above the display).

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  • Video: Sony’s NEX3 and NEX5 up and close

    Video: Sony’s NEX3 and NEX5 up and close

    Posted on May 12, 2010 | No Comments
    We've spent a couple of posts covering Sony's new flagship digi-cams NEX3 and NEX5 in the last days, but now we have a good video that not only summarizes the main features again but also shows the cameras actually being used. And you can catch a glimpse of the cool-looking HD camcorder mock-up we covered yesterday, too.

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  • Pentax Japan unveils K-x in “rainbow colors”

    Pentax Japan unveils K-x in “rainbow colors”

    Posted on May 11, 2010 | No Comments
    It seems Pentax Japan just loves redesigning their K-x digital camera. The company started offering extra-colorful versions of the device last September, followed by another limited edition, a K-x in "robotic colors", one month later. And today, Pentax unveiled [JP] the so-called TOWER RECORDS × PENTAX RAINBOW K-x, designed in collaboration with - you guessed it - Tower Records in Japan.

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