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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.

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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.

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."
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New Tech: Mini Stereo System

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.

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"I Can Read Your Mood" Mobile Phones

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!

Casio 10 Mpix Digital camera

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.

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It's i-Pot not i-Pod

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.

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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

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Japanese Pill shaped Camera from Sayaka

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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New Japanese Sony Ericsson SE W51S Keitai

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

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Build Your Robot !!!

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.

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New USB-powered Flower multimedia speaker

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!!!

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