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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.

Japan working on to replace the Internet ?

Japanese communications minister Yoshihide Suga said Friday that Japan will start research and development on technology for a new generation of network that would replace the Internet, eyeing bringing the technology into commercial use in 2020. Speaking to reporters in Brazil, where he is visiting, Suga said an organization will be set up as early as this fall with cooperation from businesses, academia and government offices for promoting the technology when the Internet is seen to be faced with increasing constraints in achieving higher throughputs of data as well as ensuring data security. The envisaged network is expected to ensure faster and more reliable data transmission, and have more resilience against computer virus attacks and breakdowns. The ministry is hoping Japan will take a lead in development of post-Internet technology and setting global standards, a move that ministry officials believe would help make Japanese companies competitive in the global market for hardware and software using such technology. more...

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!

Japanese New-Gen Hybrid Bus

Japanese train bus hybrid デュアルモードビークル starts in Hokkaido

Japan’s first dual-mode vehicle デュアルモードビークル (DMV) that can travel on both railway tracks and regular roads started transporting passengers for the first time last week in Hokkaido.

The DMVs are designed to run on the roads in less densely populated areas (where there are no train lines) but can to easily switch to run on train lines during rush-hour traffic in high-density areas. JR Hokkaido began developing the vehicle in 2000 as a way to cut the operating costs of rural local lines that had a daily ridership of fewer than 500 people (about 30 per cent) of its total lines.

For those who want to try the new DMV, the 28 seat vehicle starts out as a train at Hama-Koshimizu Station on the Senmo Line and then changes to a bus at Mokoto station and uses conventional bus tires to travel along Route 244.



Test run in Fuji, Shizuoka prefecture.
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