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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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World’s largest HD-TV in Tokyo

World’s largest high definition TV screen in Tokyo

Another marvel of technology to see on your next trip to Japan, is the world’s largest high-definition video screen at a horse racing track in in Fuchu, Tokyo.

Built for the Japan Racing Association (JRA) by Mitsubishi Electric, the screen measures 11.2 meters (37 feet) x 66.4 meters (218 feet), is about 4 stories high and has a surface area of 744 square meters (8,000 square feet).

The screen has four different resolutions to present images in a manner that provides best viewing based on the viewer’s distance from the screen. Total cost of the screen is reported to be about 3.2 billion Yen.

In the video below, a Fuji TV news reporter runs from one end of the screen to the other (in 12.8 seconds)...Watch videos here

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 Revolution in Surgery From the Inside Out

Minibot Performs Surgery From the Inside Out

Boy, this sounds pleasant. Researchers in Japan have developed a Minibot that enters your body via an incision. It's then controlled from the outside while it performs surgery on you. It has forceps to take tissue samples, can deliver medicine, and take pictures. Most previous mini robots designed for your insides could only take pictures; this is the first to actually be proactive once inside.

So what do you think? Would you rather have a doc slicing and dicing from the outside in, or would you be OK having a tiny robot swimming around your insides doing all the work instead? I can't really imagine the feeling of having a robot inside me, but I guess in the long run it would be better to have the most minimally invasive surgery possible. –Adam Frucci

credits: Gizmodo

Akihabara video guide for Otaku beginners

Some post about Otaku in Akihabara!
Here’s a great travel video guide (in English) of Akihabara, the anime, electronics, otaku mecca of Japan.

If you’re travelling to Tokyo or just an English speaking Otaku wanting to know all about Akihabara, this is a nice introduction into the district, culture and shops in the district.

Featured locations include Animate, Royal Milk Maid Cafe, Radio Kakian, Tokyo Anime Center, Akiba Ichi and Akihabara Crossfield.

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