Let’s all give Japan a round of applause for coming up with such great and seamless eco-friendly designs. These solar street lights from Sharp are just another example of the growing Japanese effort at global environmental reform. The Sharp models LN-LW3A1 and LN-LS2A1 save up to 1800 lumens of pure sun power, and then use that power to give the ...

For those who didn’t know that Fujitsu actually makes phones, yes they do in Japan, and they’re selling their new F704i waterproof phone with bikini girls. The F704i only adds WCDMA roaming to the F703i that they sold with a girl in the tub. The company claimed that the 17.9mm thin 3G phone is still usable after leaving under 1-meter ...

An interview with Alex Kubalsky, the Austrailian designer behind this new line of Transformer action figures, reveals the new line of toys with the “Classic Mirage” prototype. The action figure project, which is a joint venture between Japan’s Takarotomy and America’s Hasbro, led to the creation of the Mirage, Bumblebee line of Transformer toys. The Bumblebee figures come sporting a ...

As of late, Japan has been looking at how robots can solve some social problems, in addition to the labor that they are currently being developed for. “Life/Machine – Scenes From A Roboted Life” is a project to explore the interaction between humans and robots in a domestic living space, and how they might coexist in an efficient symbiosis. The ...

Before you assume that this is just some cheap attempt at a pee pee joke, think again. This wee Wii is a very real product. This 7-inch Wii LCD from Japan’s Century is a way for the hoplessly addicted gamer to carry around their Wii wherever they go. We were under the assumption that most people like playing those active ...

You might think that this “game” looks slightly odd, and maybe a tad on the perverted side. But nope, it’s just Japanese. The newly announced Kazoku Minna de Nippon Shiatsushi Kai Kanshuu Rakuraku Shiatsu Nabi DS game teaches you the finer points of shiatsu massage. Yes, we know. Long name. If we could make it more elegant we would. The ...

When you develop a product with a large group of companies, sometimes it is hard to keep everybody’s mouth shut. During the WM6 Japanese Edition press conference this morning, Microsoft was a bit too excited with what they’ve been working on with Sharp and Willcom. So here it goes, up on the screen for the gasping fans, people who have ...

Toshiba Japan upgraded their Dynabook SS notebook computer this morning. During the press conference, the dudes were so proud of their new 19.5mm thin sexy magnesium body that they dropped the notebook from a height of 70cm. (Video 1 2) See? It’s still working. If that is still not enough, try pouring coffee (Video 3 4). Sorry, no Fujitsu tub ...

Alphabet soup is so 20th century that a Japanese junkfood company, Shimahide, has decided to print QR code on their famous prawn crackers (ebi senbei). What it does is that it allows different companies to print their content on each and every single piece of delicacies in the pack, for example a special URL for a marketing campaign. If the ...

Chicken noodle is nothing new to us, neither are those ready cut fruit cocktail in a tiny can. The latest frenzy in Japan is Ramen in a soda can, and we’re not talking about regular ramen, but noodles that are supposed to be served cold similar to soba. You don’t have to worry about those clotted chicken fat floating around ...