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RFID Clothing Hangers Do the Selling in Japan
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Japan has some great retail shopping, which is why Teamlab of Japan designed some cool RFID-equipped clothing hangers. These smart hangers will help you find products and accessories that will match the garment or product you have in your hands.… |
October 18th, 2011
Bang! Gun Lamp Gets Real and I Want One for Christmas (You’ll Shoot Your Light out, Kid.)
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A while back over, we told you about a cool lamp concept called “BANG!” which was supposed to let you”shoot out” the light with a gun. I was pretty sure the thing was just a concept, but it turns out you can now buy the thing.… |
October 14th, 2011
Anrealage Pixel Fashion Collection: 8-Bit Hits the Runway (and the Dining Room)
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I’m definitely a big fan of pixel art. Whether they’re found in paintings, furniture, housewares, or costumes, pixels are still pretty cool in my book. So when I saw that this fashion house is featuring an entire collection of stuff inspired by pixels, my inner geek got all hot and… |
October 13th, 2011
Eye Slack Haruka Wants to Vibrate Your Eye Bags Away
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My mother can always tell how many hours I slept the previous night based on the size of the bags under my eyes. When deadlines are running tight and things are getting crazy hectic I work, I sometimes pull all-nights, and the second thing to suffer (since the first one… |
October 13th, 2011
How Stressed Are You? Your Mouse Could Tell You
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Most jobs nowadays require at least an hour or so at the computer, whether it’s to type a report or send out an email to a colleague in another office. And when you’re using the computer, you’re also more or less using a mouse along with it (unless you just… |
October 12th, 2011
iModela 3D Milling Machine Creates Tiny Figures on Your Desktop
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3D printers and mills are finally getting to the point where regular Joes can afford them, so it’s only natural that they start by targeting them at kids. Japanese company Roland DG has announced a tiny 3D milling machine called the iModela iM-01 that looks really awesome.… |
October 10th, 2011
Lightsaber Tie Tacks Keep Your TIE from Fighting
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What’s a Jedi or Sith to do the next time they get invited to a formal dinner party, like the one that Lando Calrissian threw on Bespin? Well if you want to look good for the Dark Lord, you’ll need to look stylish and make sure your tie stays put,… |
October 8th, 2011
Japan Getting Nintendo 3DS in Ice White, 3DS Monster Hunter G Bundle
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A while back I told you about the new Misty Pink 3DS from Nintendo. Now it looks like the big N is unleashing another color, this time on the cool end of the spectrum, Ice White.… |
October 6th, 2011
TAXAN MeoTune Turns Your Smartphone into a TV
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I understand that some people want to watch TV while they are taking public transportation, but to me it makes no sense – especially with all the content freely accessible on the Internet. However, I guess that this is something that the Japanese really want and need. Most of the… |
October 4th, 2011
Omni-Crawler: Has the Wheel Finally Been Reinvented?
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At the recently concluded Innovation Japan 2011, a group of researchers from the robot-obsessed, ever-innovative Osaka University in Japan presented the Omni-Ball, a ball-shaped wheel that can move in all directions. They then used the Omni-Ball to create the Omni-Crawler, a small vehicle that – yep, you catch on quick… |
September 30th, 2011
