Gadgets
A Keyboard for a Sunny Day
The “getting it green” doesn’t pass by Japanese companies. After the solar powered television from Sharp, the next item is of course the keyboard. Now you will be able to sit in your yard and play games with the keyboard and the TV – with no electricity needed at all. How about that?
The new keyboard [...]
Sharp Unveils the Solar Powered Television
Sharp Electronics has introduced a new LCD TV which is powered by solar panels. Sharp claims that the 26-inch screen consumes only a quarter of a energy compared with a similar size CRT.
The new LCD is actually a very low power consumption LCD screen, that is paired with a new thin solar panel [...]
Meet the Flower Fire Extinguisher
Let’s suppose that you are in the kitchen, cooking some great noodles and suddenly a fire bursts out. What do you do? Of course, you take out the Flower Extinguisher!
This $21 unique flower is not just an ordinary plastic flower. It is covered with special chemicals that “choke” the fire instantly. The logic behind [...]
Weird Summer Gadgets From Japan
It’s getting hot in Tokyo, and Japanese crazy gadgets are starting to appear in the shops, to help Japanese get a bit cooler.
USB Necktie
This is an improved model of last year necktie. In the necktie you can find a small fan that gets you fresh air while sitting in the office. It may look exciting, [...]
Write in the Air Straight to your Screen
A company in Japan has introduced a new wireless pen that allows you to write in the air, while the characters appear on your computer screen.
Inside the pen you can find a tri-axial sensor that monitors the pen in any direction. A Bluetooth connection between the pen and the computer transmits the movements to [...]
Hello Kitty: From an Ambassador to a Wireless Phone
Wireless phone maker, Uniden, decided to make a tribute to the new Japanese ambassador: hello kitty. The feline animation has been recently apportioned as an official ambassador in order to attract more tourists to Japan.
If you are a father to girls under the age of 12, we strongly recommend no to show them the following [...]
Japanese Robot Climbs Grand Canyon like Tom Cruise
In a scene taken directly from the script writer of Mission: Impossible 2, the Japanese Evolta robot has shown breath-taking climbing capabilities.
The robot, 17 centimeter tall and 130 grams in weight, was forced to climb a 500 meters canyon as a demonstration by Panasonic for its new line of alkaline batteries.
The Evolta (combining “evolution” and [...]
Shower With Your Laptop
After Japanese scientists helped us to enjoy our morning news in the shower, it’s time for them to help us read Japanite! while bathing.
The new plastic laptop case from Thanko in Japan is another crazy idea to help us with modern life – courtesy of the Japanese inventors. The case is the same [...]
Tokyo New Sport: Virtual Golf
If you’ll ever visit Tokyo you will find some weird and strange recreation places. Some will find the Mom Cafés very unique place, others will rather drop for an IV drip to help fight the jetlag, and others may just want to pass the time by eating at McDonalds.
But the latest trend in Japan nowadays [...]
Tired Of Waiting For The Dryer? Try The Fast Dehydartor
Japanese people are love new technologies and gadgets. Even if the gadgets are a bit weird. Take the new laundry dehydrator for example, it looks weird but it’s pretty cool.
Most clothes dryers use heat to dry the clothes. The problem with such dryers is that they use lot of electricity, and sometime even ruin delicate [...]
