Tag: tokyo
Tech Digest daily round up: Meet the robots running Tokyo Olympics
Medals for 2020 Tokyo Olympics made from recycled gadgets
Japanese couple married by i-Fairy robot priest
It was an i-fairytale day, like something out of an electric dream for Tokyo couple Tomohiro Shibata and Satoko Inoue, as they became the world's first couple to take their marriage vows in front of a robot priest. "Pastor" i-Fairy…
Dancing With The Stars Robots: Japanese robot teaches traditional dancing
What a cool ‘bot. Not only does it have a super-kawaii Cath Kidston-like kimono, but it’s educational to boot.
Kids in Tokyo have been receiving dance lessons from the 35cm tall robots…
Puzzle your groupies with ThinkGeek's Air Musician Virtual Guitar watch
It’s no Guitar Hero II: Legends of Rock, but the Air Musician Virtual Guitar over at ThinkGeek will have you belting out the notes in no time.
It’s dead easy to use too, by the looks of things. All you need to do is strap it to your wrist, select a song, and off you go. With…
The majestic airship returns!
It’s been long enough. Today’s passengers can barely remember the horrific fireball. Time for the airship to make a comeback.
The German-built Zeppelin NT is 75 meters long and cruises at a top speed of 50 miles an hour. Don’t laugh, that’s fast for a thing made out of sheets and…
Toyota's 'RiN' concept hybrid car looks after the environment, the passengers, and pedestrians. Darn over-achievers!
During the Tokyo Motor Show of 2007, car-giant Toyota showed off their eco-friendly hybrid concept car.
Dubbed ‘RiN’, it it not only promotes environmental sustainability, but also looks after its users, with heated seats, an oxygen-level conditioner, pinpoint humidifier and green grass to reduce ultraviolet rays from…
Korea/Japan Week: Removable phone fascias are big in Japan too…
I wrote with a slightly surprised air that removable fascias are still popular in Korea the other day, but judging by a visit to KDDI’s Design Studio store in Tokyo this morning, the same is true in Japan.
Tokyo Flash gives users a taste of Tokyo with the 'Kyokusen' watch
I don’t think I know a single person who doesn’t love Tokyo Flash watches, but then, I don’t think I know a single person who actually knows how to read the time on one of their famously-complicated watch faces.
The Japanese company has a new model out, ‘Kyokusen’, which has apparently been inspired by Tokyo, as shown through the digital tubes, curved lines and bright lights. ‘Kyokusen’ means ‘curved lines’ in Japanese, and…
The Wee console which plays DVDs, not games
Now, on one hand you have the Wii, a games console which doesn’t play DVDs. On the other hand, you’ve got the Wee, a DVD player which doesn’t play games. If only someone would join the two together in holy matrimony and declare them Wii-Wee, all would be right in this universe…
