By janet | Published: April 24, 2009
The AIST (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science Technology) has released its newest robotic humanoid in Japan. The HRP-4C was strutting her stuff on a runway and has become the hottest fashion model in the technology industry. Created to look like an average 5ft2″, Japanese woman with 30 motors in her body and 8 motors [...]
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By Ciel501 | Published: April 16, 2009
Some people are still listening to music using cassette tape, Novac released MV-CM001U that converts cassette tapes to MP3 files easily for these people. It is made of wood material and very easy to operate. When your music is about to start just push recording button and that’s all. It supports MP3, WAV, WMA files. [...]
By Ciel501 | Published: April 16, 2009
A couple days ago, we introduced Sony’s new walkman ‘NWZ-1050/1060’, CNET Asia published video review. Album browsing looks very smooth and web surfing would be possible. Sony X-Series Walkman Video Review Sign up to our RSS feed at TheTechnologyBlog.net
Attention to all robotics enthusiasts everywhere: the highly acclaimed robotics designer Tatsuya Matsui will be giving a Robot Design Seminar this coming Monday, March 9, 2009. It will be held at 7PM at Tokyo Midtown’s design hub. Tatsuya Matsui is known for his robotic creations that come close to humanoid capabilities like no other. Two [...]
It’s really funny how Japanese developers and technologists make their amusing looking gadgets while at the same time making it ingenious. The Yorozu Audio & Sound Revolution Kit is one of these gadgets. The set comes with a device that looks like a cardboard milk box which actually turns out to be speakers for the [...]
This little toy actually came out into the Japanese markets last year, 2008. But the product has been so popular that it will be flying to the US markets pretty soon. Bandai’s creation, the Aqua Dance Toy, is a fun little fountain that uses nano technology in order to produce its effects. As to how [...]
Here’s a nifty device that was just released late in 2008: a seat literally inside a book case designed to accommodate book lovers who want to spend their time “around” their books. Japanese designer and artist Sakura Adachi came up with the idea of crossing a comfortable chair and the ordinary bookcase and came up [...]
Panasonic Corporation has come up with a new way of helping reduce energy use. The new Panasonic room light is able to detect the luminance in a room, and adjust its output to keep a steady amount of light in the room at all times. The brightness can be set at “100%,” “70%” or “50%” [...]
Looking for something interesting? Check out the T10 minicar being exhibited at the 1st Int’l Automotive Electronics Technology Expo, at Tokyo Big Site. It’s made by Toyama, Japan based Takeoka Jidosha Kogei Ltd., and is based on a model already distributed by the company, the Mileu R. The T10 is a little wider and longer [...]
Can you guess what the image above is? We can tell you to begin that these are not writing instruments. And they are not an array of laser pointers. But you can be sure of one thing, researchers in Japan are developing some of the coolest 21st century technology you can imagine. It’s not a [...]