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‘Japan’ Stories

Tiny LED Push Pin Lights for your Super Cute Tackboard

Chris Burns, Nov 5th 2010 Discuss [1]

Here's something so tiny and light-up that I don't see how you could possibly resist. The Push Pin Light, straight out of the most glorious place for things you might never have thought of, Japan. One of my favorite stores for cute gift purchases, Strapya World, has these little beauties on pre-order now, shipping next week. They come in green, blue, orange, pink, and white, and have replaceable LR41 button batteries so you can use them forever! Read The Full Story

Samsung Predicts Selling 40 Million Smartphones in 2011, plus an Array of Tablets

Chris Burns, Nov 4th 2010 Discuss [0]

Samsung's mobile devision head Shin Jong-kyun has told reporters in Seoul that the company expects to sell more than 20 million smartphones by the end of 2010, (up from 18 million units projected earlier in the year.) From there, he said, Samsung Electronics Co feels it will sell more than 40 million smartphones worldwide in 2011. This was reported by the lovely Nikkei Business Daily newspaper in sunny Seoul South Korea. Read The Full Story

Fruitspensor with Energy Efficient Ways

Chris Burns, Nov 1st 2010 Discuss [2]

Remember not that long ago, as in just a few days ago, when I posted a story about the wackiness of a Banana Dispensing Machine? That ain't as wacky as some (I) may have thought. Turns out the folks over at Healthy Vending have developed a machine that not uses 35-50% less energy than your average pop-dispensing machine, it's ready to dispense anything from granola bars to orange juice to fruit. It's cheap, it's efficient, and it's aimed at offices. Read The Full Story

Nintendo Announces First Public Sampling of 3DS

Chris Burns, Oct 29th 2010 Discuss [0]

Today along with announcements mostly relating to earnings from Nintendo came word of plans for a public (!) 3DS demo event in Japan. Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata noted that the event will be held January 8, 9, and 10 (three days over the weekend) on the outskirts of Tokyo at the Makuhari Messe convention center. If you'll remember correctly, Nintendo held similar events for the DS and Wii in Japan as well. Read The Full Story

Japanese Vending Machine Update: They’ve Got Bananas and Hot Soup Now!

Chris Burns, Oct 19th 2010 Discuss [5]

If you take a look into the history of SlashGear, we've had our eyeballs stuck in vending machines for a while now. It's a very abridged history, but one trend sticks out like a box full of assorted juices: the Japanese have the best vending machines in the world. Without a doubt. Japanese culture today is such that if you're on your way walking from any place to any other place, chances are there's going to be a machine on the street to sell you a beer. And what's new for today? Hot soup and bananas! Read The Full Story

Anti-Aging Glasses are Real, May or May Not Work

Evan Selleck, Aug 30th 2010 Discuss [0]

One way to look at getting older, is the fact that while you progress in age, the technology that makes our world interesting is getting older, and better, each and every day. The other way to look at getting older, is to see yourself in the mirror every day, and notice all those wrinkles, lines, and other obvious indicators that you're racking up the calendar days. If you inherently think about the latter more often than the former, then perhaps these anti-aging glasses from Japan were manufactured just for you. Read The Full Story

The Daily Slash: March 31st 2010

Evan Selleck, Mar 31st 2010 Discuss [0]

Today's one of those days, where it almost feels like nothing happened until that big thing happened. What do you think, is today going to be one of those days where you look back, and ask your friends a few years down the road: "Where were you when the iPad got reviewed?" Well, the day's over, and here we are at another edition of the Daily Slash. First up, we've got Apple sending out reminders to the hungry masses where, and when, they can pick up their Apple tablet on Saturday. And then we've got Sony tagging along with Dell, hoping that people will start liking their eReader. As for the next generation of the iPhone, it looks like Apple may have figured out that whole multitasking thing. And finally, we've got two stories about Japanese ingenuity: a skateboard and a keyboard the proof. Read The Full Story

Flat input system Cool Leaf, a mirror-like surface devoid of keys

Paul Fang, Mar 3rd 2010 Discuss [0]

Cool Leaf is an input system that’s one hundred percent flat, and keyless at that. Created by Japanese company Minebea, the technology debuts as a series of input devices, ranging from a keyboard, a remote control, and a calculator. Read The Full Story

Rodem Is a High-Tech Wheelchair That Doesn’t Look Like a Wheelchair

Evan Selleck, Aug 31st 2009 Discuss [0]

It's pretty clear that the technology world is a pretty expansive place, and it's a place where the most common of things can be transformed into something completely outlandish and futuristic. It's a place where, once it happens, all we can hope to do at the next point is keep looking forward, and see what's next. In the case of the Rodem, designed by a Japanese firm for the elderly, that's exactly what happened. Except, as much as we want to look ahead and wonder, we can't seem to look away from this thing. Read The Full Story

Taxan Launches Another DLP Projector

Evan Selleck, Aug 31st 2009 Discuss [0]

Projectors are launching left and right now a days, so it's really a buyer's market. And Taxan isn't a slouch in providing quality products for your dollar, as they're showing with their recent launch of the Taxan KG-PH1004XS, which is a DLP projector with some good statistics. Read The Full Story

Lenovo S10-2 On Its Way to Japan Packing HD Display This Time

Evan Selleck, Aug 31st 2009 Discuss [0]

Back in July, we reviewed the Lenovo IdeaPad S10-2 and while we weren't overly impressed (it is a netbook, afterall), it was a machine that we wouldn't necessarily run away from, if we had some extra cash in our pockets. And now it looks like Lenovo has something else coming down the line, specifically for Japan. HD displays aren't run of the mill quite yet for netbooks, so it's always good to see an existing model getting a display upgrade. Read The Full Story

Apple iPod Mobile Speakers Look Like Bags but Aren’t

Evan Selleck, Aug 28th 2009 Discuss [0]

We're always keeping our eyes open for crazy contraptions, or gadgets as we like to call them, and usually that means we have to point our eyes across the ponds, to really find something of interest. This time around, we've struck gold. These speakers look like bags, and are even just as mobile as a bag, but we assure you: they aren't. Read The Full Story