Category: Technology

A bit of Apple propaganda for you. Following the theme of Macs in education, one finds that South Floridian logic holds no sway at Japanese institutions of higher learning, where they’re switching to the Mac in droves. The University of Tokyo, Tohoku University, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ochanomizu Universit, Kobe University and others placed orders…

Gizmodo‘s editor Joel Johnson was in town last week, and he really liked the Plusminuszero shop in Aoyama (the post includes a few pics). And the Talby is out.

See Japan doing whatever it can to cope with its aging population. Business Design Laboratory Co, a Nagoya-based high-tech venture business, said Wednesday it has developed a 45-cm-tall “cuddling robot” for elderly people which is capable of conversing with them by using tens of thousands of input dialogue patterns. If a person talks to the…

Anyone know if the following is true (from Gizmodo): I’m fairly sure you’re not supposed to use earplug headphones on airplanes, something about permanent hearing damage When I went to Taipei earlier this year, I had a cold and listened to my iPod (with earplug headphones), and my ears ended up being plugged the whole…

I want me one of these. We don’t feature JVC often, mainly because its products tend to be a bit, well, dull, but the company’s marketing machine intrigued us when it went gaga this summer, running a tease campaign urging the press to guess what the new Everio was. The fact that it turned out…

From the Wikipedia: the OS-tan. Link via Kottke.

Toyota wants to be the outdoor DJ’s best friend. Toyota Motor Corp on Tuesday unveiled the Hiace Sound Satellite, a commercial wagon that can transform itself into a multifunctional mobile studio for use at live outdoor events. Along with its two large roof-mounted foldaway plasma display screens, the futuristic vehicle is also fitted with audio…

The Talby phone, designed by Marc Newson and until now part of AU’s prototype design project, is going into production. looks like those really attractive “Talby” concept phones from KDDI are going to be released as an actual, for-purchase product in Japan. They’re going to show up in Decemeber for around ¥15,000 (around $140 American…