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More from the Hello Kitty product range.  This time from Japanese retailer Mouse Computer,  in Akihabara which has it’s new “demee” brand.  One of the new products is a small 16gm clip on Hello Kitty Music Player which started selling on September 19.

You can replace Hello Kitty’s trademark red ribbon with a flower that comes with the product, and her yellow nose lights up whenever you use the controls. You can also change  Hello Kitty into a pink “Bear Ears Kitty” or a black “Devil Ears Kitty” by putting on a silicone case (sold separately).  Read more...

Ever wonder why Japanese search engines are better for searching for gravure idols and maids? a) the results are geared for otaku b) they search in Japanese c) they don’t have family filters or d) they index content better than Google. The answer is probably b) searching in Japanese as most web content about gravure idols and maids is in Japanese language.

We base our answer on the following funny TV commercial from top Japanese search engine and portal “goo” owned by Japanese phone giant NTT. Type a search for “gravure maid” in your local area and get the following results.  Read more...

Japanese custom robot manufacturer Little Island displayed its new Look Alike Wedding Robot at the recent exhibited 2009 Tokyo International Gift Show. The robot doll is a follow up from their last year’s Look Alike Talking Robot.

The robot dolls are essentially just a plush PC itself (complete with a 500MHz Geode processor) with sensors that greet people when they detect someone nearby and can respond to voices and carry on a conversation.  That is not new.  What is new is these robot doll looks like you (created from your photograph image) and converse using your voice using prerecorded voice data which is enough to freak out any family relatives.  Read more...

Japanese company March Development Corporation of Fukuoka has created an automated rocking baby crib for new parents who are tired of getting up every few hours to rock their baby back to sleep. The 420,000 Yen Suima 電動ベビーベッドsuima(スイマ)  which has the slogan”Happy Child Care Life”does the rocking for you.

The 946 × 619 × 885mm 60kg bed has a built-in sensor to detect specifically a baby’s cry and the bed automatically starts swaying left and right to a width of about10cm. At first the bed does quick-paced rocking, then slowly settles into the pace of the mother’s heartbeat and eventually, it rocks slower and slower to a more sleep-inducing pace. If all goes according to plan, the baby should be asleep again within 15 minutes.  Read more...

Japan is a nation or recyclers and one of neat products available from Tohoku Kankyo is a rubbish to compost converter.  Created for home use the TKP-020 “Sam-kun, サム”  shaped like a robot dog, will take your pet poop and leftover foods and turn it into eco friendly compost using a special bio substance that breaks down rubbish and takes away odors.

They 14kg, $900 converter can  process about 600 grams of poop/food each day and require bio refills every 4 months or so.

Japanese robotics company Robo Engine announced its new little programmable robot called Pyuuun ピューン it “LifeLog Robot” which is small enough to fit into the palm of your hand.

The  130mm × D150mm × H190mm 1kg robot has eight different sensors  an impact sensor to detect obstacles, an illumination sensor to measure a room’s brightness, a sound sensor to measure noise levels, a distance sensor to measure distances to obstacles, a temperature sensor, an  acceleration sensor to measure the incline of a surface, a pyroelectric sensor to detect the presence of moving things and an infrared sensor to detect other machines.  Read more...

If you’re in Japan and you see some salaryman or otaku blowing into his iPhone, good chance that guy has a newly released iPhone application called PUFF!、ぱふパフ！！by BottleCube Inc. The upskirt panchria app features 3 pretty Japanese gals,  gravure idols Yurika Kurosawa, Aki Suzumori and  Kana Osumi whose skirts you can blow-up (the mic) or flick-up (the touch panel).

PUFF!、ぱふパフ！！ videos

source: appbank

Japanese company Shiken KK 社名　株式会社シケン in Osaka is run by Dr. Yoshinori Nakagawa who created the world’s first solar powered ionic toothbrush “Soladey” ソラデー that doesn’t need any toothpaste.

The toothbrush easily removes plaque and cleans teeth by a simple electron reaction. When light is absorbed by the embedded solar panel, and you begin to brush your teeth, electrons are transmitted through the water to your teeth via the titanium oxide semiconductor. This reaction is not felt by you, but it makes the plaque unstable and easy to remove.

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