All the stories tagged with: japan
Buffalo Kukuyo’s speakers works both vertically and horizontally
12/15/2011, Most speakers purchased for your computer usually arrive in the upright position due to the way their tweeters are placed. They are usually arranged from top to bottom, ranging from highs to lows. So what about those times when you’d [...]
LG Optimus LTE launched in Japan
12/14/2011, The Optimus LTE was launched in Korea in October, then in Canada last month, and in America a couple of weeks ago (as the Nitro HD), and now it looks like LG is ready to take on another country with [...]
Asterisk the omnidirectional robot picks up objects
12/13/2011, Some researchers in Japan have managed to develop a six-legged robot, Asterisk, which can use two legs as arms when needed so it can pick things up and carry them. In addition to normal walking motions, the robot will be [...]
Toshiba unveils WT301/D Windows 7 tablet for Japan
12/13/2011, Enterprise users in seek of a tablet in Japan will be pleased to know that Toshiba has announced the WT301/D tablet running on Windows 7, a platform that enterprise users seem to favor over more consumer-friendly platforms such as iOS [...]
Nikon 1 F-mount adapter announced for Japan
12/13/2011, One of the perks of these new mirrorless cameras is that they tend to feature almost DSLR-like quality images but come packed in a smaller frame, thus making it easier to bring about with you. The other upside is that [...]
NEC announced waterproof Medias PP N-01D Android smartphone
12/02/2011, If there was yet another phone from Japan that the rest of us around the world wouldn’t mind getting our hands on would be the NEC Medias PP N-01D. This Android smartphone has been announced for release on NTT DoCoMo’s [...]
PlayStation Vita commercial released
12/02/2011, We all know the PlayStation Vita won’t be here until February next year, but for the folks living in Japan it arrives this month on December 17th. Well, in preparation for the console’s launch, Sony has already started releasing ads [...]
Apple rumored to release LTE iPhone and iPad in Japan next year
12/01/2011, Rumors of an iPhone with LTE have been circulating even before the iPhone 4S was announced although this one seems to have taken a rather interesting turn. This new rumor has suggested that Japan could be getting an LTE capable [...]
Sharp unveils “world’s thinnest” smartphone camera capable of 1080p video capture
12/01/2011, Once again it appears that Japan seems to be getting their hands on cooler technology ahead of the rest of the world. Sharp has been working on what they’re calling the “world’s thinnest optically image-stabilized smartphone camera”, which is a [...]
Kowa-TMSUK reveal Kobot concept electric vehicle
12/01/2011, With parking in Japan being difficult to find, the concept of a smaller vehicle makes sense. It would allow more cars to fit into more parking spaces, or allow these smaller vehicles to fit into spots that would have been [...]
Sharp Aquos SH-01D will arrive in Japan first, US later
11/25/2011, Japan sure does get quite a few cool smartphones, although hopefully this particular model by Sharp could be making its way stateside if its FCC filing is any indication. We had previously reported on the Sharp Aquos SH-01D Android smartphone [...]
Square Enix Market to launch in Japan
11/22/2011, One of the perks of living in Japan is that you get access to a lot of pretty cool stuff. This ranges from early video game releases, special editions and whatnot. Of course given that some of the biggest names [...]
Invoked computing turns your pizza box into a computer, and a banana into a phone
11/21/2011, If you thought that your computer, monitor, keyboard, mouse, etc took up too much space, researchers from the Ishikawa-Oku lab in Tokyo University have come up with a concept that they’re calling “Invoked Computing”. The idea behind it is to [...]
