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No Pirates, Princesses, or Pokémon, Please

No Pirates, Princesses, or Pokémon, Please

What's your kid wearing for Halloween? He's not going as Batman, is he? I see, like, a trillion child Batmans...

Is It Hot In Here, Or Is It Just You?

Is It Hot In Here, Or Is It Just You?

For the gentleman who is just too hot for his own good, Thanko has been gracious enough to supply the...

Watch Your Step: As If Glasses Couldn’t Get Any Geekier

Watch Your Step: As If Glasses Couldn’t Get Any Geekier

Hey, eyes on the road, hero, do you want to get us killed? Sadly, current navigation technology leaves us little...

Get Down, Get Funky, Get Moist – Only In Japan

Get Down, Get Funky, Get Moist – Only In Japan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HeUixe_Lpg After this morning, a regular fountain is going to have a seriously hard time impressing me. Built by KOEI...

Yes, I’ll Have The Chocolate Half-Caf Soy Mochaccino Hazelnut Frappe iPad, Please

Yes, I’ll Have The Chocolate Half-Caf Soy Mochaccino Hazelnut Frappe iPad, Please

It's no secret that Apple is big in Japan. That everything is big in Japan is besides the point -...

Twitter Critters Will Work For Body Massage

Twitter Critters Will Work For Body Massage

If there's one thing I know you want, it's a bizarre blobby ghost-thing for your desktop. Have I got a...

Jobzilla: iPad’s Japanese Launch A Hit

Jobzilla: iPad’s Japanese Launch A Hit

Well, that went well. Apparently the iPad is having a super launch day abroad, and perhaps nowhere better than in...

Your Monday Afternoon Ego Boost

Your Monday Afternoon Ego Boost

Little is more satisfying to today's Twitterwhore than the gathering of followers; I know I for one am certainly guilty....

Japan Turns the World Cup Sci-Fi

Japan Turns the World Cup Sci-Fi

Man, you continually have to give Japan credit - now it's got its sights on the World Cup, and those...

This Week in Robots: Japanese Couple Says ‘iDo’

This Week in Robots: Japanese Couple Says ‘iDo’

Techi is honor-bound to offer you totally rad (and routinely bizarre) things to read about, and I for one don't...

7 Unbelievably Disturbing Japanese Gadgets You Have To See

7 Unbelievably Disturbing Japanese Gadgets You Have To See

The Japanese are freaky (and I mean that with utmost appreciation). Ranging from incredibly awesome to flat-out disturbing, the Japanese...

Game Consoles Will Die: It’s Only a Question of When

Game Consoles Will Die: It’s Only a Question of When

The game console has been part of people's lives for quite awhile now — to walk into someone's house and...

Sharp To Enter 3D TV Market This Summer

Sharp To Enter 3D TV Market This Summer

Japan's Sharp Corp has announced that the company will begin offering 3D-capable LCD televisions later this summer in Japan. Sharp...

Japanese Designer Nendo Combines Traditional With Awesomesauce

Japanese Designer Nendo Combines Traditional With Awesomesauce

The only galleries or exhibits I've ever attended have been mostly made up of large scale displays and traditional art....

Human or Robot? Soon We Won’t Be Able To Tell

Human or Robot? Soon We Won’t Be Able To Tell

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KF2E_K37B0 You have got to love the Japanese. They come up with the coolest tech gadgets, and they also come...

New Dental Patient Robot Confirms Everything Japan Does is Kind of Creepy

New Dental Patient Robot Confirms Everything Japan Does is Kind of Creepy

Meet Hanako. Hanako is a collaboration between three Japanese universities and robotics company Tmsuk. And, quite frankly, Hanako is creepy...