NEC new BIO-Plastic will change the way we build mobile devices.
Last Wednesday, NEC of Japan announced that they successfully developed a new Bio-Plastic where 70% or more is actually made from non eata....
30 Aug 10:08 am  from  Akihabara News   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Earth Celebration: Sado island
In comfortable, convenient, modern Japan, there are some who are willing to drop everything for a communal life on a remote....
29 Aug 10:33 pm  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent] 
City Farming blooms with Baby Boomers
J-Cast news is reporting that shimin noen (市民農園, or farms located near cities) have increased threefold over the last 15 years, up t....
23 Aug 8:27 pm  from  Japan Trends   [Profile]  [Recent] 
5 new LED Backlight HD TVs from Mitsubishi Electric.
Mitsubishi Electric announced this morning 5 new LED backlight HD TV in Japan. Available in Full HD for the 40” model and HD (1366×768 ....
18 Aug 3:01 pm  from  Akihabara News   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Tokyu Hospital covered in vines and plants
The Tokyu Hospital building in Ookayama is truly stunning. I blogged about it last fall, when I noticed that the Tokyu rail/construction/re....
10 Aug 2:15 pm  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
LG unveiled new Network Monitors for Virtual Computing at Schools
The new Network Monitors LG unveiled at the ongoing 2010 International Society for Technology in Education Conference (ISTE), are available....
30 Jun 6:09 pm  from  Akihabara News   [Profile]  [Recent] 
ProLite E2271HDS-B, Iiyama new LED backlight Slim 21.5″ LCD.
Announced at 22,800 Yen and schedule to be available later this month (July), Iiyama new ProLite E2271HDS-B, is a 21.5″ LCD with LED bac....
30 Jun 2:43 pm  from  Akihabara News   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Samsung’s first pico projector, the SP-H03, now available in South Korea
It was just 9 days ago that we talked about the SP-H03 as it was announced in the US. Now it is available in the South Korean market…and n....
18 Jun 3:12 pm  from  Akihabara News   [Profile]  [Recent] 
ECO vending gives mobile consumers greener choices
It’s almost a cliche to say that the Japanese consumer likes vending machines. Given the huge ECO movement that has been sweeping industri....
18 Jun 2:04 pm  from  Japan Trends   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Yama Girl (Mountain Girl)
Now Japanese fashion trend focus on “Yama Girl”(Mountain Girl). They named eco like and fashionable outdoor girls as Yama Girl. One o....
14 Jun 10:02 am  from  8tokyo.com   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Milk Fed Eco Bag / Heavy Metal by Geoff Mcfetridge
I got a Milk Fed Eco Bag”Heavy Metal” illustrated by Geoff McFetridge. The skulls are a little bit scary but they look charming if y....
25 May 10:00 am  from  8tokyo.com   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Back to the future: the bamboo, washi electric car
We recently were lucky enough to meet the makers of the Meguru, an electric car made with traditional Japanese crafts and techniques. Resemb....
20 May 1:26 pm  from  Japan Trends   [Profile]  [Recent] 
LA takes note of ECO Tokyo
Good to see that foreign media is noticing Japan’s eco trends, in particular Tokyo’s efforts to become a more sustainable green city. An....
19 May 12:19 pm  from  Japan Trends   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Tokyo’s Eco Office: Pasona Urban Farm
Pasona O2 made headlines a few years ago for having a rice paddy inside its office. However, since last spring the project had been closed w....
11 May 7:06 pm  from  Japan Trends   [Profile]  [Recent] 
NEC introduced a news CFC super-efficient Cooling System for PCs.
If Watercooling is one of the most efficient and silent way to cool down your CPU, NEC decided that this was far the best way to do the job ....
4 May 11:24 am  from  Akihabara News   [Profile]  [Recent] 
PASS THE BATON
PASS THE BATON is a unique recycle store. It opened in Omotesando Hills on April 28. It deals with used goods, but different from other sh....
3 May 10:00 am  from  8tokyo.com   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Old Comedy x Cheap Beer = eco solar mobile gear
Beverages company Suntory is currently running a tie-up campaign with a long-running TV comedy show that gives consumers a chance to win one....
26 Apr 7:18 pm  from  Japan Trends   [Profile]  [Recent] 
New Lenovo ThinkPad L series laptops are even more Green
The new Lenovo ThinkPad L series 14-inch L412 and 15-inch L512 boast above all to be among the most environmentally-friendly laptops in the....
20 Apr 3:25 pm  from  Akihabara News   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Eco bento lunch box folds up, looks funky
When we were scouting the FABEX 2010 trade show for food and drink developments we came across these new bento boxes (お弁当, or “lunch....
9 Apr 2:39 pm  from  Japan Trends   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japanese company Teijin Ltd has designed an ultra-light concept EV
The Teijin Group unveiled on March 30 a super-lightweight electric concept car made with proprietary materials and techno....
7 Apr 2:08 pm  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Mitsubishi New 23” LCD Monitor now 35% less greedy in Energy.
Mitsubishi electric released a new 23” LCD monitor in Japan the RDT232WLM, with a 1920×1080 resolution with a 1000:1 contrast ratio (5000....
6 Apr 5:26 pm  from  Akihabara News   [Profile]  [Recent] 
ECO Japan goes Pecha-Kucha
Back when I spoke at the PSFK conference in Singapore, fellow panelist (different panel) Mark Dytham shot me a look when I said I hadn’t b....
2 Apr 11:07 pm  from  Japan Trends   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Mitsubishi New LCD TV MX Series will make your life easier
Mitsubishi will sell in Japan at the end of May a new Series of LCD TV the MX series with many little enhancements made to ease its manipu....
1 Apr 4:09 pm  from  Akihabara News   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Two LED-backlit Eco monitors join ASUS Designo series in Australia
The MS238 and the MS228 are LED backlit LCD monitors capable of displaying 16.7 M colors, offering 1920 x 1080 resolution, 10,000,000:1 dyn....
31 Mar 4:43 pm  from  Akihabara News   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Green technology is the new corporate gold
There was a time when going green and doing business simply did not mix. At best, the term “green business” was percei....
30 Mar 3:55 am  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Nano-Optonics Energy to Mass Produce Electric Cars in Japan
Nano-Optonics Energy Inc., a closely held energy technology firm, plans to start producing electric vehicles next year, be....
25 Mar 1:19 pm  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent] 
what’s in my bag? – eco friendly day -
Latest “what’s in my bag?”. One day I brought… Alice in Wonderland schedule book,floating pen,mobile phone with HK solar charge ch....
23 Mar 10:00 am  from  8tokyo.com   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Disney High-Speed Train and JR Central’s bid for the bucks
Walt Disney World in Florida may be the next stop for bullet-train makers in Japan and China. Central Japan Railway Co. an....
17 Mar 12:03 pm  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Nuclear Waste by Sea
Greenpeace Japan Nuclear Protesters The first delivery of at least 850 canisters of high-level radioactive vitrified waste ....
12 Mar 6:51 am  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Shades of Green
Time to mind our own green triple bottom line. read more....
8 Mar 3:06 pm  from     [Profile]  [Recent] 
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