It’s certainly very exciting to see an Android-based competitor for Apple’s "revolutionary" iPad coming out o....
24 Sep 9:20 pm  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent] 

“Because its Japanese developers were determined that it be stretched long enough to contain Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, a huge seller i....
23 Sep 3:33 pm  from  Japan Explained   [Profile]  [Recent] 

NEC Corp developed a biomass plastic whose mass ratio of plant-derived materials (plant ratio) is as high as 70%. The prope....
21 Sep 12:54 pm  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent] 

Sony Corp will exhibit a prototype of an LCD TV compatible with Google TV, a platform that Google Inc is developing for TVs....
6 Sep 12:25 am  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent] 

According to Jennifer Robertson (Professor of Anthropology, University of Michigan) on the latest edition of the ever-fabulous Thinking Allo....
8 Aug 4:09 pm  from  Japan Explained   [Profile]  [Recent] 

Korea being the second biggest market. I’d always assumed it was the long commutes, but a recent TV-themed special supplement in The Econo....
29 May 8:05 am  from  Japan Explained   [Profile]  [Recent] 

Korea being the second biggest market. I’d always assumed it was the long commutes, but a recent TV-themed special supplement in The Econo....
29 May 8:05 am  from  Japan Explained   [Profile]  [Recent] 

A win for Japanese technology abroad and or a greener way of travel and mass transit for Vietnam. According to Bloomberg N....
15 Apr 12:38 pm  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent] 

I write about Ion Cannons and strange devices appear in my kitchen. I’m not sure what the hell is going on. It looks like something from D....
8 Mar 5:41 pm  from     [Profile]  [Recent] 

“Did I just buy you a fucking Ion Cannon?” I looked at the object I’d just paid ¥20,000 for as she removes it from the box, a volleyb....
8 Mar 1:35 pm  from     [Profile]  [Recent] 

Photo by Casualty A Japanese professor has come up with a method of delivering vaccines and drugs that he says is completel....
5 Mar 3:28 pm  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent] 

(Photo credit: Robot Laboratory) Researchers at Japan’s Kobe Gakuin University are developing a levitating chair that hovers on a small cu....
24 Feb 7:53 am  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent] 

According to the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Japanese Scientists from Tokyo University have invented a substance dubbed, �....
26 Jan 12:50 pm  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent] 

Some new inventions should never see the light of day, but Japan has a way of inventing the unnecessary like no other country and coming out....
3 Dec 2:18 pm  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent] 

An H-IIA rocket carrying a government spy satellite lifts off from Tanegashima Space Center on Saturday morning. (Mainichi) A new spy satell....
30 Nov 2:23 pm  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent] 

Where was this technology last week when I dropped my poor little iPhone, while trying to balance it on top of my Chinese takeout? The answ....
30 Nov 1:02 pm  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent] 

This video is nifty in ever sense of the word. It puts the power of the iPhone with a little bit of ingenuity in perspective like no other ....
19 Nov 12:47 pm  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent]