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Japanese man comes up with ingenious (and slightly creepy) way to take a nap in meetings

Katie Pask
Apr 4, 2020
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Gives the term ‘face mask’ a whole new meaning.

Internet, Japan
(3D printer • 3D printers • crazy • face mask • mask • technology • twitter • weird • wtf)

Digital resurrection after death? 63 percent of Japanese and American survey participants say nah

Eli Pang
Mar 23, 2020

Dead folks tell no tales unless they become an AI-programmed hologram!

Japan
(AI • artificial intelligence • D.E.A.D • technology • whatever inc)

Robot noodle chef starts working in Tokyo train station, serves up taste of the future【Video】

Casey Baseel
Mar 18, 2020

Our resident noodle expert tries out the robo soba.

Japan
(COK • cool • food • Noodles • SNJO • soba • stations • technology • trains)

We visit Shibuya Station’s limited-time unmanned ramen eatery for a dose of the future! 【Photos】

Shannon
Feb 20, 2020

This is a combination of delicious and contemporary technology that was definitely worth the visit.

Japan
(cup noodles • Shibuya • Shibuya Station • technology)

Cool automated Rubik’s cube found at Maker’s Faire floats, solves itself, blows our minds

Dale Roll
Feb 19, 2020

How does it even work?!

Japan
(awesome • cool • Maker's Faire • programming • rubik's cube • self-solving Rubik's cube • technology)

New Japanese smartphone prohibits users from taking naked selfies

Casey Baseel
Feb 19, 2020

Tone Mobile’s new phone won’t save photo data it thinks is “inappropriate.”

Japan
(crime • kids • phones • selfies • Smartphones • technology)

Young and elderly alike can satisfy their feline frenzy with this $180 cat robot companion

Eli Pang
Feb 10, 2020

Cat got our wallets?

Japan
(cat • cute • pet • robot • technology)

Mitsubishi’s solution for stressed office workers in Japan: fake skylight video displays

Casey Baseel
Feb 9, 2020

Simulated sky slice might actually be better suited for a different environment, though.

Japan
(clever • cool • crazy • gadgets • interior • Mitsubishi • skylight • technology • weird • window • Windows)

Amazing Japanese cup stirs your drinks for you, needs no batteries or charging【Videos】

Casey Baseel
Jan 30, 2020

Clever tech trick means you’ll never need to use a spoon when making a cup of hot coffee or tea again.

Japan
(clever • coffee • cups • drinks • gadgets.cool • mugs • tea • technology • video)

Are Daiso’s smartphone VR goggles worth breaking the 100-yen barrier?

Master Blaster
Jan 28, 2020

A rare instance where reading the fine print was a bad idea.

Japan
(100 yen shops • Daiso • Go Hatori • product reviews • Smartphones • technology • virtual reality • VR)

HALOP: The Japanese huggy pillow for people who already have a human boyfriend/girlfriend

Casey Baseel
Jan 20, 2020

A new kind of dakimakura designed to provide fantasies that are actually based in reality.

Japan
(dakimakura • huggy pillows • long-distance relationships • relationships • romance • technology)

Mayor of Osaka wants to legally control when kids can and can’t use smartphones in their own home

Casey Baseel
Jan 19, 2020

55-year-old politician thinks kids are ditching school because they’re spending too much time on their phones.

Japan
(COK • education • government • kids • laws • Osaka • schools • Smartphones • society • technology)

Japanese airline still using some startling old, almost 20-year-old computer tech, traveler learns

Casey Baseel
Jan 17, 2020

Air carrier has stuck with its airport OS for longer than just about any private PC user.

Japan
(airlines • airplanes • crazy • Skymark • technology • travel)

“Newtype” Hatsune Miku poised for comeback in 2020

Master Blaster
Dec 28, 2019

But don’t call it a comeback. She’s been here for years.

Japan
(Hatsune Miku • Hatsune Miku NT • music • newtype • Piapro Studio • technology • Vocaloid • Yamaha)

Japanese Twitter blown away by super cool business card that looks like computer hardware

Dale Roll
Dec 18, 2019

An amazing card for anyone in the computer science field to have!

Japan
(awesome • business cards • circuit boards • computer science • computers • cool • technology)

Magic circle wireless charging pads from Japan make juicing up your devices a mystical ceremony

Casey Baseel
Dec 5, 2019

Videos of the awesome gadgets in action that will have people believing you’re a wizard.

Japan
(anime • awesome • cool • funny • gadgets • magic circles • SNJO • technology • wireless charger • wireless charging)

Automatic cup noodle maker developed, makes instant ramen in an instant

Master Blaster
Nov 27, 2019

Finally, a tool for those who cannot even boil water properly

Japan
(cooking • Cup Noodle • Instant Ramen • Makase-Tei • technology • Thanko)

People in Japan go crazy for Japanese candy zen gardens 【Pics & Video】

Oona McGee
Nov 12, 2019

New DIY candy kits let you taste the sweet serenity of a koi fish pond in a rock garden.

Japan
(cool • crazy • food • funny • gadgets • pudding • purin • sweets • technology • video)

Japan’s first beef bowl vending machine goes into service in Tokyo

Casey Baseel
Nov 10, 2019

Yoshinoya’s rival introduces new innovation to the gyudon industry.

Japan
(beef bowls • cool • food • gyudon • Matsuya • technology • vending machines)

We test Japan’s brand-new Muscle Suit Every exoskeleton【Video】

Casey Baseel
Nov 9, 2019

SoraNews24 reporter Ahiru Neko is now Mecha Ahiru Neko!

Japan
(Ahiru Neko • COK • cool • SNJO • technology • video • weird)

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