Eclectic junk from the four corners of the ‘Net. And pictures too!
Cool, with this I could set my DRV up to record no matter where in the country (world?) I was. Will it ever come to America? I hope so.
KDDI and Hitachi Systems and Services have teamed up for a project called “micro-VNC,” allowing for VNC from a mobile phone. The system supports Windows, Mac and Linux machines. KDDI and Hitachi Systems and Services announced that they have begun sale of “micro-VNC,” an enterprise-level solution for controlling remote PCs by way of au cellular phone
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Now until September there in the world expo going on in Achi Japan. Here are a few glimpses of what has been going on. (If you click on an image on the translated page you may get an error page in Japanese. To avoid this, open the picture link in another tab and use that to view the images)
I’d go there in a second if I could get someone to pay my way, anyone looking for a photojournalist to cover the event? 🙂
Robots and Energy House:
Expo ’05 – Robots – English
Use to look at the pictures on the page:
Expo ’05 – Robots – PHOTOS
Global House, Mamoth and space stuff:
Xepo ’05 – Global House – English
Use to look at the pictures on the page:
Expo ’05 – Global House – PHOTOS
The classic ‘bullet time’ pingpong ball video. I’d love to see of the other acts from this Japanese show…
Well, what more can you say about this? 🙂
Bust-Up attributes its powers to the slow release of dietary supplements, of which pueraria mirifica appears to be the most active. “Unlike dietary supplements taken in a pill once a day, the gum means that it is constantly bombarding your system and restoring the muscle tissue that keeps breasts healthy,” a B2Up spokeswoman said. “And it smells nice on the breath.”
The article also talks about people buying home oxygen tents. I wonder just how safe something like this would be. If the tent develops a leak and saturates the home with a larger than normal concentration on O2 there could be a serious fire hazard.
Ryoko Saito, the proprietor of Bien beauty clinic in North Tokyo, said the important message from the health fair was that oxygen is good for you. “These days, oxygen is what all our customers ask us about when they come to the clinic.”
She added: “We have a few machines that are very popular, but they are getting a little old and people want something more elaborate. Everyone can afford to be Michael Jackson now.”
Someone might want to tell her that that may not be a big selling point right now…
I like real booth babes myself, but this is pretty neat. It is only a matter of time until some fast food chain will start useing these to take the customers orders. It should be an improvement for the most part.
Aichi’s information booth worker Actroid, developed by Japanese firms Kokoro and Advanced Media, looks like a Japanese woman in her 20s and understands 40,000 phrases each in Chinese, English, Japanese and Korean.
The humanoid with realistic eyeballs, eyelashes and moving lips gestures and puts on facial expressions suitable for the more than 2,000 types of answers it can give.
The robot may refuse to answer to sensitive questions for “privacy reasons,” making an X with her arms and bowing.
She also has a sense of irony. When asked if she is a robot, she says, “Y.e.s, I. a.m. a. r.o.b.o.t” in a disconnected voice and moves about clumsily. A moment later, she says “Just kidding” and starts a natural flow of movements.
Robots to offer warm welcome at Japan’s World Expo
Discovered on Gizmodo
I want! This little gem looks like it could kick arse from here to St. Paul. I saw my first Shuffle in person today, it was pretty neat but a little lacking in the feature department. This one looks like it will fit the bill quite nicely.
The 2-color, 4 line organic display player supports MP3/WMA/ASF formats and a bit-rate between 8~320kps. Japanese ID3 tags and lyric displays are also supported.
The included MP3 encoder allows for simple MP3 recording of voice via integrated microphone, recording from the integrated FM radio, or from an analog audio input source. It also includes an automatic recording feature, which records when it detects audio, and variable playback speed control. Songs can be transferred to the player without an special software.
It connects to a USB 2.0 port via a rotary type plug, which is part of the unit. When it’s necessary, the USB plug is readily available. It can also be used as a mass storage device.
… Finally, if there aren’t enough features, there is also a built-in LED flashlight.
Too bad you have to go to Japan to buy it. 🙁
Everything But the Kitchen Sink from E-Kai – Organic Electro-luminescent Display MP3/WMA Player
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