These look smooth. I like the flat slab-o-glass look these have. I wonder if the keyboard is soft – meaning that you can alter the layout to whatever your needs are. Lacks the tactile feedback of a normal keyboard but looks great.
Tag: Japan
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Karakuri the tea Robot
This Japanese tea serving robot showed up on a few places on the ‘net today. I have long wondered if anyone would ever offer one of these in kit form and now I have my answer.
You can get one from the Robotstore for $90US ($170US if your a wimp and can’t build it from the kit).
The driving force of the original tea-carrying doll came from a spring made of whale whiskers (actually whale teeth). All the other components, such as its gears, body and escapement for speed adjustments, were made of wood. How does it work? When a tea cup is placed on the tray, the stopper is released by the whale spring attached to the doll’s arms; the spring forces the stopper to engage again when the cup is lifted from the tray.
[via Engadget and MAKEzine]
Karakuri kit
Chinese invade Okinawa! NOT!
This is a weird one, a man wrote a fake news story about how the Chinese had just invaded Okinawa Japan and posted it to a site that looked like the Yahoo news page. He says he’s sorry and wishes he hadn’t done it. How strange…
Man apologizes for fake Yahoo article on Chinese invasion of Okinawa
Special Effects’ Lenses For Cameraphones
Oh look! More cell phone camera mods! For around $36US you can buy a set of four special effect auxiliary lenses for your phones camera. With a total of 14 different lenses to choose from your assured of an interesting effect for any occation.
[via Picturephoning]
Lens For Your Cameraphone
About a year ago I saw a fisheye lens that was built like this. I’d like a set of these, the camera in my Motorola V300 absolutely sucks and needs all the help it can get.
Instead of screwing them onto your lens, there is a magnet built-in and they will stick on to the lens (I’m having some doubt here). They don’t seem to be a joke at all: the telephoto lens offers up to 2X zoom power, the macro lens offers up to 4X zoom and the wide angle lens allow you to zoom out 0.5X. Each comes with a cellphone strap, when you are done using it, they turn into a charm!