Posts Tagged ‘tech’

LEGO mecha: from bricks to battle

By Shay • Jun 28th, 2008 • Category: Bonus Happy Fun Time1 comment

The world of LEGO is a delightful place where you can build anything you want. Where the only limit is how many bricks you have. Mecha are some of the coolest and most popular custom LEGO creations.



Kaisatsuko - an experimental fiddle-like instrument

By Shay • May 27th, 2008 • Category: More1 comment

The Kaisatsuko is the unique creation of a Japanese experimental musician. Half upright fiddle, half hurdy gurdy, the Kaisatsuko has a suprising sound.



Make your own robots with RoboBuilder

By Shay • May 23rd, 2008 • Category: Features3 comments

Have you ever wanted to build your own robot? Even if you had the how-to knowledge, developing one from scratch could be very costly. Well, thanks to RoboBuilder, your wish may just come true.



PlayTalk’s take on the microblog

By Shay • May 18th, 2008 • Category: Bonus Happy Fun Time2 comments

PlayTalk and Me2day are like the Korean cousins of Jaiku and Twitter, but one attempts to go beyond the confines of Wikipedia-defined microblogging.



ASIMO conducts “The Impossible Dream”

By Shay • May 15th, 2008 • Category: Features, news3 comments

Honda’s ASIMO robot recently conducted the Detroit Symphony in a performance of “The Impossible Dream”. Time to add ‘conducting an orchestra’ to the long list of of things ASIMO can do.



The world’s smallest 8GB flash drive

By Shay • Apr 8th, 2008 • Category: Bonus Happy Fun Time5 comments

Standing tall…er short, the Pico-C fits 8GB of flash memory onto the size of a quarter. A mere 31.3mm long, the flash drive can pack a whole lot of files inside. It’s also water resistant.



ApriPoko - the robot remote control

By Shay • Mar 29th, 2008 • Category: Bonus Happy Fun Time, Features4 comments

If you thought the remote was a cool invention, Toshiba’s ApriPoko takes things to a new level. The smart robo will learn how you use the remote so it can perform the same actions later.



Learn Japanese writing with your DS

By Shay • Mar 15th, 2008 • Category: Bonus Happy Fun Time5 comments

Learning to write Japanese can be quite a chore and intricate kanji can make things especially challenging. One Nintendo DS game helps players learn and perfect their Japanese handwriting ability.



Longest Paper Airplane Flights Ever!

By Todd • Mar 12th, 2008 • Category: Bonus Happy Fun Time4 comments

Right now Japan is gearing up to create the longest flight of any paper airplane ever, about 400km long. This of course makes my record of 6 meters look like child’s play.



The USB Hubman

By Shay • Mar 3rd, 2008 • Category: Bonus Happy Fun Time7 comments

Bring your boring, uninspired USB hub to life with the delightful USB Hubman. The USB hub Hubman is a cute little guy with some great practicality and a fresh, cool look.