Current TV Releases Trailer for Upcoming Documentary on Robots

Internet/Cable channel Current TV has released a trailer for it’s upcoming documentary “Japan: Robot Nation.” The trailer is certainly intriguing, tying the evolution of robots to the evolution of Japanese culture. It also has some pretty nifty music.

Nintendo Wii update ends the evil homebrew menace

A Wii System Update released last night blocks new installations of the Homebrew Channel and anything existing therein. Previous installs are unaffected but you won’t be able to get anything new and, as any homebrew enthusiast will tell you, that’s half the fun.

Aigo’s elastic USB speaker part sock - part accordian

Aigo has released a nifty little USB speaker that uses the power of elasticity to pump up the bass of your favorite jams. The Aigo E086 portable speaker is a 1.7 watt USB speaker that features a single 36mm driver, a 3.5-mm headphone jack and a 3-hour charge for up to 4 hours of usage.

NTT energy- generating shoes useful and totally ugly

The guys over at NTT in Japan have designed a pair of power-packing shoe. The shoes store up energy as you walk. A nifty concept, for sure. Not so nifty? They look like a hurricane just tore through them.

W53H GPS/Phone

Hitachi is aiming to replace your GPS with a cell phone / GPS combo. The newly announced W53H (AKA Wooo) will come in 3 colors: Japan Black, Nordic White, and Euro Purple. With its 2.8″ OLED TV like screen, you’ll see where you are going, even if you have no clue where you are.
It accepts [...]

PS3 Rumble

Rumble is available for the PS3, but not without jumping through some hoops. To make it easier, just buy Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction (the first retail game with built-in rumble support) and you will have the firmware. The controller is a more difficult as it is set to release next month in [...]

nano speakers

Creative Labs recently unveiled their upcoming TravelSound i50, a portable speaker system made specifically and exclusively for the diminutive iPod shuffle. Aside from the USB port and carabiner clip, what I find most interesting about the unit is its size. It makes the shuffle about four times bigger than it really is, which negates one [...]

Our Robotic Overlords Will Be Able to GET DOWN

Those crazy Japanese! A group at the University of Tokyo have taught a Kawada Industries HRP-2 to dance a Japanese folk dance, the Aizu-Bandaisan. It’s a little creepy, I admit, but then again it would be better to have Overlords who appreciate a good dance, than not.

The Aliens Exosuit Was Real: Check Out This Enryu T-53

All of you sci-fi fans certainly see the similarity between this Japanese support robot, the Enryu T-53, and the exosuit that Ripley used to do away with the queen alien in Aliens. Or am I the only one geeky enough for that? In any case, this is a rather impressive piece of hardware, although unfortunately [...]

Blu-ray Disc Camcorder

Hitachi is showing off its upcoming world’s first Blu-ray Disc camcorder. planned for an August 30 launch in Japan.
The two 5.3 megapixel CMOS models, the DZ-BD70 and DZ-BD7H hybrid which packs both an 8-cm BD writer and 30GB disk…

… have a system which captures, records and stores 1920×1080 full high-definition video throughout the whole process [...]