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It’s not only Japan, but Korea is developing advanced robots, too. Case in point: Mahru, the dancing humanoid, made by the Korea Institute of Science & Technology (KIST). And this…

A certain subset of computer users – those aged in their late twenties to middle-late 30s – will remember Radio Shack with absolutely fondness. I, for one, used to think…

Even though it’s not an electronics company, Bridgestone (the tire maker) is one of a handful Japanese firms that has been experimenting with e-paper in recent years. Last October, Bridgestone…

Japan-based accessory specialist Sanwa Supply hasn’t reinvented the wheel with their newest device [JP], but this power strip, which features an integrated wattage meter, doesn’t look like a bad idea.…

Steven Frank’s Internet Technology Podcast is serious business. Click through for his first unboxing, oh so many moons ago.

Want to blow some horns and play the timpani on your guitar? Bill Ruppert posted a how-to using only EHX pedals and his own, specific obsession with making his crazy…

According to some commenters, this hack has been around since the ’40s. It’s older than that, in fact — I imagine since the dawn of domesticated grass-eating animals, the old…

While we have our own ideas about what should constitute a slow motion film, I guess this one from NASA is okay. I mean, if you like explosions and enormous…

We’ve been looking at a few micro 4/3s cameras recently and I’m really excited about the technology. What you get is near-DSLR quality in a package that’s eminently portable, and…

So that’s what those little latex things are for. (yes, it’s old) [via Afrigadget and Reddit]

I’ve always loved the compressed air rocket. I bought my son one of the pre-made ones at a science museum and it broke on first flight, which was pretty frustrating.…

It seems not only Japan, but also Germany is capable of producing super-advanced humanoids. Case in point: AILA, a fembot [GER] developed at the Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz (DFKI/German…

Yeah… I was going to post this a bit earlier but I had an attack of conscience, seeing as how it’s Earth Day and I’m essentially posting an advertisement for…

Remember Tsutenkaku, “the world’s biggest” robot? Tsutenkaku, basically a 170cm tall robot that looks like a city tower, recently made the journey from Osaka (where he was made and is…

With a webcam, a digital signaling processing board, and some Lego Mindstorms pieces, Creator Branislov Kisacanin put together what he calls the Tetris-Bot. The way it works is the Texas…

Scoble interviews Rana Sobhany on her iPad DJ mixing set-up. It’s actually quite cool, but Scoble prepping himself to take on some Dubstep is a bit comical to imagine. I’m…

3D seems to be all the rage in the electronics industry at the moment, and not just among the bigger players. Now display specialist NewSight has developed what it claims…

http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9/22881388001?isVid=1 Not too long ago I wrote that it was distressing how the “de-makes” of games are often funner than the games themselves. Bionic Commando, Mega Man, and Dark Void…

We’ve given you some early information and a first picture of Robovie-R Ver.3 (a robot that’s supposed to make life for older and handicapped people easier) last week. And today,…

Remember back when consumer electronics weren’t sexy? It’s hard to imagine a world where the Sony Walkman was state-of-the-art and, at best, was popular with a small subset of the…

This wouldn’t work with a pet snake, because snakes aren’t conductive. [via Doobybrain]

What can you add to a bottle of distilled wheat mash besides sweet oblivion? How about a scrolling blue LED display that shows six programmable messages including, potentially, “Let’s get…

http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10785862&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1 An Apple Store Grows in Brooklyn from Marty Markowitz on Vimeo. Marty Markowitz, Brooklyn’s out-sized borough president, sent an email to Steve Jobs asking, in no uncertain terms, for…

How did I miss this earlier this week? Take a tiny car, slow it down to about 1/10th normal speed, and all of a sudden it’s the greatest thing in…

I was just reminded by a spring cleaning article that it’s been quite a while since I checked under the hood of my PC. Enthusiasts know and love the process…

Setting up a router should be the easiest part of your day. There is no reason the average person needs to think about SSIDs, WPA, and pre-shared keys. Thankfully, folks…

http://player.youku.com/player.php/Type/Folder/Fid/4293311/Ob/1/Pt/0/sid/XMTU5MDk0NDgw/v.swf Go ahead and snort derisively. When this girl opens up at the end, Beyonce should basically call her agent and start doing mall openings.

Is your little one stealing the silver? Running a meth lab in the basement? Sleeping fitfully? Now you can find out just what the matter is with the high tech…

Check this video out. Looks fun, right? Sure, because Super Mario Kart is the best game of all time. But the giant touch controls? Really, now. This is why I’m…

Car commercials are as old as TV. There’s nothing really exciting about the format anymore because we already know the format. To sell a luxury car, a B-rate celebrity often…