iPhone band plays Denki Groove
This minimalist version of "Smoky Bubbles" by Denki Groove (from the "A" album, 1997) was performed on a jailbroken iPod Touch 1.1.2. Bass: Pocket Guitar (Electric Bass) Synthesizer: iPhone Synth...
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Docomodake’s last supper
Appetizing dishes of NTT DoCoMo's mushroom mascot were served up in artist Rika Eguchi's "Last Supper" installation at last year's "How to Cook Docomodake" exhibition in New York. Photos by Marius...
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SoftBank Mobile testing smart movie posters
Japan's first field test of "smart posters" using Near Field Communication (NFC) -- a short-range high-frequency wireless communication technology that lets users view digital content simply by...
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Hei Helsinki
Pink Tentacle is hitting the skies this week to participate in the 2008 Nokia Open Lab workshop in Helsinki, Finland, where dozens of selected bloggers and social media participants from across the...
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Robot ticketer welcomes cashless thrillseekers
As the use of e-money gains popularity in Japan, versatile FeliCa RFID readers that support multiple forms of electronic currency are popping up in convenience stores and vending machines, making it...
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Toshiba tests phone-controlled billboard game
To promote its laptops and showcase digital signage technology capable of utilizing real-time data over the Internet, electronics giant Toshiba tested an interactive digital billboard in Tokyo last...
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Gov’t to track citizens, prevent pandemic
Can GPS tracking technology prevent a swine flu pandemic? Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications hopes to find out this autumn by testing a mobile phone-based GPS tracking system that...
View ArticleMini-humanoid robot with iPhone head
A robot hobbyist has developed an application that lets the iPhone 3GS function as the brain and face of a miniature humanoid robot. + Video The body of the robot -- named "Robochan" -- consists of a...
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Polaris: Mobile phone robot
Mobile phone giant KDDI has teamed up with Tokyo-based Flower Robotics to develop a new concept mobile phone/robot system designed to monitor and learn the user's behavior and communicate via a home TV...
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Elfoid: Humanoid mobile phone
Elfoid -- a REAL android phone Robotics researchers from Osaka University have teamed up with NTT Docomo and Qualcomm to develop a handheld humanoid phone that brings a new dimension to mobile...
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