Category: Tech

HRP-3 Promet Mk-II

Wondering why this robot looks pretty cool? It�s probably because it was designed by Yutaka Izubuchi, who worked on desig

Wakamaru – Humanoid Robot for Hire

Get your artificial receptionist/valet while supplies last. Japanese manufacturer Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has announced th

Shimizu Mega City, proposed Tokyo Bay Pyramid

I first got news of this proposed structure way back in 2004. When I first watched the Discovery Channel program detailing the

B.E.A.R. – coming soon to a battlefield near you

The United States military is developing a robot with a teddy bear-style head to help remove injured soldiers from the battlef

One of my laziest days in a very long while

Lately I have been super busy, all day everyday, with work school and other matters. Today I decided I was going to be the laz

Microsoft Surface – Touch Screen Computing

Most of my friends are Microsoft haters but the geek in me resonates with anything related to technology, good or bad, but hey

Interesting sites and blogs entry 3

The third entry in my interest blogs and websites posts combines whats new and all the buzz in the web 2.0 world with a new re

Tamanoi Vinegar Robot

Yes oh yes, another post about robots/androids/machines following in the vein of my posts about the people lifter, Gundam 1.0,

Installing Japanese and other East Asian Language support on your PC

Well I hope to start making more posts involving lots of Japanese characters and I want my visitors to be able to view the tex

Joost goes Live – unlimited invites

Today Tuesday May 1st, 2007 is the day Joost goes live. My inbox has been overflowing with news stories from morning about Joo

Earth-like Planet found – Gliese 581 c

Its not the first one to be found, just last year a very small earth-like planet and super large one was found and talked abou

The car I hope to be driving in 15-20 years – Honda FCX

Adding to my request for a F-22 Raptor is another request for a Honda FCX. I have been follwoing the development of quite a fe

My Celebrity Look-alikes

Well been getting messages from friends showing me their My Celebrity Look-alikes and I have also been seeing this on quite a

Joost (beta) – My Review and Free Invites!

Well I have been fiddling around with Joost Beta now for almost two weeks after receiving an invite from RockyMoore.com within

Japan Drafts Guidelines For Robot Use!

Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has drafted a 60-page set of proposals for managing the development of r

Japanese Android shows off people-lifting skills

In a public demonstration held in Tokyo on March 28, a human-sized android showed off its weightlifting skills by successfully

Joost – finaly true internet television

Joost is an interactive software for distributing TV shows and other forms of video over the Web using peer-to-peer tv technol

Interesting sites and blogs entry 2

Its been three months time to drop another batch of interesting sites and blogs upon you again. Japanese Lesson One of the bes

My new ISP – Flow Jamaica

I didn’t say much about it, but for the past 10 weeks I have had a new ISP at home, a newish telecommunications company

What would I buy with US$120 million? – A F-22 Raptor!!!

Don’t know what a F22 is? shame on you! <_>. I have been following the Development of the F22 since it started it&

One year of blogging ^^

It seems like it was just last month I started this blog, time really seems to be flying and while checking the January visito

Windows Vista released worldwide today

Vista in various forms has been floating around for about a year now, but today is the day when it is released worldwide to co

Offical name Land Walker, my name Gundam 1.0 ^o^

Japanese machinery and robotics manufacturer Sakakibara-Kikai has released the first genuine bi-pedal exoskeleton at a landmar

Robot Menagerie – pictures on bbc.com

The “in pictures” section has once again been updated with something of interest to me so I decided to share. Japa