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NICT demonstrate the World’s Largest Full HD Glasses-Free 3D Display

NICT, in collaboration with JVC Kenwood, has developed a 200″ auto-stereoscopic Full HD 3D display which shows video from 57 different angles. This means multiple people can walk around in front of the screen and see around corne[...]
NICT demonstrate the World’s Largest Full HD Glasses-Free 3D Display

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Actroid-F Robot Gets A Brother And An Eye Implant

AIST has developed a male version of its android robot Actroid-F, which was first shown to the public last year. These human-like robots imitate the movements of the people they are watching, and are currently being placed as observers[...]
Actroid-F Robot Gets A Brother And An Eye Implant

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Dual-Core Waterproof “Triple High Speed” Smartphone with WiMAX – Fujitsu ARROWS Z ISW11F

The Arrows Z is the latest smartphone from Fujitsu Toshiba Mobile Communications. It will be released on the AU network from late November 2011. “The concept behind this model is “Triple High Speed”. First of all, in [...]
Dual-Core Waterproof “Triple High Speed” Smartphone with WiMAX – Fujitsu ARROWS Z ISW11F

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Tokyo U announced Optical Lattice Clock Accuracy with A 100 Quadrillionth Of A Second

Optical lattice clocks are a new type of optical atomic clock. They were proposed in 2001 by University of Tokyo Professor Hidetoshi Katori, and experimentally demonstrated in 2005. Recently, Professor Katori’s group accurately k[...]
Tokyo U announced Optical Lattice Clock Accuracy with A 100 Quadrillionth Of A Second

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Let’s Visit Tokyo – Too HOT!

Sorry folks but it is WAY too hot here in Japan for me to shoot our usual let’s Visit Tokyo series, so let’s take a break until the weather cool down shall we?
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Let’s Visit Tokyo – Osaki

There is in any city in the world an area that really does not fit in, a place where whatever people try to do it will never work, and Osaki seems to me like one of this place. Osaki feel like a place that nobody really cares, people p[...]
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Let’s Visit Tokyo – Kitanomaru Koen & Kokyo Gaien

Another “Special” video today since we already covered both Kitanomaru Koen & Kokyo Gaien while back (July and August 2009). This time Benoa is behind the camera for a dual combo : Testing a Sony Camcorder for Akihabara[...]
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UQ Communications to offer WiMax in Tokyo’s subways

Been living in Hong-Kong for several years and I have to admit that being capable to use your smartphone will riding the subway is quite convenient! Also, today, UQ Communication, Japan only WiMax Provider, announced that it is plannin[...]
UQ Communications to offer WiMax in Tokyo’s subways

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Let’s Visit Tokyo – Happo-en

Here you are, once again, one of Tokyo’s finest hidden parks, Happo-en. Lost in the middle of Tokyo and located in Shirokane, Happo-en with its gorgeous Japanese Garden, Tea Ceremony houses and traditional Japanese house, is a dedicate[...]
Let’s Visit Tokyo – Happo-en

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Let’s Visit Tokyo – Toda in Izu

The Let’s Visit Tokyo series is back and we hope for good, but since we do not like to do things like they should, we will not visit a specific area of Tokyo today but rather a small little beach and temple located in Toda City in Izu,[...]
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Willer Express introduces a new kind of first classes Bus in Japan

Nice find from the guys over at DVICE who came up with this rather unique piece of news from Japan! Willer Express, a Japanese transportation company that mainly focus on buses, introduces a new seat arrangement setup in some of their [...]
Willer Express introduces a new kind of first classes Bus in Japan

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Let’s Visit Tokyo – Ishigaki

Things are slowly going back to normal here in Japan and we hope to be able to soon resume our weekly “Let’s Visit Tokyo” series and to provide you with your weekly fix of video! Meanwhile here you are a rather long video I shot last w[...]
Let’s Visit Tokyo – Ishigaki
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Let’s Visit Tokyo – Shinkansen Edition

Let’s Visit Tokyo is not dead and we will resume our video as soon as we can, meanwhile let’s enjoy this Shinkansen footage shot by Benoa-San a couple of weeks ago… Meanwhile let’s pray for those who are risking their life everyday at [...]
Let’s Visit Tokyo – Shinkansen Edition

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Japanese iPad 2 Fans Turn Attention and Piggy Banks Toward the Relief Effort

With iPad 2 releases going ahead around the world as originally scheduled tomorrow, spare a thought for the iPad loving masses in Japan, who were recently told that in light of the Great Tohoku-Kanto Earthquake, that release of the iPa[...]
Japanese iPad 2 Fans Turn Attention and Piggy Banks Toward the Relief Effort
Japanese iPad 2 Fans Turn Attention and Piggy Banks Toward the Relief Effort

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Let’s Visit Tokyo – Rimonya park

Another day, another Park! Today we will walk alongside an artificial pound of the Rimonya park located just a few minutes away by walk from Gakugei-daigaku train station. Here as well there is nothing really special about this place b[...]
Let’s Visit Tokyo – Rimonya park

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Let’s Visit Tokyo – Shinjuku Drive

Here you are another “Drive” experiment from Benoa-San where he will drive us in its to Tokyo’s City hall in Shinjiku. Unlike last time where we replaced the video’s audio track with some background music, we decided this time to leave[...]
Let’s Visit Tokyo – Shinjuku Drive

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Let’s Visit Tokyo – Rinshin No Mori

A few minutes away by walk from Musashi-Koyama, Rinshi No Mori is one of these typical Japanese public parks where kids comes to play with parents, enjoy playing baseball and where adults comes to jog a little. Nothing particular at Ri[...]
Let’s Visit Tokyo – Rinshin No Mori
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O.T It never stops Snowing in Japan does it?

Just a quick O.T (Out of Topic) before we jump back to MWC. Last month my family and I went to Tokamachi in Niigat where he had from 2 to 3m of Snow and this week-end we decided to take a three day rest in our House in Izukogen by the [...]
O.T It never stops Snowing in Japan does it?
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Let’s Visit Tokyo – Musashi-Koyama

Musashi-Koyama is one of these little villages in Tokyo that we love visiting. There is nothing special about Musashi-Koyama, except maybe its very long covered shopping street, its small restaurants and the fact that a famous British [...]
Let’s Visit Tokyo – Musashi-Koyama
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Let’s Visit Tokyo – Sky Tree

Sky Tree is set to be the tallest building in Tokyo area, and set to compensate Tokyo Tower lack of “power” when it comes to broadcast digital TV within Tokyo Area. Yes, like the Effeil Tower, both Tokyo Tower and Sky Tree are mainly u[...]
Let’s Visit Tokyo – Sky Tree

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Let’s Visit Tokyo – Teppanyaki Fever II

I admit that during this period of long holidays I did not have much time nor much courage to shoot some video for you guys, however, yesterday for first lunch of the year my family and I decided to treat ourselves with a nice little T[...]
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Crashbaby: Keihin Tohoku Line LCD

Let’s start the day off with a crashbaby post! This is the Keihin Tohoku line on the vast JR East network, easily identifiable by its light blue stripe and color designation on maps and signs. It serves three prefectures and runs[...]
Crashbaby: Keihin Tohoku Line LCD
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