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Toys
11:20AM Sean Fallon | It’s no miracle, the G-Bound remote-control car can drive over water thanks to a waterproof chassis and inflatable tyres. More »
The G-Bound RC Car Drives On Water
11:20AM Sean Fallon | It’s no miracle, the G-Bound remote-control car can drive over water thanks to a waterproof chassis and inflatable tyres. More » 
Gadgets
A Gadget To Tell You Your Skin Ain’t Great
5:00AM Adam Frucci | Bandai’s Skin Expert is a device that you hold up to your face and it tells you how healthy your skin is. Finally, a gadget to make me feel bad about my appearance automatically! Thanks Japan! [Hobby Blog via Engadget]
Gadgets
Guess Which Country Makes These USB Breast Warmers?
11:20AM Adam Frucci | Spolier: it’s Japan! What other country would produce USB warming pads designed for lovepillows? No other country, that’s what. Finally, ladies can work at their desks wearing only their bras without worry of cold breasts! [Thanko via TokyoMango]
Games
Words Cannot Explain This Strange Japanese Video Mashup
3:20AM Mark Wilson | In the clip you’re about to see, Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-il lock lips to the theme song of an erotic video game. That’s sort of the punchline. Here’s how we got there… More »
Vehicles
11:45AM Damian Francis | Without meaning any disrespect to the workers at the Tsutsumi Manufacturing plant in Toyota City, watching them work as like watching the perfect ant farm. It’s rare to see such organisation in human activity. Although being that this is Japan (the Switzerland of the east perhaps) it wasn’t overly surprising. More »
Infiltrating Toyota’s Tsutsumi Manufacturing Plant
11:45AM Damian Francis | Without meaning any disrespect to the workers at the Tsutsumi Manufacturing plant in Toyota City, watching them work as like watching the perfect ant farm. It’s rare to see such organisation in human activity. Although being that this is Japan (the Switzerland of the east perhaps) it wasn’t overly surprising. More »
Gadgets
Odd: Japanese Burger Joint’s Human-Powered Vending Machine
11:08PM Danny Allen | We all know the Japanese like crazy burgers (and even crazier vending machines). Here’s a fun mix of the two. This machine in Tokyo actually backs onto a kitchen where a cook pops them into the machine by hand. More »
Cameras
The Secrets Of Pro iPhone 3GS Photographer
4:40AM Matt Buchanan | The real key is using the limits of the iPhone 3GS’s camera as a strength, Japanese pro photographer Koichi Mitsui tells BoingBoing: Its “simplicity keeps me devoted to only composition and the perfect photo opp”. More »
Gadgets
This RC Tissue Box Could Save You From The Swine Flu
3:00AM Sean Fallon | A tissue box that you can drive seems stupid at first, but it could be a hot product given our current state of hysteria over germs. I say quarantine the sick and deploy RC vehicles to handle it. More »
Random Stuff
Bad Promotional Idea Of The Week
11:27PM Jesus Diaz | Jason is in Japan now, looking for Godzilla. He sent this video tonight. It seems that Microsoft thinks that putting a Windows 7 presentation booth in the middle of Akihabara station is a good idea. More »
Peripherals
