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Japan cures parking ills with underground storage tube for bikes

By Jacques Coetzee
06.13.13 | No Comments

Japan is probably where most great ideas are born. From a 300MPH floating train recently to the PS4-- it all seems out of this world. In a video recently uploaded by Culture Japan on YouTube, presenter Danny Choo (aka tokyostormtrooper) shows us Japan's newest solution to its overcrowded cities-- a ...

Tags: bicycle, Eco-Cycle, Japan, tokyostormtrooper
Honda seeds 100 ‘Walking Assist Devices’ to Japan hospitals

By Steven Norris: Gearburn Editor
05.30.13 | No Comments

Honda is committed to "utilizing technology to help people” and this motto is the key founding principal of one of the world’s largest automobile and technology developers, who’ve now taken a bold step and released 100 "Walking Assist Devices" into the wilds of Japan. By wilds, we mean world-class hospitals. Remember ...

Tags: honda, Japan, walking assist device
Japan-exclusive Sony Xperia UL coming 25 May

By Steven Norris: Gearburn Editor
05.20.13 | 1 Comment

The Japan-only Sony Xperia UL is coming. Sony’s stab at a version of the Xperia Z for the Japanese market is markedly thicker with a Xperia UL-exclusive 15-shot burst mode. Outside of this it’s practically the same lovable, huggable piece of 5-inch class from Xperia. But wait, there’s more: Xperia’s UL ...

Tags: Japan, Sony, UL, Xperia, z
LG Optimus G primed for 19 October launch

By Steven Norris: Gearburn Editor
10.11.12 | No Comments

LG's not a well-known mobile brand outside of Japan, China and Korea, but it's nonetheless pumping out exceptional smartphones such as the Optimus G, which drops 19 October in Japan. It's got a quad-core 1.5GHz CPU, with a 4.7-inch screen, a mind-boggling 13MP camera which is no PureView but will do, ...

Tags: Japan, LG, Optimus G
Wii U launches 8 December in Japan: $338 for basic set, $405 for premium

By Steven Norris: Gearburn Editor
09.13.12 | No Comments

There are not one, but two decent reasons to read this story. One, it's not about the iPhone 5 and two, it's the launch date of Nintendo's fabled Wii U. Come 8 December in Japan, the world may sit up and take notice of the Big-N again. Two will tell ...

Tags: Japan, launch date, Nintendo, wii u
Sharp’s Pantone 5 is a multicoloured, ICS, radiation detecting smartphone

By Staff Reporter
05.29.12 | 1 Comment

Colour us impressed. Android 4.0 phones are spewing out into the streets with nary a care. Sharp's Pantone 5 is not a carefree ICS smartphone though. This one comes with the potentially live-saving ability to detect radiation. Radiation levels between .005 and 9.99 μSv/h can be detected, of which 2.0 is ...

Tags: ICS, Japan, Pantone, smartphone
Largest tech show in Asia opens

By Steven Norris: Gearburn Editor
10.05.11 | Comments Off

The largest tech event in Japan, The Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies (Ceatec) exhibition kicked off in the city of Chiba. Close to 600 tech firms will be at the exhibition, with over 200 000 visitors expected to attend Ceatec during the weeklong event. Certain devices are intrinsically linked ...

Tags: Japan, mobile phones, Pioneer, Toshiba

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