In April, we reported that Japanese girls techno unit Perfume opened the motion data of their dance on Github. Fans’ creatives seem to be arriving to the official site. Daihei Shibata lets the doll Perfume dance on his desktop. Pretty inpressive CG work. The official site shows other 4 great videos using the same motion… Continue reading Perfume’s Open Dance Data Inspiring CG Creators
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2-channel Bans 5 Major Summary Sites From Reusing Its Posts
Some 2-channel(2ch.net) users noticed early morning on June 3 that an unpopular notification page on 2-channel was updated with the warning message against 5 notorious 2-channel watcher blogs. We ban the following URL from using copyrighted materials owned by 2ch, as it is detrimental that those people who damage to third parties and do not… Continue reading 2-channel Bans 5 Major Summary Sites From Reusing Its Posts
No-nonsense Mascot Character: Handy-Wiper kun
Japan is a country chock full of kawaii characters. People are not easily surprised by new weird characters but, Japanese twitter users call him as “the most practical mascot character”, Handy-Wiper kun (on your left). http://twitpic.com/9o9zjs You shove it everywhere and dump it off at the end, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCyhuXf25_4
Nagoya Soccer Team Makes A MIB Parody Poster
Professional Soccer team Nagoya Grampus, which is based in Japan’s third largest city Nagoya, is running a tie-up promotion with the American movie Men In Black 3. Buzzed on blogs and Twitter. At Nagoya-city metro station. (Photo by mapigation)
Panasonic To Sell Nanoe TV, Which Inhibits Mold And Odor
Panasonic announced that they would ship a new TV of its Viera series. This CF5, which is planned to be sold late June has a Nanoe generator, which converts water into Nanoe Ion wrapped in water molecules. Panasonic claims that the ion suppresses fungi, mites and pollen, removes odor and realizes “Uruoi Bihada Kuukan”, which… Continue reading Panasonic To Sell Nanoe TV, Which Inhibits Mold And Odor
The World’s First Radiation Counter Cellphone Announced In Japan
Softbank announced today(May 29) that they would ship Pantone 5(107SH) the world’s first smartphone with radiation measure feature in July. By this Sharp’s made Android 4.0 smartphone, you may measure gamma rays in the 0.05μSv/h to 9.99μSv/h range just by pressing the dedicated button for long. You may let it measure periodically and plot the… Continue reading The World’s First Radiation Counter Cellphone Announced In Japan
Japan’s Web News Week 21
This week’s Japanese Web/IT related news which we did not write as a dedicated article. Referred pages are all in Japanese, unless otherwise stated. Naver Japan Warns LINE Users Not To Access Unauthorized Third-party User Finder Services IC Card Reader Sales Suspended By B-CAS Card Hacking via Buzzap Gree Platform Launched For 153 Countries 90’s… Continue reading Japan’s Web News Week 21
Your Fly Can’t Be Opened – Open Zipper Alert System
Niconico user A0 invented an alarm system for guys who tend to forget to zip up their fly, named “Chakku Shimewasure Boushi Debaisu”(device to prevent from forgetting to close your fly). http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/nm16976797 (The first one minutes explains how to make it, the demo starts around 1:00.) By this, you will notice that your fly is… Continue reading Your Fly Can’t Be Opened – Open Zipper Alert System
Fakes On Annular Solar Eclipse So Buzzed
Last week, Japanese Twittersphere had much debate on the topic how Twitter and social media are weak against disinformation, as a false news site Kyoko-shimbun was criticized by publishing a fake news with a real politician’s name and photo. The big astronomical event on May 21 morning gave us lots of moving photos, but it… Continue reading Fakes On Annular Solar Eclipse So Buzzed
Japan’s Web News Week 20
This week’s Japanese Web/IT related news which we did not write as a dedicated article. Referred pages are all in Japanese, unless otherwise stated. Cybridge Purchases Naked Technology From Mixi Buffalo USA Ships The World’s First 11ac WiFi Router Which Is 3X Faster Than 11n Flipboard Japanese Localization Announced [En] Yahoo! Japan Finance To Make… Continue reading Japan’s Web News Week 20