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Christmas Tree Powered by Electric Eel

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Dec 052010

When an aquarium in Japan planned their holiday displays for Christmas, they decided to harness the natural talents of an electric eel. The lights on a Christmas tree are powered by the eel’s natural electricity, which is picked up by two aluminum panels in the tank that act as electrodes.

Google Maps Fun

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Dec 042010

1. Go to Google Maps.

2. Go to “Get Directions.”

3. Type “Japan” as start location.

4. Type “China” as end location.

5. Go to direction number 43.

6. Laugh.

Japanese TSA Airport Security Guy

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Nov 242010

This parody aired on Japanese television but does not require a translation to grasp it’s visual comedy.

I thought that when Barack Hussein Obama was elected the whole world would respect America. Instead we have become the laughing stock of the world.

Japanese Robot Has Incredibly Realistic Facial Expressions

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Oct 292010

From Neatorama:

Actroid-F looks almost human. Not just in the way its face is sculpted, but the way that it moves. Guinness World Records lists it as the first true android. In the above video, the robot mimics the expressions of its operator. The people behind the project suggest that it could be placed in hospitals as an observer.

HRP-4C Dance

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Oct 202010

Japan’s AIST has impressed us before with its android robots, but this new video of gynoid HPR4C is enough to…well, seriously give us the shivers. She’s dancing, and if you squint, you’d almost mistake her for a real girl.

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