If you stroll along the back streets of Akihabara and visit robot sites on the Internet fairly often, it would seem that tiny robots that do increasingly sophisticated little things are popping up regularly in Japan.
Take this interesting pet robot for single geeks announced by Robo Engine the other day.
Diminutive Pyuuun (Weee! in English) uses [...]
More like 2, actually. Yesterday, I was in Akihabara in Tokyo and took pictures of this huge promo billboard for the upcoming release of Windows Vista. The sign says “新世代プレミアム” (”New Generation Premium”) and “世界が変わる瞬間まであと3日” (”Three days until the world changes”). Considering the underwhelming reviews of Windows Vista, these are bold claims to make. I [...]
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