What was once science fiction is becoming a reality faster than you
might have thought thanks to the work of internationally-supported
applied presence and applied cognitive neuroscience research. Just ask Tirosh Shapira who recently, from a laboratory in Israel, commanded a humanoid robot
in a French laboratory to walk and pick up objects simply by imagining that he himself was walking and picking up objects.
Strangers won’t mess with one’s personal portable potables thanks to Bandai’s Magic Pets, plastic critters who “live” in your water bottle, personalizing it and keeping owners entertained all the while.
Biomimicry is almost a byword of the Defense
Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Indeed, if any group has
discovered that ‘nature does it better,’ it’s DARPA, and you have to
admit the Agency is pretty adept at imitating it. Here, are two of
DARPA’s latest robotic tributes to nature’s designs: the Cheetah Bot and
the Pack Mule Bot.
Yo dawg, I herd you like spoons, so Japan’s Village Vanguard made a plate like a spoon so you can spoon your eats from a spoon-shaped plate!
Apple’s highly-anticipated iPhone 5 is finally here and what do China’s fanatical fanboys & gals get after their long wait? A longer iPhone… Really? Less than impressed with this critical post-Jobs product, China’s clever, creative and critical netizens have logged into China’s social media matrix to call Apple out.
Only 50 Limited-Edition White Leica M9-P digital full-frame rangefinder cameras are available for sale, and all 50 are exclusive to the Japanese market. Priced at an astounding 2.625 million yen or around $35,500 each, these white Leica M9-P cameras sell at five times the price of standard Leica M9-P cameras.
iPad owners everywhere are raising their voices about raising their iPads. It may be the latest First World Problem but fear not, Apple Fanboys (and Fangirls), Shanghai Donya’s got a first-rate solution: the Folding iPad Stand.
The late Chairman Mao Zedong, founding father of the People’s Republic of China and global revolutionary icon, is still revered in China though the country has taken a radical turn down the capitalist road since his passing in 1976. These 8 revised and reimagined Mao posters reference the Great Helmsman’s impressive pop culture presence to sell consumer goods and more to today’s well-washed & wealthy proletariat.
T-shirt designs that ape the look of a buckled seat belt have proved popular sellers in China, a place where widespread ignorance of laws requiring seat belt use makes such avoidance the 3rd-leading cause of traffic accident fatalities.
Have you come up with a new way to stack your shoes, line up your tools, or bunk your junk? Karl Champley,
the home improvement guru, is looking for new space saving products
that help folks organize their stuff and give them more room in their
own homes. So through Edison Nation, he’s asking you to submit your ideas.
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