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Motoman assembles camera Posted by: pinktentacle3
Video duration: 79 seconds Say cheese. Related: camera, electric, motoman, yaskawa |
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Simroid (a.k.a. 'Pain Girl') Posted by: pinktentacle3
Video duration: 201 seconds Simroid (a.k.a. 'Pain Girl'), dentist training robot. Related: android, dentist, fembot, japan, kokoro, patient, robot, simroid |
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Tokyo underground Posted by: pinktentacle3
Video duration: 140 seconds Tokyo underground Related: earthquake, oedo, subway, tokyo |
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Simroid Posted by: pinktentacle3
Video duration: 150 seconds Simroid is a dental patient robot developed as a training tool for aspiring dentists. She can follow spoken instructions, closely monitor a dentist's performance during mock treatments, and react in a human-like way to pain. She was built by Kokoro Company Ltd. Related: dentist, fembot, japan, kokoro, patient, robot, simroid |
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Human bobsled vs. motorcycle Posted by: pinktentacle3
Video duration: 197 seconds Rollerman races motorcycle in Japan Related: bobsled, buggy, buggyrollin, japan, motorcycle, rollerman, rollin |
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Daruma-otoshi skyscraper demolition Posted by: pinktentacle3
Video duration: 35 seconds New skyscraper demolition method by Kajima Corporation. Music: 'Nights Interlude' - Nightmares on Wax Related: building, daruma, demolition, japan, kajima, lapse, motion, nightmares, on, otoshi, skyscraper, stop, time, tokyo, wax |
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Siphonophore Posted by: pinktentacle3
Video duration: 42 seconds More info: http://www.pinktenta cle.com/2008/12/siph onophore-deep-sea-su perorganism-video/ Related: siphonophore |
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Tremoctopus defense mechanism Posted by: pinktentacle3
Video duration: 45 seconds Defense mechanism of Tremoctopus, or blanket octopus Related: blanket, murasakidako, octopus, tremoctopus |
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Halluc II Posted by: pinktentacle3
Video duration: 82 seconds This prototype of the Halluc II, a robotic vehicle under development at the Chiba Institute of Technology, has eight wheels and legs and is able to drive or walk over rugged terrain. The researchers hope to put the robot into practical use within the next five years. Related: furo, halluc-ii, japan, robot, transportation, vehicle |
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Dekochari Posted by: pinktentacle3
Video duration: 229 seconds Japanese art bikes. Soundtrack is "Ichiban-boshi Blues" (by Bunta Sugawara and Kinya Aikawa). The video pieces together random scenes from "Dekochari Yarou." Related: art, bicycle, bike, dekochari, dekotora, japan |
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Tokyo monkey sighted in Omotesando Posted by: pinktentacle3
Video duration: 97 seconds Monkey sightings were reported in Omotesando one day after a wild Japanese macaque caused a commotion at Tokyo's Shibuya station. Related: harajuku, japan, monkey, omotesando, shibuya, subway, tokyo, train |
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Aquarium toilet Posted by: pinktentacle3
Video duration: 75 seconds This underwater restroom built into the side of an aquarium is located at a cafe in Akashi, Japan. Related: aquarium, japan, toilet |
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U-Tsu-Shi-O-Mi Posted by: pinktentacle3
Video duration: 115 seconds U-Tsu-Shi-O-Mi is an interactive "mixed reality" humanoid robot, originally developed by NTT DoCoMo, which appears as a computer-animated character when viewed through a special head-mounted display. Related: 3d, avatar, cg, humanoid, japan, robot, virtual, vr |
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Reversible Destiny Lofts Posted by: pinktentacle3
Video duration: 51 seconds For rent: Reversible Destiny Lofts Related: arakawa, architecture, destiny, gins, japan, lofts, mitaka, reversible, tokyo |
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Earthrise, Earthset Posted by: pinktentacle3
Video duration: 99 seconds Video of Earth rising and setting over the moon's horizon, taken with the HDTV camera aboard Japan's KAGUYA (SELENE) lunar explorer on November 7, 2007. Related: earth, earthrise, earthset, eno, hdtv, jaxa, moon, space |
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Three bioluminescent sea creatures Posted by: pinktentacle3
Video duration: 125 seconds (3) Firefly squid, (2) Bioluminescent plankton, (1) Bioluminescent comb jelly. Related: bioluminescence, bioluminescent, comb, creature, firefly, jelly, life, marine, plankton, sea, squid |
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Deep-sea feeding frenzy Posted by: pinktentacle3
Video duration: 71 seconds Time-lapse video of dinner on the ocean floor. Giant isopods, eels and crabs feed on a fish carcass. Related: deepsea, eel, giant, isopod |
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Actroid DER2 Posted by: pinktentacle3
Video duration: 117 seconds Actroid DER2, a feminine guide robot by Kokoro, a Sanrio Group company, was unveiled at Sanrio headquarters in Tokyo on October 4, 2006. Related: actroid, android, der2, fembot, kokoro, robot, sanrio |
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Styrofoam dome home Posted by: pinktentacle3
Video duration: 23 seconds Assembly of styrofoam dome house manufactured by Japan Dome House, Co., Ltd. Related: dome, home, house, japan, styrofoam |
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Sony's flexible full-color OLED Posted by: pinktentacle3
Video duration: 37 seconds Sony has unveiled what is billed as the world's first flexible, full-color OLED (organic light-emitting diode) display. Related: display, flexible, full-color, oled, sony |
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Yaskawa Motoman plays taiko drums Posted by: pinktentacle3
Video duration: 30 seconds MOTOMAN industrial robots manufactured by Yaskawa Electric play taiko drums at the 400-year-old Kokura Gion Daiko Festival in Kitakyushu, Japan. Related: daiko, drums, festival, gion, japan, kitakyushu, kokura, motoman, robot, taiko, yaskawa |
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Monkey on the loose in Tokyo Posted by: pinktentacle3
Video duration: 58 seconds Monkey at Shibuya station. Related: monkey, shibuya, tokyo |
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Untitled: Koichiro Tsujikawa Posted by: pinktentacle3
Video duration: 69 seconds Untitled (2004): This short film by Koichiro Tsujikawa was commissioned by Panasonic for the 2004 Olympics. Related: koichiro, olympics, panasonic, tsujikawa |
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Indonesian coelacanth Posted by: pinktentacle3
Video duration: 51 seconds This rare video of the Indonesian coelacanth filmed was filmed by a team of Japanese researchers in May-June 2006. This is the second known video of the Indonesian coelacanth in its natural habitat (a German team captured the Indonesian coelacanth on video in 1999). Related: coelacanth, indonesian |
























