Besides having her own PSP music game, and an upcoming arcade game, Miku is a robot too. Well someone built her.

Created for this year’s CEATEC JAPAN show, the droid cannot dance around, but she can move her head around and sing.

Not bad!! I only have objections to her eyes. :P

Source: Kotaku

This awesome Toyota Prius is wheelchair-friendly. All you need to do is press a button to keep the wheelchair away!

The top of the Toyota looks bulky and weird. On the other hand the device is pretty funky, though I would prefer putting the wheelchair in the boot myself. Lol
Source: Home Care & Rehabilitation Exhibition held earlier this week in Tokyo via Japan Probe

3D will be taking over your TV in 2010. Imagine playing your PS3 games and being able to view the graphics.. in 3D. Well a joy for some, but definitely not for me.

This kind of 3D doesn’t need a “special” TV (catch: you will need a 200hz+ set); rather, you just need a set of stereoscopic glasses, the likes of which you’ve probably already used once or twice at the movies in recent years. Or even at a games show, to play some WipeOut.
The update will come via a firmware …

We all know that the food in Japan is extremely expensive. Yeah, even the stuff imported over here for us buyers, cost a lot. A bottle of drink can cost you up to 3-4 dollars. So how much are you expecting for these specially-shaped cucumbers? You don’t even have to cut the cucumber to achieve the shape you want!

By raising the vegetables in simple plastic molds, one producer creates heart and star-shaped cucumbers that, when sliced, can add a touch of Hallmark holiday to any salad.
Well, only shapes available now …

While we are waiting anxiously for the so-called “PS3 Slim” to be confirmed at Gamescom Cologne 2009 in Germany, the Xbox gets it’s own slim version first.

The Xbox has been modded by a guy called Bandit5317.
His Xbox is one-inch wide, losing the clunky disc drive and replacing it with a 320GB HDD.

Slim Xbox is amazing! Looks cool and not clunky anymore. It’ll definitely be selling like hotcakes should that ever get officially released.
Source: Xbox-Scene via Gizmodo via Kotaku

While Japanese banks have been using this technology for years, Hitachi have implemented this technology to – Vending Machines ^^. You can pay your can or bottle drinks using your veins! No coins or bills are involved ;)

Hitachi’s proprietary biometric authentication system requires that users first register an account (probably linking their vein pattern to their registered credit card), but it allows the buyers to purchase a can of green tea or coffee by inserting their hand into the machine for a quick scan!
The company also incorporated a digital signage …

Ever wonder whether your dog is feeling sad? Or happy? Or frustrated? It seems that Tomy Co has thought up of a new version of its device called “Bowlingual Voice”.

The wireless microphone device, which fits on a dog’s collar, transmits the animal’s sound to a handheld console which analyzes and “translates” into six emotional categories. The device then emits a common phrase matching the dog’s emotional state, both in words and voices.
I never actually heard of this device before.. Anyone? Well, now we just need one that can simply tell …

Just when we thought Japan is ready for world domination with their 1/1 scale Gundam, we have a $200,000 robot which prepares ramen at Yamanashi Eatery – Momozono Robot Ramen! The age of technology is certainly advancing. Soon we will have robots who can wash your toilets?
The ramen-making robot was built by 60-year-old shop owner Yoshihira Uchida, who spent about 20 million yen on its construction.

Customers can place their orders on a computer in the shop, choosing the various flavors they prefer. There are 40 million flavors permutations available O_O. …

Many people in Tokyo of Japan cycles. And it’s MANY! So many that the bike parking garage is awesome.

The gigantic, robotic, underground bike parking garage utilizes RFID. People drop off their bikes at the garage, where a robotic arm reads their RFID card to identify it. It then brings the bike to its designated parking spot among thousands of other bikes stored there. At the end of the day, a swipe of the card brings the bike back to the surface in about 10 seconds.
And all this for around 18 …