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Castoven Microwave Entertains You With YouTube Videos As It Warms Food Up [Video]
At the Keio University in Japan, two researchers have developed a microwave that entertains you with more than just your dinner spinning around on a plate and getting warmed up in the process. This microwave will actually pull a random video from YouTube that is the same time length as the time entered for warming up the food. The microwave has speakers so that you can hear the video too. The concept of this product was part of a research paper [PDF in Japanese] intended to make life more entertaining by mashing up web content and appliances. Its too bad this appliance is not for sale yet.
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Walky Robot Acknowledges Multi-Touch On The iPhone [Video]
The Walky Robot is a project designed by students at the Keio University in Japan. The students were able to make a toy robot acknowledge finger gestures on an iPhone. The robot also acknowledges the movements in accelerometer. Finger gestures can control the movement of the robot walking. Above is a video demo.
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Japan Plans To Produce Electric Buses In 2011
As of right now there are cars and trains that are electric, but electric buses have not been made in mass production yet. The Japanese wants to get in on this. Several local companies and institutions are partnering in Japan to produce large-sized and eco-friendly buses.
The electric bus will be based on an Electric Lithium-Ion Car (Eliica) that was developed at Keio University. The Eliica (pictured above) almost reminded me of the Ghostbusters car. The Eliica can hit a top speed of 230MPH. Isuzu will be in charge of the final design of the car.
The Japan Ministry of the Environment is sponsoring the electric bus project with $5 million. Mass production is expected to start in 2011. On a single charge, the bus is expected to run 150km on a single charge. The costs of running an electric bus is supposedly 90% lower than diesel buses.
[via CrunchGear]