Dancing Storm Tropper in Akihabara

Danny Choo decided he would dress up as a Storm trooper from Star wars and dance in the streets of Akihabara in Tokyo. The results are quite funny due to people either completely acting as though he isnt there, or taking very strange looks.

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This robot is made of steel and was built in the early 1930s. It was created by Yasutaro Mitsui. I have no clue if this robot actually does anything or just stands there as there isnt much information that can be found about it.

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If you ever get fed up of eating spaghetti and having to twirl your fork numerous times to make the spaghetti stay there then you need to pick up a self twirling spaghetti fork. The spaghetti fork requires 2 AAA batteries to work and is even dishwasher friendly although do not put the whole unit in there… just the fork part.

The self twirling fork is available from bimbambanana and will cost you $27.

Marble Runs were cool when I was a kid. I had a huge setup in my bedroom with all the large plastic parts that clipped together. These days the marble run comes as an executive toy. The executive version comes in a small tin and each of the runners is black and about 6 – 8 cm in length. Small steel ball bearings are also included allowing you to create and play with your work of art.

You can get an Executive marble run for $12.99 in the US. It is also available in the UK.

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Store 80000 MP3s on this Server

The FMJ MS250 Music server from Arcam is capable of storing 80000 songs. It costs $6000 and can integrate in to most systems. It has a 400GB hard drive in it which can store about 640 uncompressed CDs or 4800 CDs in compressed format. The quality of the CD player on the device is said to be excellent and deliver very high quality. The device can attach to your PC or MP3 player via USB allowing you to copy MP3s over to it rather then having to manually add them with a CD.

4 Audio zones are supported so that it can be used in multiple rooms. Also the player can access internet radio via a network connection.

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Vehicle to Vehicle can warn of dangers around you

The V2V system has been created to help prevent drivers from having accidents. The system was created by General Motors and uses wireless technology with sensors to allow cars with the system fitted to communicate with each other up to 300 yards. The system aims to tell you when there is a car approaching around the corner, or to point out cars in your blind spot. When certain conditions are met you will be alerted so you can prepare and take action.

Unfortunately this will take GM 6 years to put in their production line for some reason even though it only costs about $250 per car. On another note, I do worry that this could make drivers more lazy. If I dont need to check certain things and assume that because the system says there is no car in my blind spot and go then there could be a time when there is a car there and I do not bother to check out of habit. However, if used correctly this could be very helpful in situations where you need to overtake, or drive on country roads where its difficult to see what is around the next corner.

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