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Saltasia luxury salt spa in Japan

Did you know that salt has anti-aging properties and promotes relaxation? Me neither, but luxury Japanese spa, Saltasia, is based entirely on the idea that women (at least those for whom money is no object) would gladly pay a...

Posted on August 8, 2008 1:39 PM

Caregiver robots to take care of Japan's elderly?

This makes me so sad. Robots in general have always made me sad, and it only got worse after I saw AI. In movies, relationships with robots are often doomed, and remind us of that sorry state of being...

Posted on August 1, 2008 11:41 AM

Tokyo breathing new life into karaoke

I haven't seen any real karaoke joints in the states, certainly nothing like the place depicted in the movie Lost in Translation. In my experience, karaoke is something that happens as an after-thought in dingy suburban bars and restaurants,...

Posted on December 28, 2007 10:57 AM

Jaxo's SnapABar gives the rest of us a sneak peak into QR

QR code is 2D barcode that is currently all the rage in Japan. The chief advantage of QR code over standard barcode is that it doesn't require great resolution to be understood by a QR code reader. Even a...

Posted on September 28, 2007 9:15 AM

PuchiPuchi bubble wrap simulator

Call it a guilty pleasure, but nothing beats the fun (and, perhaps, the stress-relieving benefits) of popping all the little cells on a sheet of bubble wrap. I fondly remember the days of my youth where there was always...

Posted on June 26, 2007 9:14 AM