Adult : Automatic sex machine

It seems the Koreans have taken the first step towards ensuring gender equality in Japan. The invention and export of 120 automatic sex machines to Japanese love hotels is finally giving women--many of whom claim never to have had an orgasm before--the chance to seek their own pleasure zones. Called The Dream Love Chair, the device is actually a set of two seating areas, one that thrusts and another that rotates at 10 different speeds. It's height-and incline-adjustable, too. A Korean robotics professor experimented with 100 couples to perfect this thing. He and the Japanese distributor, a company called AD-D, claim the biggest benefit is that it minimizes pelvic grinding. Obviously, they're guys.

Thank you Korea! We kick your ass in many things but you definitely beat us to the punch on this one.

USB : USB Mushroom Humidifier

Yes, I know it looks like I have fungal growth next to my desktop (and a forest behind my desk). I DO have a forest behind my desk, but that cute little mushroom is actually a humidifier. The water goes in the stem. Air is filtered through the mushroom head and circulated via its internal fan motor, and then released through the vents. It can run on batteries or charge via USB.

It's 2,362 yen and you can buy it here.

Gadgets : USB Sucky Ducky Vacuum Cleaner

Hi, I'm USB Ducky. I like to suck dirt off your keyboard and watch you work. My sucking can be turned off and on easily by a simple switch.

Buy me here for 1,480 yen.

New Tech : High-tech devices for blind and deaf people

Japan's Ministry of Health just launched a major collaborative effort with 10+ companies and research institutes to create highly exportable, high-tech devices for people with hearing and vision disabilities, including one that will instantly translate spoken words into cell phone text messages for the hearing impaired. Hitachi and IBM already have gadgets that will read web sites, but nothing that reads printed text from magazines.

Once these awesome devices are created, the Ministry will start by promoting them to local and regional governments, which are created by law to assist the hearing and vision impared. A total of 270,000 Japanese fit this category.

The robotic chick in the picture is Hitachi's animated sign language woman.

Full story here.

Gadgets : Ghost detector cell phone strap

Remember the high-tech ghost detector I posted that has sent manypeople on quests to find and map the dead? Well, now you can get a mini-cell phone strap version for less than 2000 yen.

This bad boy detects magnetic field alterations and body temperature fluctuations, then sends warning signals via different colored light patterns and eerie ghost noises.

Buys yours here.

Scientific : Sperm testing DIY

This ultra-thin, ultra-magnifying disposable loupe fits in your wallet with your credit cards and drivers license. The blue card magnifies by 500x and the pink by 1000x. Just place a tiny amount of whatever you're examining in the center hole, insert the enclosed prepalette in the slit, place a transparency on the lens card, and then prepare to stare.

The manufacturers surveyed 1000 people on favorite uses for this popular product, and the results were as follows:

1. To assess the health of sperm
2. To analyze the fluidity of red blood cells
3. To inspect hair follicles
4. To observe microorganisms

What is this woman so excited about, I wonder?

Get yours here.

Transports : Six Wheel Car