Link Fire: 17th July 09
Gadgets
- Choken Bako greedy dog coin bank – Put a coin into the bowl and the greedy dog swallows it! [link]
- USB key drive – This USB drive is shaped like a key literally. Comes in 5 colors. [link]
Science/Tech
- Contactless charging – Awesome contactless charging system demonstrated by Showa Aircraft Industry Co Ltd. This system uses an electromagnetic induction to send energy through the air up to a meter apart without affecting anything in between. This means electrical appliances in the future could be running without having to be plugged into an electrical outlet ever. [link]
Games
- Dragon Quest IX Japan intro video – First look at the first few minutes of the much hyped about Dragon Quest IX game, including battle gameplay. [video]
- Xbox Live update – Xbox Live is undergoing an update on Monday, check out what’s in store. [link]
Cool
- The art of fake Japanese food making – Often seen those wonderful and realistic-looking fake food samples displayed outside Japanese eateries? Now you have the opportunity to see how they’re made. [video]
- Garbage art – A pile of trash rearranged to produce a silhouette of art. [flickr]
Odd/WTF
- Weird China hotel – Tianzi hotel in China, is a unique hotel shaped in the form of Chinese deities. [pic]
- iBum chair – This armchair sofa comes with a photocopying machine pointing up your bum. So watch as these people try it out and get a free photocopied image of their flattened ass. [video]
- Pyramid shaped watermelon – Japanese pyramid shaped watermelons grown in a Hokkaido farm, just like the square ones they’re expensive! [link]
- What MJ could look like in 2000 – An artist’s impression of how Michael Jackson could look like in 2000, from 1985. [pic]
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