Fuel hike is driving you crazy! Don’t worry, a Japanese company has developed a new fuel cell system for cars that needs only water and air. It eliminates the need for a hydrogen reformer and high-pressure hydrogen tank. Video after the break.


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A Chinese company has developed the Harbin Smart Special Aerocraft, a flying saucer that can climb up a distance of up to 1,000 yards and at a speed of 50 mph and can remain air bound for 40 minutes. It takes 12 years time and $4.1 million dollars in developing this flying saucer. I believe I can fly.

[via TechFresh]

Here’s an official footage of the B2 Bomber crash. The aircraft was fully destroyed. Of course, pilots were ejected before the crashed and survived. Video after the break.

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Japanese scientists have come out with a noodle bowl/ ramen bowl which only can be seen through the microscope. The ramen bowl experiment included a string of “noodles” that measured one-12,500th of an inch in length, with a thickness of one-1.25 millionth of an inch. This microscopic bowl was first created in December 2006 then revealed yesterday after it was sent for a microphotography competition this month.

“We believe it’s the world’s smallest ramen bowl, with the smallest portion of noodles inside, though they are not edible,” Nakao said.

[Full story at Yahoo News]

Besides purchasing drinks or ciggy with your phone, you can get your McMeal paid with your phone in Japan’s McDonald’s. McDonald’s in Japan will introduce a downloadable coupon for Sony Felica-enabled phones in its Japanese restaurants. This new payment application is called Kasazu coupon, which is downloadable to consumer’s phone at the point-of-sale. Consumer then places their phone on a reader to make their payment. McDonald’s will begin the test of the e-coupon in 175 stores and then soon roll it out to the 3,800 outlets in Japan. Most of the Japanese mobile phones are equipped with the Sony Felica Technology, making it even easier to test the concept.

The Kazasu Coupons will allow McDonald to target coupons and campaigns directly to customer’s mobile phones according to their preferences and purchase history

[via FarEastGizmos]

Yeah…I believed in the future, we won’t be collecting newspaper anymore as the electronic paper is getting more improvement. Today, Epson has unveiled their new 13.4-inch (A4-size) electronic paper at SID 2008, in Los Angeles, the US. It features 3104 × 4128 pixels and definition as high as 385ppi. It was developed by combining the electrophoretic electronic ink of E Ink Corp and a low-temperature polycrystal Si-TFT of Seiko Epson. The TFT was formed on a glass substrate and its contrast ratio is 10:1 and reflectance is 40%. With this prototype, Seiko Epson considers that the company entered the final stage of replacing traditional papers with electronic paper. Epson plan to do a market research and considering of selling these electronics papers in the future.

[via FareEastGizmos]

WTF! Another new high tech bra. Check out the Embedded Bra shown in Beauty World Japan exhibition in Tokyo. This bra will help to prevents supposedly harmful radiation from cell phones to invade the wearer’s body and also to improve moods while reducing stress simultaneously. Alright, that’s cool and that’s healthy. No more picture after the break. By the way, WTF stands for What’s That For, lol.

[via Ubergizmo]

What is this elephant doing in the toilet? Alright, it called the Urinal Elephant aka the Dasubee toilet scrubbing robot. Yes, it helps to clean those stains on the urinal. Check it out after the break.

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You have seen the Automate Garage for cars. Now take a look on the bicycle. The Japanese company has built this automated multi level parking structure for bicycles and charges 100 Yen (about $1) per day or 1,800 Yen (about $18) for a month which is a lot cheaper than the impound fee.

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WTF! Somewhere in the world, they have a special PCs working on fuel which can be connect directly to your car’s fuel tank. It is use to analyzes the fuel condition and also diagnoses the overall condition of the car, while consuming some gas fluid. More pictures after the break.

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