Sony, Daiwa Turn Home Electronics Into Moe Characters

 

 Sony Computer Science Laboratory (Sony CSL) and  Daiwa House Industry are developing a Kadecot system to control home electronics and appliances through a smartphone app, and they have anthropomorphized the project as moe characters under the name Moekaden (萌家電 ;lit.Moe Home Appliances).

Digital diva Hatsune Miku makes her U.S. debut at this weekend’s Anime Expo

 "It’s strangely fitting that the biggest guest at the 20th annual Anime Expo at the Los Angeles Convention Center this weekend won’t physically be present. Japan’s virtual pop star Hatsune Miku — the petite “android diva” created by Crypton Future Media in 2007 through a combination of holography, computer animation and computer-generated vocals — will appear in concert at the Nokia Theatre on Saturday in her first “live” performance in the U.S."

                                                                                                    -Los Angeles Times

Taiwan Army: We have Transformers... 98年國軍招募廣告:變形金剛...

 Although this is a video back from 2009, I thought it was interesting to see how the ROC military made a 60 second commercial with "Transformers" being part of the army... it was made by 4 people, using 860,000 NT$ to complete.

2012 Porsche 911

 

 Back in Feburary 2012, the Top Gear team climbed into something that looked like Porsche 911... and they had to keep it a secret... until now.

Photoshoot: GSC 1/8 Hirasawa Yui

 I finally had time to take some pictures of this lovely figure... enjoy!