househacker/tags/japan http://www.househacker.com/ househacker/tags/japan Finally a Stove with Voice Navigation inanimate object interaction, then Sanyo's got you covered. Sanyo has developed an intelligent oven with voice navigation capabilities. Although it's difficult to discern from the translated page if the oven is internet aware (as this oven is), the oven does come complete with voice feedback/cooking instructions as well as melodies that play at certain times during the cooking process (i.e. when water has boiled, or cooking is complete). The songs can be downloaded to your mobile phone and IR'ed over to the oven.

via PopGadget]]> http://www.househacker.com/permanent/Finally-a-Stove-with-Voice-Navigation Citizen Shows Off 3mm Thin Flexible Clock E-ink. The clock is only 3mm thick and can bend around pillars, making it visible from many angles. This would be a fine addition to any recroom, fitting in nicely with your 360 degree LED television. From Yahoo:

Citizen will start production of the clock early next year upon receiving orders with a price tag at 500,000-600,000 yen (4,200-5,000 dollars) each.

via engadget]]> http://www.househacker.com/permanent/Citizen--Shows-Off-3mm-Thin-Flexible-Clock Bizarre and Interesting List of Japanese Home Appliances
Electric Bucket
Also in today, a bucket still exists in a home and it is used for various uses, such as bleaching of a shirt, pasting, and every clothing beginning. It has been said that it being dirty and putting into a washing machine suddenly washes by hand division washing of the thing, for example, a dustcloth etc., and important lingeries in a bath just for a moment.

It sure does.

Some interesting items:
  • A refrigerator that opens from either side
  • Variable height bathroom vanity
  • Electric carpet
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    ]]>     http://www.househacker.com/permanent/Japanese-Paper-Lampshade-HowTo     Brondell Swash 600 High Tech Toilet Seat Dave Samuel. The one time dot com entrepreneur was not content to simply relax on some Caribbean island after co-founding and subsequently selling internet radio company "Spinner" to AOL for $320 million. No, Samuel combined a fascination with high end electronic Japanese toilets with a mind for business to produce a start-up called Brondell. Samuel's goal is to bring Japanese toilet technology to America, and the Brondell Swash 600 is his first offering (along with the non-bum-drying Swash 400).

    The 600 offers a warm-air dryer, temperature-controlled heated seat, remote control, massage, dual nozzle action, and gentle close lid. ]]>     http://www.househacker.com/permanent/Brondell-Swash-600-High-Tech-Toilet-Seat