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The Jellyfish that Ate Tokyo: Film at 11 PM!

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:47:55 GMT

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clipper's remarks: What a fish tale - wonder what part is tru and what part is... wait a minute - there's a news flash, something crawling out of Ohio River at Cincinnati! Whew! Never mind just someone trying to get on a reality show.

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Friday Reads: The Jellyfish Typhoon Edition

Nomura's jellyfish contemplates curious diver. Photo: CDNN

The jellyfish are coming! The jellyfish are coming! Off the coast of Japan, fishing boats are locked in battle with a veritable armada of jellyfish. They actually sank one boat! Also known as Echizen kurage or Nemopilema nomurai, Nomura’s jellyfish aren’t your garden variety jellyfish, growing 6 feet long and 400 pounds heavy.

Last week, the 10-ton Japanese fishing vessel Daisan Shinso-maru bit off more than it could chew, capsizing while attempting to bring in a net full of jellyfish. (All the crew members were safely rescued.)

Tags: eco-crazy, jeffy fish that ate yokohama

Eyeballs Control

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:44:23 GMT

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Researchers Turn to Eyeballs to Control Devices

Researchers at NTT DoCoMo have developed a set of prototype in-ear headphones that can detect and measures changes in the body's electrical state that take place when your eyes move, and have harnessed this technology to control the music player on a mobile phone.

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Introducing the gadgets you can control with your eyes

A researcher for NTT DoCoMo demonstrates how to control a digital music player with his eyes in Tokyo

The new technology from Japanese mobile giant NTT DoCoMo may also enable cell phone cameras to read bar codes to get product information, download music and coupons when the user simply looks at the codes.

'We are working on a cell phone of the future,' Masaaki Fukumoto, executive research engineer at NTT said.

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CEATEC: Eyeballs control a cell phone

NTT DoCoMo showed a set of prototype in-ear headphones that can detect and measures changes in the body's electrical state when your eyes move.

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Tags: gadgets, interface, control

17 Biggest Buddhas on Earth

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:37:20 GMT

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Image: David Schroeter

Bigger, better, heavier – that seems to be the motto of Asia’s amazing Buddha statues. Our list features actual statues as well as destroyed and planned ones but all have to be taller than 50 m (165 ft). Where does that leave the most famous and sadly destroyed ones, the Buddhas of Bamyan? At 180 ft, they are some of the shortest! Read on to discover which one tops the list. A hint: it’s a good 500 ft!

Have you ever wondered why some Buddhas are depicted standing, some seated and some even lying down? And why they all pose their hands in unique gestures? Not to forget the sheer number of gigantic statues. Well, according to tradition, Buddha images must be high enough so that their feet are above people’s eye level to avoid any accidental soiling.

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Tags: tallest buddha, tokyo wan kannon, ushiku daibutsu, uttar pradesh

Honda Skydeck Concept- Tokyo Preview |Honda Skydeck Concept – Auto Shows | Honda SkyDeck concept

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:06:44 GMT

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Honda Skydeck Concept- Tokyo Preview | Honda Skydeck Concept – Auto Shows | Honda SkyDeck concept

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Lexus LFA Supercar

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:21:24 GMT

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Clip Source: www.extravaganzi.com

Matte Black Lexus LFA Makes US Debut

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Posted November 4, 2009 at 23:18

After its world debut just a few weeks ago at the Tokyo Auto Show, Lexus gave an audience of media and aftermarket tuners the first look on U.S. soil of the its new LFA supercar.

Tags: car, lexus, luxury, supercar

New Crossing Londons Oxford Circus

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:59:29 GMT

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Clip Source: tvnz.co.nz

Pedestrians usually run a gauntlet of fear and frustration in London's Oxford Circus.

But not any more, after one of Europe's busiest diagonal crossings opened at the junction of famous shopping strips Oxford Street and Regent Street on Monday.

Rather than waiting impatiently on crammed footpaths and having to cross two streets, or darting over the road to beat the lights, hurrying shoppers can cross the bustling thoroughfare in an "X" shape quickly - and safely.

Based on the Shibuya crossing in Tokyo, the new design stops traffic in all directions at once, allowing the junction to handle double the number of pedestrians and ease overcrowding.

London Mayor Boris Johnson unveiled the crossing by striking a giant cymbal in homage to its Asian inspiration as Japanese musicians played taiko drums.

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Group Airfare Discounts

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:38:00 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Groupsource is among famous group travel specialists that can help people lodge, drive & fly to their favorite destinations all over the world at lowest discount airfare.

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Tokyo	$ 467	$ 567	$ 677	$ 707	$ 698
Osaka	$ 487	$ 587	$ 677	$ 677	$ 677
Nagoya	$ 518	$ 678	$ 758	$ 678	$ 678
Fukuoka	$ 758	$ 818	$ 938	$ 978	$ 978
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Autistic artist Stephen Wiltshire draws spellbinding 18ft picture of New York from memory... after a

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:01:12 GMT

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Clip Source: www.dailymail.co.uk

This astonishing 18ft drawing of the world’s most famous skyline was created by autistic artist Stephen Wiltshire after he spent just 20 minutes in a helicopter gazing at the panorama.

The unbelievably intricate picture was drawn at Brooklyn’s prestigious Pratt Institute from Stephen’s memory, with details of every building sketched in to scale.

Landmarks including the Empire State Building and the Chrysler Building can be seen towering above smaller buildings after just three days in his spellbinding creation.

Inspired: Stephen listens to his iPod as he sketches the famous skyline. He draws heavily on music from the 70s to the 90s

Heavy duty: Stephen uses up to 12 pens and takes up to a week for each skyline

True to life: Stephen's sketch mirrors the actual skyline, pictured, capturing the Chrysler Building (right), the MetLife Building (centre) and the Rockefeller Center (left)

World famous: Stephen's drawings of Tokyo, Rome and Hong Kong have dumbfounded art lovers around the globe

Top Production Cars

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:52:22 GMT

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clipper's remarks: For the Men!

Clip Source: autos.ca.msn.com

Tokyo 2009 - Top five production cars

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Honda reaffirmed its pledge to electric and hybrid vehicles at the Tokyo show with the CR-Z. The two-seat hybrid sports coupe boasts sleek styling, an efficient hybrid drivetrain and a six-speed manual transmission.

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Amazing Tree Houses

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:12:28 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Reminds me of Lord Of The Rings. Be nice to live in one, doncha think?

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Top 8 Most Amazing Tree Houses

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5. This amazing treehouse above was designed by Takashi Kobayashi, one of japan’s leading treehouse creators. This house was designed after an advertising agency in Tokyo, hired him to design a treehouse for a Nescafé commercial now running on Japanese television. Mr. Kobayashi built an oval bird’s nest of a house, 12 feet high and 9 feet in diameter, reached by a circular staircase, and the final price for this tree house was about $38,000. The house is located on a field there owned by the town of Kamishihoro, where it remains an enticing, if off-limits, gift from Nestlé, the makers of Nescafé, to the people of Hokkaido. – Via – NyTimes

2009 Tokyo Motor Show Concept Cars video

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:19:54 GMT

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2009 Tokyo Motor Show Concept Cars video

A quick look at the concept vehicles introduced at the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show.

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RARE PHOTOS: Giant Squid Eaten by Sperm Whale

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:18:51 GMT

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Clip Source: news.nationalgeographic.com

October 29, 2009—Carrying the remains of a roughly 30-foot (9-meter) giant squid in her jaws, a female sperm whale, with a calf at her side, swims near the surface off Japan's Bonin Islands (map)in the northwestern Pacific. Taken on October 15, this and other "absolutely sensational" new pictures offer rare proof of the sperm whale's taste for giant squid, said giant squid expert Steve O'Shea of the Auckland University of Technology in New Zealand.

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Eating on the run, a female sperm whale carries the remains of a giant squid off the Bonin Islands, about 621 miles (1,000 kilometers) south of Tokyo, on October 15, 2009.

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A female sperm whale, carrying a piece of giant squid in her mouth, leads a gargantuan dinner party in the northwestern Pacific on October 15, 2009. Sperm whales are voracious hunters of squid, and one animal can consume an estimated 110 million tons a year.

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a sperm whale's catch--a giant squid--drifts free

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(3.5-meter-long) leftover

Tags: national geographic, sperm whale, squid

Haunted Mansion Death Certificate on DoomBuggies.com - Created by David Occhino Design

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:32:32 GMT

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clipper's remarks: This small two-page website allows visitors to create a frightfully fun "death certificate" themed to Disney's Haunted Mansions in California, Florida, Tokyo and Phantom Manor in Disneyland, Paris. Those who visit the site fill out a simple form, click a button and a custom certificate is created for free and no email address or other personal information is collected.

Clip Source: www.doombuggies.com

Tags: haunted mansion, phantom manor, disney, disneyland, doombuggies.com, david occhino design

Williams Lea

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:29:56 GMT

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Clip Source: www.businesswire.com

Williams Lea is the leading global provider of Corporate Information Solutions. As a BPO organization, Williams Lea combines consultancy, unique expertise and the latest integrated technology to develop solutions that transform the way organizations communicate and exchange their printed and electronic information. Williams Lea employs over 10,000 staff across Europe, the US and Asia Pacific with key centers in London, Dublin, Paris, Frankfurt, Bonn, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Sydney, Hong Kong, Beijing and Chennai. Our clients include many world leading organizations in sectors such as financial services, investment banking, legal and professional services, retail telecoms, automotive, energy, utilities and pharmaceuticals. For more information visit www.williamslea.com.

World Climate

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:02:05 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The weather whether you like it or not

Clip Source: www.worldclimate.com

What the weather is normally like for tens of thousands of places worldwide!

Around various cities: London, UK - Paris, France - Rome, Italy - New York, USA - Vancouver, Canada - Sydney, Australia - Moskva (Moscow), Russia - Tokyo, Japan - Beijing, China - San Francisco Bay Area, USA - Cairo, Egypt - Bangkok, Thailand - Lima, Peru

WorldClimate.com contains over 85,000 records of world climate data (historical weather averages) from a wide range of sources. See about worldclimate for details and instructions. At present, all placenames and COUNTRIES are shown with the names they had at the time the data was recorded. I am well aware many, especially in eastern Europe, have changed country since! Please also read the frequently asked questions. A new version with updated places and countries, plus much more climate and weather data, will be online soon.