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Tomy Co Ltd and Sanyo Electric Co Ltd held a press conference on July 20 to introduce Tomy’s bipedal humanoid robot, the i-SOBOT. According to Tomy, i-SOBOT has already been certified as “the smallest humanoid robot in production” by Guinness World Records.

i-SOBOT powered by Sanyo’s eneloop (Image courtesy of Tech-On)

The 165mm-high robot is capable of recognizing voice commands, and can ’speak’ and respond to hundreds of words and phrases. It can perform pre-programmed actions, has over 90 types of sound effect and is able to play five songs.

i-SOBOT’s suggested retail price is ¥31,290 (~USD260); it is expected to go on sale in the US and Japan this October, and in Europe in early 2008.

Japanese invent the darnest things… here comes the shit vending machine! [Ale]

Okie, you should be smart enough to know that they are not selling real sh!t; it’s sort of some plastic toys look-a-like instead. Below is a video (in Spanish) from Ale who lives in Fukuoka and bought a piece of shit…

Walk your dog virtually… at least you won’t need to worry about the poo…

‘Walking the dog’ (Image courtesy of Tokyomango)

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