Steve Jobs revives! He became the cool action-figure

Japanese figure maker Legend Toys made cool action-figure of Steve Jobs.

His expression, clothes, shoes, all of life-like. The sculptor of Legend Toys Kato  produced this. The size is 12 inches, and the price is US $ 149.99. Shipment is due to begin the end of January and Legend Toys accepts a reservation. Order page is here.

(c)2012 Legend Toys Limited

Apple start selling e-books in Japan

Japan's Nikkei scooped. Apple start selling e-books in Japan on iPad next month.

via http://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXNASDD31011_R31C12A2MM8000/?dg=1 (Japanese)

According to Nikkei, Apple cooperates with Japanese main publishing companies, Kodansya, Shougakukan and Kadokawa group Holdings.
I think that this is timely. Because 2013 is big year of public domain in Japan. Writers more than 60 became the public domain only on January 1, 2013. A lot of popular novelist and famous scholars are included in them. Japanese e-books users will increase more if Apple really launches e-books business in Japan.

Japanese boys band ARASHI used AR in a music TV show of the last day of the year

A Happy New Year! In Japan, new year began and passed for 2 hours. Japanese public broadcasting company NHK broadcasts a music TV show "Kōhaku Uta Gassen" every year on the last day of the year. The Japanese boys idol group ARASHI showed real-time Augmented reality there.

I was not able to take good photos...

Sensors were attached to their hands, and the AR CG were displayed in link with their dance. There were many audiences in the stage of this TV show. However, they cannot watch AR CG. Only TV viewers were able to watch this. This is direction only TV, and it may be said that it was a project to give added value to TV.

"Real Steel" become "real"

Real Steel is exciting movie! It is a thrilled movie for robot geeks. Would the Japanese TV company obtain an idea in it? Nihon TV recruits the participants of the robot battle TVprogram "Real Robot Battle Nihonichi Ketteisen!(リアルロボットバトル日本一決定戦！)".

This is the TV program that robots of the life size fight in a tournament. Nihon TV says, "We appeal to children carrying the next generation that preciousness of searching technology, pleasure of the invention and Joy to grant a dream".

The rule size of the robot is 150*90*90(cm). The design is a humanoid type.

This is a very exciting project. There are already some of popular humanoid types robots in Japan. Especially, KURATAS became the topic.



However, KURATAS is too big. Size of Asimo is just right.

Japanese Style camera apps "Decola Komachi"

Do you look for camera application to substitute for Instagram? Then I recommend Decola komachi.

Decola Komachi is the application that can decorate a photos with Japanese taste frames, stamps and wall papers. It supports Chinese, Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish as well as Japanese.

The usage does not change with other camera apps so much. At first, we trim a photo and coordinate contrast and brightness.

Next, we add frame. The kind of the frame are "Japanese-style", "Modern", "Ukiyoe" and "Funny".

Next, we put a filter. The filter is applied to only photo.

I did not use it, but this has the pen function.

Finally, we decorate photo by stamps. The kind of the stamps are "Japanese-style", "Japanese Stamp(Hanko)", "Message" and "Special".

We can change size and the angle of the stamps. By the way, a design sense is necessary for the placement of stamps:)

Completed! Did the stuffed toy become prettier?

And we can post the photo on Facebook and Twitter.

Furthermore, this has the collage function of photos. We locate 3 pieces of photos and can decorate these.

If you want to do different photo decorations, this is the most suitable camera apps.