3.15.2017

The lantern speaker that changes colors with the drinks

If LED lantern, Bluetooth speaker, flashlight, drink bottle, all of them combine into one thing, the outdoor will become fun more easily. "PLAYFUL BASE LANTERN SPEAKER BOTTLE." is right such outdoor gear.


Its size is 70mm x 70mm x 215mm, and the function of an LED lantern, Bluetooth speaker, an LED flashlight, and drink bottle are packed with in that. It is water-proofing / dust-proofing specification, so users can use it in not only the outdoors such as the camping but also the bathroom. The LED lantern's brightness is 120lm, and colors of the light change by colors of the drinks which users poured into the drink bottle part. Coffee, tea, juice...etc, users can create atmospheres by drinks.


Speaker is non-directional, output is 3W, and available consecutively for about ten hours(It is six hours if users use the speaker function and the LED lantern function at the same time). The color variations are silver and navy blue, and the price is 10,800 yen(in tax).


3.14.2017

Mini-Drone which can take selfie

Drone is downsized steadily and becomes simple. CCP of Bandai Namco Group released only 6cm mini-drone "REAL LIVE TETRAL".


Its weight is about 20g, it has four propellers and 410,000 pixels of camera, and it can transmit the video which it shot to the smartphone of users in real time. Users can control it with their smartphone or tablet through application, but can use the controller also. Because it is small and can turn in a small radius, it can move through tight places, and users can even take selfie using it. Furthermore, they can enjoy First Person View that flies in the sky when they use mobile VR goggles.


This has an atmospheric pressure sensor and automatically performs high adjustment, even beginner users can carry out 12 kinds of actions such as taking off/landing and the hovering easily. Recharge time is about 45 minutes and flight time is about three minutes, the video is saved in AVI and the image is saved in JPEG. The price is 12,960 yen(in tax).



3.12.2017

Your fat relieves the earth

When spring comes, the people who work hard at diet to reduce the fat which they stored up in winter increase. It may become the charity by this application. Metavolunteer is NPO aiming at solving obesity and starvation at the same time, and they develop mobile application CHARITY DIET for charity that the calories that users burnt by exercise are converted into donations.


When users choose the charity groups which they want to support, and send data of calories to application, the sponsor companies perform contribution equivalent to those calories for charity groups. The application is free, and users only link CHARITY DIET to the partner application that can acquire data of calories-out and can participate in charity activity.


Médecins sans frontières, hunger free world, Save the Children, World Vision, WWF has already expressed participation and Metavoluntee gathers other charity groups and sponsor companies. Unfortunately this has not been yet released. Now, they invite the 500 precedent testers and start test service from this spring.

3.10.2017

Necessities of cherry-blossom picnic party

Sakura, the cherry-blossoms bloom at the end of this month in Japan. It signals the end of winter and coming of spring, and the Japanese celebrate this by holding picnic parties under trees of sakura. Parks having them are crowded with many people with picnic sheets, foods and a lot of liquors. Toy company Takara Tomy Arts released the gadget which is good to it this month.




Beerhour-Gokuawa-Portable closes the canned beers after opened and makes its forms creamy more. When users are attached this to the upper part of the canned beer which opened and pour beer into a glass while pushing the button, the supersonic wave occurs and make creamy foams. In addition, it keeps gas and taste of the beers. It supports any kinds of beers if the diameter of cans are 56~57mm. It works by two AAA alkaline batteries and size is 72mm x 65mm x 105mm. It's compact so as to enter pockets of clothes, and good to the outdoor. Color variations are black and white, and the price is 3,218yen(in tax).

2.12.2017

Your smartphone becomes the massage gadget

Beauty electric appliances are popular, but they are troublesome if size is big. Massage gadget NOFL Smart that link with smartphones solves this problem.


This is the small massage gadget which tightens a facial striated muscle by hitting the face with the electric current of the low frequency. We can attach it to smartphones like a clip lens. Users can control this by smartphone application, and can set parts of the face to massage, the timer, the level of the electric current, and frequency timing in detail. If it's annoying, users can choose an automatic mode.


Because it works in one coin cell battery(CR2032), it is available in foreign countries varying of the voltage. The size is 88mm x 30mm x 55mm and weight is about 46g. The price is 19,440yen(in tax), but this accepts advance reservations in Makuake of crowdfunding platform, and you can buy it more cheaply here.