Tag: japan
World’s First 3D Printing Photo Booth Dispenses A 3D Figure Of You
This is just so cool I'm about to burst. This is the world's first 3D printing photo booth. If you've been following Bit Rebels for a while, you probably know that we are doing our best to keep up with the advances in 3D printing. The technology is moving so fast though that if you look away for jus ...
Time To Get Retro: Compact Discs & How They Affected Our Lives
In case you missed it, the 30th anniversary of the first compact disc sale was on October 1st. The CD in question, sold in Japan in 1982, was Billy Joel’s “52nd Street.” It’s amazing that it’s already been thirty years since that event. It's easy to take for granted how revolutionary the CD was to t ...
Retro Phone Booths Transformed Into Massive Goldfish Aquariums
If you were born after 1995, you might not have ever seen a phone booth in real life. They used to be outside of grocery stores, gas stations and restaurants. I remember using them back in the days when people didn't carry cell phones everywhere. What you see in the pictures below are retro phone bo ...
Dog Muzzle Concept Aims To End All The Quacking
I have to admit that I think it is quite cute when people dress up their dogs in costumes. It has become yet another online phenomenon that is growing in popularity. You can always find something really hilarious when it comes to animals dressed up in various ways. One thing that I think has slipped ...
Themed Restaurants: The Freakiest Places You Have Ever Seen
To some people, visiting a restaurant is mostly an activity associated with business meetings, while for others, it's a way to make the weekends just a little bit more special. I am sure there are millions and millions of restaurants out there that have one thing in common, and that is that they are ...
World’s Largest Piece Of Sushi On A Restaurant Menu
I love sushi. I could eat it everyday. It's right up there with chicken wings in my book, which are pretty high on my list. How would you like to go into a restaurant and order a piece of sushi the size of this? My question is, how would a person eat this? It's not like you can pop it in your mouth ...
The Japanese Sleeping Capsule For Nighttime Workaholics
Do you ever work late at your office? I do all the time. Misty and I have joked many times that we've woken up in the middle of the night with keyboard forehead, which is the impression your keyboard makes on your skin when you fall asleep on it. Lucky for me though, since I work from home, I only h ...
Pimp Your Teeth: Transform Your Smile With Teeth Tattoos
Wow, this is really classy. I want a William and Kate tattoo on my teeth too! (1st picture below) Hmm... Apparently teeth tattoos are the new trend, or so some people say. I really can't imagine any sane person getting one, but hey, that's just me. Some of them are decals, and just for a few hours o ...
Photography: Squished Up Faces On The Tokyo Train
We have a train here in Atlanta called Marta. Marta stands for Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority. It's awesome because for about two bucks, you can get anywhere in the city without having to drive in traffic. Sometimes when I get on Marta it's crowded, like during rush hour, but for the m ...
Japanese Design: Deliciously Realistic Unagi iPhone Cover
As we pointed out in the recent article entitled How To Pimp Your Smartphone Celebrity Style, $497 million dollars were spent on phone accessories in the United States in the past 9 months. Phone accessories are big business, and a large percentage of that is in cases and covers.
I always admire ...
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Japan: A Nation Determined To Recover [20 Surreal Pics]
It's hard to believe it's been three months since the devastating earthquake and tsunami hit Japan. The heartbreak continues, and there are still hundreds of bodies that are unaccounted for. Experts say that approximately 28,000 people either died or are still missing as a result of this tragedy.
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Emergency Toilet Design Created For People In Japan
As of today, it's been three months since the devastating earthquake and tsunami hit Japan. We don't see as many bloggers writing about it anymore, and the articles being spread around in social media are becoming few and far between. However, that doesn't mean everything is okay in Japan now.
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Facts You Probably Didn’t Know About The Nintendo Company
I'm sure you know by now that we love Nintendo on Bit Rebels. We write about it a lot, and we've covered everything from the original NES all the way up to the Wii. I still remember the first time I discovered Mario. I was just a kid, and of course, at that moment I was convinced I had to get the Ma ...
Augmented Body: Wear Cat Ears Controlled By Brain Waves
Just when I thought I would never see any crazy inventions from Japan that could ever top what I've already seen and written about before, I stumbled across these cat ears. As with most Japanese inventions, if you can get passed the initial feeling of being disturbed, it's actually fascinating.
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Tweets From Japan: Shining Hope Into The Darkness
It seems like I've started dozens of articles with this same sentence: I love Twitter. However, each day I find more reasons why Twitter is such a fabulous place to hang out. Whenever there are tragedies happening around the world, I can always find some sort of peace and comfort on Twitter. Have yo ...