TV in Japan

This is how you sell computers. By placing cute girls. Into jeopardy. And then making them dance. To communicate. And, it would seem, to sell computers. On TV. In Japan.

This is a sneak peak into our robot overlord future. The part where they lay on the ground and then jump up. In preparation for crushing us organic meatbags. On TV. In Japan.

This is how advertisers used to think you wanted to be sold to. Before they understood that we had functional ears and eyes. On TV. In Japan.

This is how you’re going to show who you are. When you “pwn” some “noobs” in the “future”. On TV. In Japan.

This is how you train a whole new generation. On the beauty of making noodles. The old fashioned way. With a plastic device. On TV. In Japan.

Via the amazing Trends In Japan where you can buy things like this. If that interests you.

As with many nerds my age, The Computer Chronicles was one of my favorite show growing up. I learned many things and shared them with my nerdy friends. Fun was had.
However, I don’t remember the episode below and I’m probably better for it. I think I might’ve exploded. This is pure mid-80s robot bliss. Not [...]

This is how you take a harmless invention for exercise. And use it for evil. Well, evil fun where no one really gets hurt. On TV. In Japan.

This is how you reignite my love for monkeys. By hooking that monkey up with remote controlled vehicles. On TV. In Japan.

Via Japan Probe

This is how you bring technology into your act. By interacting with a talking ATM. A non-functioning ATM with amazing comedic timing. On TV. In Japan.
BONUS: There’s a Brain Age joke in here. Seriously.

Thanks go again to YTuber morizaemon.

Just when you thought there was little to no innovation left in the car industry, along comes the Pivo2 to literally change your direction on thinking. And you direction while driving.
This on-the-scene video from the show shows off some of it moves, right to left and front to back.

Thanks to Gigazine for uploading this [...]

This is how you sell electronics. With meteors. And children sitting on them. Zapping other meteors. With Commodore computers. On TV. In Japan.

Not much to say here. If you get it, it’s amazing. If you don’t, I’m sorry.

This is how you sell stacked electronics. With a knight in shining armor. And lazer-cut graphics. Both of which are geared entirely towards ‘The Space’. On TV. In Japan.

It can be hard to explain to the general public exactly what Virus Software does. I always imagined it as a sort of gentle brush that swept away the crap, kind of like a beneficial vacuum cleaner.
Of course, I was wrong. Virus software is much more than that. It is an ASS-KICKING Super Sentai rip-off [...]

This is, from what I can tell, quite fascinating. However, be aware. It comes from France.
French company Total Immersion has created D’Fusion which “enables the real-time integration of interactive 3D graphics into live video flows”. In other words, point a web cam at some specialized print material and it becomes ‘alive’ with the internet.
The [...]