Stareastasia Weird News » Weird Inventions http://weird.stareastasia.com Weird news and odd stuff from from China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan. Sat, 10 Dec 2011 13:17:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Japanese portable watermelon cooler http://weird.stareastasia.com/2010/09/japanese-portable-watermelon-cooler/ http://weird.stareastasia.com/2010/09/japanese-portable-watermelon-cooler/#comments Thu, 23 Sep 2010 12:45:55 +0000 Webmaster http://weird.stareastasia.com/?p=448 A Japanese company has invented a portable cooling and warming apparatus especially designed to carry a watermelon, perfect for a summer outdoor recreation activity.

Japanese portable watermelon cooler

Unfortunately the price is too steep (USD200+). It’s probably a better idea to use the conventional portable ice chest when needed.

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Noby Japan robot baby

Noby is designed by Tokyo University to simulate the behaviour and development of a 9-month-old infant in an effort to better understand how humans grow up.

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]]> http://weird.stareastasia.com/2010/06/japan-robot-baby/feed/ 0 Chinese man cut in half, walks again http://weird.stareastasia.com/2010/04/chinese-man-cut-in-half-walks-again/ http://weird.stareastasia.com/2010/04/chinese-man-cut-in-half-walks-again/#comments Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:53:24 +0000 Webmaster http://weird.stareastasia.com/?p=384 Chinese man Peng Shulin’s body was cut in two by a lorry in 1995. It took a team of more than 20 doctors to save his life, but the legless Mr Peng was left only 78cm tall.

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]]> http://weird.stareastasia.com/2010/04/chinese-man-cut-in-half-walks-again/feed/ 0 Chinese homemade helicopter http://weird.stareastasia.com/2009/06/chinese-homemade-helicopter/ http://weird.stareastasia.com/2009/06/chinese-homemade-helicopter/#comments Fri, 05 Jun 2009 07:48:40 +0000 Webmaster http://weird.stareastasia.com/?p=176 A flight enthusiast from Guangdong, China, made this helicopter with a budget of RMB20,000 (USD3000). Noisy, but can seriously fly…

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]]> http://weird.stareastasia.com/2009/03/sexy-japanese-jeans/feed/ 1 Funny Japanese inventions http://weird.stareastasia.com/2009/02/funny-japanese-inventions/ http://weird.stareastasia.com/2009/02/funny-japanese-inventions/#comments Tue, 03 Feb 2009 01:11:59 +0000 Webmaster http://weird.stareastasia.com/?p=39 Funny Japanese products…

Funny and weird Japanese inventions

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]]> http://weird.stareastasia.com/2009/02/funny-japanese-inventions/feed/ 0 Chinese farmer’s self-made rickshaw pulling robot http://weird.stareastasia.com/2009/01/chinese-farmers-self-made-rickshaw-pulling-robot/ http://weird.stareastasia.com/2009/01/chinese-farmers-self-made-rickshaw-pulling-robot/#comments Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:59:59 +0000 Webmaster http://weird.stareastasia.com/?p=23 Farmer Wu Yulu drives his rickshaw pulled by his self-made walking robot near his home in a village at the outskirts of Beijing…

Weird robot made by a Chinese farmer

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