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Submission + - Real-life transformer robot on sale in Japan! (hobbymedia.it)

Submitted by

Modellismo

on Monday November 26, 2012 @02:31AM

Modellismo writes: "Last may a Japanese hobbyst reveleaed a DIY real life Transformer Robot Car that received a huge feedback.

Now Kenji Ishida is back with a new version that will be officially presented next weekend at the Maker Faire Tokyo 2012.

This new 1/12 scale autobot is made using a custom 3D printer (build by Kenji himself) and finally Transformers fans around the World will be able to buy it.

The official price has not been disclosed. For now the production is limited to 10 pieces. It's possible to choose the color of the robot that comes built, programmed, complete with a wireless controller in a numbered case."

Submission + - Minecraft Ported To The Raspberry Pi 1

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 24, 2012 @05:48PM

An anonymous reader writes: The amusing “but does it run Crysis?” question has a cousin: “but does it run Minecraft?” The makers of Raspberry Pi can now officially say that yes, yes it does. Called Minecraft: Pi Edition, the latest flavor of the popular game carries “a revised feature set” and “support for several programming languages,” so you can code directly into Minecraft before or after you start playing. That means you can build structures in the traditional Minecraft way, but you can also break open the code and use a programming language to manipulate things in the game world.

Comment Re:Japan: (Score 1) 252

by Modellismo on Monday July 23, 2012 @03:51AM (#40734299) Attached to: Japan: Police Arrest Journalists For Selling DVD-Backup Tools

Do you know there are dozens other magazines published by other companies with content that is exaclty like the one that made the 4 journalists being arrested?

Comment Re:Japan: (Score 1) 252

by Modellismo on Sunday July 22, 2012 @06:12PM (#40732009) Attached to: Japan: Police Arrest Journalists For Selling DVD-Backup Tools

That is the real story here.

Sorry but you are wrong. The Japanese law is different: you are free to list whatever "illegal" website you want but you can not sell any DRM circumvention device or software.

Submission + - Japan: Police arrest "anti DRM" journalists... (wired.it)

Submitted by Modellismo on Sunday July 22, 2012 @04:24AM

Modellismo writes: Last week 4 journalists from SANSAI BOOKS have been arrested for selling, through the company website, a copy of a magazine published last year (with a free cover mounted disc) focused on how to backup/rip DVDs. They violated Japan's Unfair Competition Prevention Law that recently has been revised to make illegal the sale of any DRM circumvention device or software.

It's interesting to note that Japanese cyber Police could arrest the Amazon Japan CEO too as the online giant is selling a lot of magazines, books and software packages for DVD copy and ripping: exactly what put in trouble Sansai Books staff.

Will Japanese Cyber Police raid Amazon Japan offices like they have done with Sansai Books?!

Submission + - Europe Gets Pay-As-You-Go Satellite Broadband (techweekeurope.co.uk)

Submitted by

judgecorp

on Friday July 20, 2012 @12:31PM

judgecorp writes: "Europe is set to get pay-as-you-go high speed satellite broadband from Avanti's Ka-band HYLAS1 satellite in the 26.5 — 40GHz range. Avanti says satellite broadband services have improved massively including a far better uplink than used to be available, though the round-trip latency can't be improved much."

Submission + - GAKKEN Japanino spotted at Tokyo MAKE Meeting 04 (hobbymedia.it)

Submitted by Modellismo on Tuesday November 24, 2009 @01:10AM

Modellismo writes: During the Tokyo MAKE:Meeting 04 Gakken displayed the prototype of the JAPANINO (Arduino clone). It will be released next spring in the Otona no Kagaku (in Japanese it means "Science toys for adults") magazine series with a Persistence of Vision plastic Toy with color LEDs. The price tag will be less than 3500 yen (ca$35) and it will make the Japanese Arduino scene the biggest in the World as in a couple of months the magazine will probably sell what the original Arduino sold worldwide in the last years.

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