Japanese gadget of the day

by on June 4, 2008 at 10:40 am in Travels | Permalink

No, it’s not the glasses-cleaning machine or for that matter the Tenga.  Rather, if it is raining, and you enter one of the fancier department stores, they put out a machine which allows you to very rapidly shrink wrap your umbrella.  You just plunge your umbrella in and it takes about two seconds.  The point is that you don’t drip water from your umbrella across the whole department store.  Simple, no?

And if that doesn’t convince you to visit Japan, maybe Human Tetris will.

shawn June 4, 2008 at 10:56 am

of course…we’ve all seen MXC, right?

kevin June 4, 2008 at 12:23 pm

I love japan. Its like if geeks ran an entire country.

d.cous. June 4, 2008 at 12:38 pm

In Soviet Russia, Tetris plays YOU!

Samara June 4, 2008 at 2:58 pm

Human Tetris is coming to the U.S. The American version is called Hole in the Wall and it’s going to be produced by Fox.
http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2008/05/human_tetris_finally_coming.html

Richard Green June 4, 2008 at 5:02 pm

The umbrella wrappers have two other wonderful features.

Firstly, they are a testament to the most important part of the Japanese aesthetic. Packaging. Not content with excess packaging of bags within boxes within boxes within bads wrapped in paper when new products are bought, you can now package things you already own!

Secondly, when the water collects at the bottom of the bag, it inevitably gets ripped, spilling the water all at once, perfect for magnifying social awkwardness.

Andrew John June 4, 2008 at 11:19 pm

Umbrella -wrappers are ubiquitous in Singapore; you’ll see them at regular grocery stores and office buildings, not just at fancy department stores. Not sure where they originated, though.

環保袋 December 9, 2008 at 2:16 am

New homeowners are most concerned about leaks, someone to 抓漏grasp Henmomianzai leakage, a good new home, can not find a good 清潔公司cleaning company to clean up clean. That day I had bought a 機票ticket in Paris, a house was found leaking in the morning, quickly hit a 租車taxi to find out who repair, really bad

macheal May 13, 2009 at 5:03 am

New technology is always given us surprising and life way changing.

jack May 13, 2009 at 5:04 am

It is enlightening!

s.k.kim June 24, 2009 at 9:41 am

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No electricity or other connection required.
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