Last weekend I went to my doctor to have my ears cleaned. While I was sitting in the waiting room I was wondering about the way how patients are handled there. It’s an ear clinic which is usually very crowded,…
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My new bicycle
I was thinking what I buy myself for my birthday this month. Long time I thought that a smartphone might be a good thing to purchase, but the increased monthly telephone bill did not really convince me to go and…
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Toilet games
Japan is famous for computer games and two of the three large video game console companies comes from here. Sega which had a console in the past is still active in developing video games. But beside video games, Japan is…
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Diet water
The marketing department of Sapporo Beverages has really some very creative guys. A few years they started to market bottled water as a diet drink. Yes, you read correctly – water for your diet. And their sales point? They say…
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Frozen beer foam
Summer is coming in Japan and the breweries have worked hard in their research labs during the winter season. Kirin Brewery will come up with a new frozen draft that is topped with an ice cold foam on every pint.…
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Shake your plant
There is a lot of research going on in human-machine interaction, and there are really nice examples that show how the gap between a person and a computer can be bridged, letting them “talk” almost intuitively. However, researchers from Keio…
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Blue zones
Following a description by Dan Buettner a “Blue Zone” is a demographic and/or geographic area where people live measurably longer than in the rest of the world. Buettner identified the following longevity areas Sardinia, Italy Nicoya, Costa Rica Ikaria, Greece…
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Orangina in Japan
In November 2009 Suntory Holdings bought the rights on the traditional French soft drink Orangina. Except the US, this company is holding the brand for all countries of the world (even France!). In most of the countries Suntory has distributors…
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Refresh your beer head
For many people, including myself, the beer head is one of the important features when enjoying a cold beer. However, as everyone knows the beer head is gone soon after the drink is served and there is hardly any way…
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Japanese traditional sauna
Therme Ogawa runs a 竃風呂 or also called 蒸し風呂 (steam bath) which is a kind of traditional Japanese sauna. The 竃風呂 has its origin in the Edo period and with around 45 degrees is less hot than a Finnish sauna.…
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