We Don't Have That Here: Gadgets We Discovered in Asia

[Guest]

A noise-canceling karaoke mic? A house for cockroaches? Join us as we travel through the gadgets of Japan and Hanoi and find things that few Americans use.

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[Stardude82]

Wow, Japanese gadgets aren't what they used to be. I guess the past 2 decades of economic malaise has cut into the national technolust. A few of the Items I know we have over here, like pocket IR Thermometers, 3D camcorders, and I'm pretty sure that a table top dish dryer and not dishwasher.

 

[kamakiri]

You forgot to give the Japanese name for roach motels, which is funny in itself: "Gokiburi Hoi-Hoi" (pronounced "go-kee-boo-ree-hoy-hoy") in which Gokiburi means cockroach (sounds creepy, doesn't it?) and hoi-hoi -- well, I think it's a corruption of "Yes, yes," meaning "Yes, yes, come inside" but I'm probably wrong.

 

[back_by_demand]

The chip grabber is soooo cool, no more Cheeto dust fingers

 

[nebun]

ok....we already have the sony 3d camcorder in the states, the exact same one....at least i saw it st Fry's Electronics

 

[Guest]

#5 not a dishwasher I think. It's only a dryer rack

 

[Guest]

The electronic memo pad looks like something from the 80s. And I'm pretty sure there's an app for that nowadays.

Potato chip grabber? Really? It does what any 25 cent chintzy plastic grabber thingy can do.
Or, you know, chopsticks.

 

[Lord Captivus]

Portable Toilet Sound Blocker!! YEAH!!
Need that at work sometimes!

 

[thespieler]

Toilet sound blocker? come on, we're all men, who really cares about your audible fecal matter?

 

[Tab54o]

Potato chip grabber is the dumbest thing ive ever seen. Some of the other ones are cool though.

 

[heezdeadjim]

That Wii Karaoke....why do I have such deviant purposes for that?

Take out microphone, insert something else and tell her to sing into it. A balloon with helium in it....it would be funny since it would change her voice!

Wait....what did you THINK I meant?!?!?

 

[wiyosaya]

One I'll add is a stand-alone Blu-ray recorder.

 

[shin0bi272]

OOOH I so want that dishwasher

 

[Guest]

They have these at San Fran International.... sooo... might want to take this one off your list.

 

[Guest]

Seems to be like Japanese gadgets or toys. But wish to use it when arrive in India.