ApriPoko Robot: Personal, Personable and Adorable

ApriPoko Robot: Personal, Personable and Adorable

ApriPoko may weigh a mere five pounds, but this voice-operated, talking robot functions as a universal remote for multiple home appliances and devices. Its creators, the researchers at Toshiba, exemplify Japan’s obsession for all things robotic, but ApriPoko has gone even one mechanical step further than other robots have gone before.

ApriPoko actually observes human behavior and asks questions in order to learn how to operate various remote controls.

ApriPoko has a me…

Taiwanese Anchorwoman Choked by Mosquito

Do you hate mosquitoes? I sure do. But neither you nor I probably hate them as much as Taiwanese news anchor Huang Ching, who almost died when one got caught in her mouth.

Ms. Ching was reporting a news story for China Television Co…

Chinese Official’s Wife Beaten By Mistake

In a terrible miscarriage of justice, plainclothes police severely beat the wife of an important provincial official in a horrendous case of mistaken identity. This case has become one of the hottest topics on the Chinese Internet as it clearly ex…

China

Taiwanese Anchorwoman Choked by Mosquito

Do you hate mosquitoes? I sure do. But neither you nor I probably hate them as much as Taiwanese news anchor Huang Ching, who almost died when one got caught in her mouth.<…

Hong Kong

Falling Pensioner Lands on Passing Pedestrian

In a truly bizarre turn of events, a Hong Kong-based widow from the Ma On Shan district ended up killing a passing pedestrian when she lost her footing and fell from outsid…

India

Four-Year-Old Sets Indian National Record For Push-Ups

Ronak Vitha may be barely out of diapers, but he still managed to set a record for push-ups in his homeland of India by pumping 1,500 arm bends in just 40 minutes. If that …

Japan

ApriPoko Robot: Personal, Personable and Adorable

ApriPoko may weigh a mere five pounds, but this voice-operated, talking robot functions as a universal remote for multiple home appliances and devices. Its creators, the re…

North Korea

North Korea Touts Mind-Expanding Liquid Brain Juice

The government of North Korea claims it has fashioned a mind-expanding, liquid brain juice dubbed the ‘Super Drink’ that can supposedly multiply brain hells and halt sk…

Rest of Asia

Facebook Founders Charged With Death Penalty

Angered by the perceived blasphemy of the Prophet Mohammad, a Pakistani lawyer named Muhammad Azhar Sidiqque has petitioned the nation’s highest court to charge the three…

South Korea

Robot Taekwondo Battles Slated for October

South Korea will be staging robot taekwondo battles this October at the Korea International Robot Technology Exhibition and Conference in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province.