# Japanese engineers- insane or brilliant? **URL:** \ **Category:** Kung Fu Forum\ **Created:** [July 22, 2004, 8:34pm UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/japanese-engineers-insane-or-brilliant/27965 "2004-07-22T20:34:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chang\_Style\_Novice](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.kungfumagazine.com/chang_style_novice/32/110_2.png) [@Chang\_Style\_Novice](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/Chang_Style_Novice)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 8:34pm UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/japanese-engineers-insane-or-brilliant/27965/1 "2004-07-22T20:34:10Z")
[http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=5715584§ion=news](http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=5715584§ion=news) They’ve got a gizmo that turns plants into speakers. Dude… ---
**Author:** ![Shaolinlueb](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.kungfumagazine.com/shaolinlueb/32/425_2.png) [@Shaolinlueb](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/Shaolinlueb)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 8:38pm UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/japanese-engineers-insane-or-brilliant/27965/2 "2004-07-22T20:38:41Z")
thats awesome, but what we really need is for a guy to make robots that transform into cars and planes and have intelligence. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MasterKiller](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.kungfumagazine.com/masterkiller/32/407_2.png) [@MasterKiller](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/MasterKiller)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 8:42pm UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/japanese-engineers-insane-or-brilliant/27965/3 "2004-07-22T20:42:35Z")
[http://home.comcast.net/~themichaelsmith/VWMPG.mpg](http://home.comcast.net/~themichaelsmith/VWMPG.mpg) ---
**Author:** ![Starchaser107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@Starchaser107](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/Starchaser107)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 8:42pm UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/japanese-engineers-insane-or-brilliant/27965/4 "2004-07-22T20:42:56Z")
brilliant ---
**Author:** ![Chang\_Style\_Novice](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.kungfumagazine.com/chang_style_novice/32/110_2.png) [@Chang\_Style\_Novice](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/Chang_Style_Novice)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 8:43pm UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/japanese-engineers-insane-or-brilliant/27965/5 "2004-07-22T20:43:50Z")
When you combine this with the thread I made yesterday, you come close to a much stranger possibility. Breakdancing, soccer-playing robots covered with ferns and ivy bumping they’re themesong! ---
**Author:** ![norther\_practitioner](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.kungfumagazine.com/norther_practitioner/32/214_2.png) [@norther\_practitioner](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/norther_practitioner)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 9:04pm UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/japanese-engineers-insane-or-brilliant/27965/6 "2004-07-22T21:04:32Z")
They’ve figured out how to make your finger a speaker too.. I guess they are trying to incorporate it into cell phone tech. now. So, instead of a little ear plug, you can stick your finger in you ear and put a mic around your wrist or whatever. ---
**Author:** ![HiddenShadow](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.kungfumagazine.com/hiddenshadow/32/486_2.png) [@HiddenShadow](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/HiddenShadow)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 10:26pm UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/japanese-engineers-insane-or-brilliant/27965/7 "2004-07-22T22:26:33Z")
did someone say Inspector Gadget ??? ---
**Author:** ![PHILBERT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.kungfumagazine.com/philbert/32/147_2.png) [@PHILBERT](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/PHILBERT)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 10:35pm UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/japanese-engineers-insane-or-brilliant/27965/8 "2004-07-22T22:35:55Z")
> Originally posted by Chang Style Novice > [B]When you combine this with the thread I made yesterday, you come close to a much stranger possibility. Breakdancing, soccer-playing robots covered with ferns and ivy bumping they’re themesong! [/B] [http://triadfrog.home.comcast.net/](http://triadfrog.home.comcast.net/) Close enough ---
**Author:** ![IronFist](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.kungfumagazine.com/ironfist/32/16_2.png) [@IronFist](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/IronFist)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 12:12am UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/japanese-engineers-insane-or-brilliant/27965/9 "2004-07-23T00:12:41Z")
> Originally posted by HiddenShadow > did someone say Inspector Gadget ??? do do do do do, oooh oooooohhh! ---
**Author:** ![GunnedDownAtrocity](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.kungfumagazine.com/gunneddownatrocity/32/52_2.png) [@GunnedDownAtrocity](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/GunnedDownAtrocity)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 3:14am UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/japanese-engineers-insane-or-brilliant/27965/10 "2004-07-23T03:14:50Z")
who’s going to be the first to say inspector faggot? ha me thats who. ---
**Author:** ![Volcano\_Admim](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.kungfumagazine.com/volcano_admim/32/305_2.png) [@Volcano\_Admim](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/Volcano_Admim)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 4:50am UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/japanese-engineers-insane-or-brilliant/27965/11 "2004-07-23T04:50:26Z")
lol 😃 ---
**Author:** ![norther\_practitioner](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.kungfumagazine.com/norther_practitioner/32/214_2.png) [@norther\_practitioner](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/norther_practitioner)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 6:00pm UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/japanese-engineers-insane-or-brilliant/27965/12 "2004-07-23T18:00:57Z")
Phil, best link you’ve ever come up with…