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Ever wanted to smooch someone but that pesky distance thing has gotten in the way? Well, thank to some creative minds, all you crazy kids need is your own computers, internet access and a weird new device...to kiss with . And by "kiss," we mean waggle your tongue on a plastic straw, thereby making another plastic straw waggle remotely on someone else's tongue. Hot, huh? Well, the folks at Tokyo's Kajimoto Laboratory say it's just the beginning of what could become a full-on person-to-person experience over the Internet. The lab, part of The University of Electro-Communications , posted a video in which a researcher demonstrates the "Kiss Transmission Device." It's a motorized box that looks a little like a police Breathalyzer. Wanna see the video? Sure you do. Wonder what else it can be used for ?

Yes, in about five years, real-life Japan will look exactly like a Final Fantasy cutscene. -- Cracked.com's Geoff Shakespeare , making a not-so-bold prediction .

A robot can perform a heterosexual ceremony in Japan , and America still has a problem allowing gays and lesbians to get hitched?

This is how a business is supposed to be run. TOKYO (AP) — Honda Motor Co. named Takanobu Ito, head of core automaking operations, as its new chief executive Monday, in an effort to provide fresh leadership to battle a global crisis in the auto industry. Ito, a 55-year-old research and development expert with U.S. experience, replaces Takeo Fukui, 64, who will remain on the board as adviser, Japan's No. 2 automaker said in a statement. Both Fukui and Ito said the change at the helm is a message of its determination to turn a new leaf and press ahead with technological innovations — its longtime strength — to lift its sagging business, and have the momentum to be prepared to take advantage of a recovery, when it comes. "We are facing hardships that come once in a 100 years," Ito said. Ito said he would continue in Fukui's footsteps in developing ecological and affordable products such as the Insight gas-electric hybrid, which has been a hit since going on sale recentl...