Almost...a...Gundam...

From TIME Magazine's Coolest Inventions of 2003:

• Leave it to Japanese person to invent a Power Suit to transform scrawny wimps into car-lifting macho men (or women). Add a little armour and some scary looking eyes and you've got yourself Alphonse from Patlabor



• Mmm... luminous handbag... In case thieves and muggers couldn't see your purse in the dark, here's a way to lend them a hand.



• It's Pinchy 3000. Watch out MAHA.



• Now this would be useful in K-Town, but imagine how dorky you'd look: Ice Bike



• "They are NOT for eating!"