November 24, 2012 - Day 5
Today we took a trip to one of my personal favorite landmarks in Japan, the National Olympic Stadium. We saw an ad for the Super Great Toilet Keeper: a toilet-like machine that is supposed to defend a soccer goal by shooting a smaller ball to intercept the soccer ball. Russell called dibs on shooting first. He gave the ball a good kick, but it wasn't fast enough and it got blocked. I was next. I kicked the hardest kick I that I had kicked in years, but the Super Great Toilet Keeper blocked my shot like it was nothing. It turns out the SGTK uses high-speed cameras and an advanced motor-and-spring system to rotate and shoot a small ball to block shots. It can block balls shot up to 160km/hr (that's 99.4194 mph for those back in the states!) EmmaLi and Rick’s shots were the same results as mine, but Laiken had a different idea. She tried carrying the ball across the line, but was unsuccessful: the SGTK shot the small ball at Laiken’s head to stop the soccer ball from getting in the net and ended up knocking her down.We decided "enough is enough!", so we headed off to Juchheim restaurant about 5 minutes away from the stadium. After that exciting morning, and with dinner in take home boxes, we decided to take the rest of the day off and chill out at the hostel.
Here's a demo video of the deadly toilet:
-Ryan
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