Japan's new bullet train -- the Type N700

Japan's wickedly cool-looking new bullet train, the Type N7000, started operating today. It cost $2.1 billion to develop and can go 185 MPH.

JR officials are touting the Type N700 as the fastest bullet train ever. It will travel between Tokyo and Shin-Osaka stations in two hours and 25 minutes -— five minutes less than before. It will barrel between Tokyo and Hakata in four hours and 50 minutes, saving about 10 minutes.

Meanwhile, here in California, we don't even have a train that goes between LA and SF. I guess I'll have to settle for this Shinkansen N700 USB Flash memory. Link