# Too cute for words -- Japanese camera on ISS needs a better name. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 18, 2017, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-cute-for-words-japanese-camera-on-iss-needs-a-better-name/791543 "2017-07-18T02:00:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-cute-for-words-japanese-camera-on-iss-needs-a-better-name/791543/1 "2017-07-18T02:00:14Z")
The ISS has a new [drone camera](https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/17/15981250/japan-space-camera-drone-iss-int-ball) made by the Japanese that’s just too cute for words. Probably designed by an anime illustrator. The only problem is its name: Int-Ball. Not cute. So how about a better name for it? Surely we can do better than Int-Ball. ---
**Author:** ![Trancephalic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trancephalic/32/380_2.png) [@Trancephalic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancephalic)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-cute-for-words-japanese-camera-on-iss-needs-a-better-name/791543/2 "2017-07-18T02:14:01Z")
Maru Mari ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-cute-for-words-japanese-camera-on-iss-needs-a-better-name/791543/3 "2017-07-18T03:09:25Z")
Facey McPictureson. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-cute-for-words-japanese-camera-on-iss-needs-a-better-name/791543/4 "2017-07-18T03:11:30Z")
Snappy. ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-cute-for-words-japanese-camera-on-iss-needs-a-better-name/791543/5 "2017-07-18T03:19:53Z")
Hal ---
**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-cute-for-words-japanese-camera-on-iss-needs-a-better-name/791543/6 "2017-07-18T04:37:35Z")
Rocky McCamera Ball ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-cute-for-words-japanese-camera-on-iss-needs-a-better-name/791543/7 "2017-07-18T04:54:54Z")
Bubbles ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-cute-for-words-japanese-camera-on-iss-needs-a-better-name/791543/8 "2017-07-18T05:01:50Z")
Testy ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-cute-for-words-japanese-camera-on-iss-needs-a-better-name/791543/9 "2017-07-18T05:50:57Z")
Squee! ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-cute-for-words-japanese-camera-on-iss-needs-a-better-name/791543/10 "2017-07-18T06:23:04Z")
You’ll all change your tune when it deploys the rotating knives ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-cute-for-words-japanese-camera-on-iss-needs-a-better-name/791543/11 "2017-07-18T06:29:28Z")
[I was thinking more like this](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/08kyNhk48Ig/maxresdefault.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-cute-for-words-japanese-camera-on-iss-needs-a-better-name/791543/12 "2017-07-18T07:22:41Z")
“Shirime-I” ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-cute-for-words-japanese-camera-on-iss-needs-a-better-name/791543/13 "2017-07-18T12:03:34Z")
Dark Star, after the bomb in [the movie of the same name](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Star_(film)). This camera ball does look like something you could have a philosophical discussion with. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-cute-for-words-japanese-camera-on-iss-needs-a-better-name/791543/14 "2017-07-18T12:12:15Z")
It looks kind of like an owl, so **Hootie** or **Archie** (after Archimedes, from Watchmen and THWhite). It also kind of looks like an anime my daughter watched years ago, **Hamtaro**. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-cute-for-words-japanese-camera-on-iss-needs-a-better-name/791543/15 "2017-07-18T13:04:40Z")
[Eve](http://pixar.wikia.com/wiki/EVE), 'cause it surely looks like a prototype to me. ---
**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-cute-for-words-japanese-camera-on-iss-needs-a-better-name/791543/16 "2017-07-18T13:42:59Z")
Over the top kawaii! ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-cute-for-words-japanese-camera-on-iss-needs-a-better-name/791543/17 "2017-07-18T14:59:30Z")
Happy Fun Ball. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-cute-for-words-japanese-camera-on-iss-needs-a-better-name/791543/18 "2017-07-18T15:13:10Z")
Oh, c’mon how can everyone have missed the glaringly obvious? I-Ball ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-cute-for-words-japanese-camera-on-iss-needs-a-better-name/791543/19 "2017-07-18T15:13:14Z")
Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball! ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-cute-for-words-japanese-camera-on-iss-needs-a-better-name/791543/20 "2017-07-18T15:20:12Z")
Reminds me of [V.I.N.CENT](http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/V.I.N.CENT) from _The Black Hole_. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-cute-for-words-japanese-camera-on-iss-needs-a-better-name/791543.md?page=2)