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| Aug 28, 2012 | Practice makes perfect: Japanese simulator virtualizes cooking (video) | A crazy new cooking simulator under development by the Tokyo Institute of Technology can apparently re-create the feeling of cooking by using a feedback-ready frying pan and numerous sensors.
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| Jun 18, 2012 | Nissan’s Leaf charger will soon power your home for two days | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
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| Jun 18, 2012 | Nissan’s Leaf charger will soon power your home for two days | Those in the market for a new car may want to give Nissan’s fully electric-powered vehicle, the Leaf, another look after the company’s latest announcement.
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| Mar 15, 2012 | Authenticated electricity: Sony power outlets will charge you for charging | Sony's vision of the future: Power outlets that supply electricity only to authenticated devices.
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| Feb 29, 2012 | Wireless memory card maker Eye-Fi raises $20M | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
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| Jan 30, 2012 | WiGig: Panasonic Tablet Wirelessly Transmits A Full DVD Video In 60 Seconds (Video) | WiGig, a multi-gigabit speed wireless communications technology, was first announced back in 2009, but it’s taking companies like Panasonic quite a while to come up with applications that make use of it. Via WiGig, devices can communicate w... |
| Jan 25, 2012 | Japan’s NICT Creates Quantum Dots To Boost Optic Fiber Bandwidth By 7-10 Times, Shoot High-Res Pictures Of Molecules (Video) | A team of researchers at the Photonic Network Research Institute of Japan’s National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) has developed a new light source technology that might pave the way to some pretty spectacula... |
| Jan 19, 2012 | Wireless Sensor Posts Temperature, Humidity, And Radiation Levels To Twitter (Video) | Japan-based UC Technology Corp. [JP] has developed a wireless sensor that can automatically post data like temperature, humidity, illuminance, or radiation levels to Twitter. The so-called “Tsubuyaku Sensor” [JP, PDF] is mainly designed for... |
| Jan 12, 2012 | EV Mini Sport: Mini Electric Sports Car From Japan (Video) | It’s not a Tesla, but Japan-based Tajima Motor Corporation has developed a zero-emission (and pretty cool-looking) mini sports car. The so-called EV Mini Sport [JP] has been publicly showcased first in 2010, and will go on sale in Japan and... |
| Dec 20, 2011 | Video: Japan Gets Vending Machine 2.0 With See-Through Full HD Display, Facial Recognition | There can be no doubt that Japan is the country of vending machines, and this newest model is perhaps the most advanced yet. Developed by Japan-based tech companies Sanden and Okaya (and Intel), this “vending machine 2.0” features a 65-inch... |
| Dec 19, 2011 | Video: Omni-Directional Spider Robot Asterisk | It’s not the first spider-like robot out there, but it’s almost certainly the most advance one: a team of researchers at Osaka University in Japan has developed Asterisk [JP], a six-legged insect robot that can perform a few pretty interest... |
| Dec 12, 2011 | EMIRAI: Mitsubishi Shows Futuristic Car Interface (Video) | At the Tokyo Motor Show 2011, Mitsubishi took the wraps off EMIRAI, a near-future concept that will become reality in about 10 years (if the company is to be believed). The core element is a large-sized, curved dashboard that combines rear-... |
| Dec 9, 2011 | KOBOT: Japanese Company Shows Transformable, Smartphone-Controlled E-Cars (Video) | Japan-based Kowa Tmsuk may just be ten months old and just have five employees (it’s a joint venture between two larger companies), but it seems the company is set to build cool things. Their electric vehicle concept, dubbed KOBOT, looks ve... |
| Dec 7, 2011 | Video: Bridgestone Showcases Airless Tire | It’s not the first of its kind (Michelin already showed a prototype), but it looks like the airless tire Bridgestone has developed is the most advanced we’ve seen so far. The Japanese company’s main goal here is to do away with the risk of ... |
| Dec 5, 2011 | Roboden: Japanese Company Develops World’s First Elastic Electrical Cable (Video) | They aren’t as hip as those curly cables we’ve shown you a few days ago, but Roboden [JP], the world’s first elastic electrical cable, is way more useful. Its maker, major Japanese chemical company Asahi Kasei, says the cable stretches by a... |
| Dec 2, 2011 | Video: Anti-Sleep Apnea Robot Pillow | Sleep apnea can be a big problem for people affected by the disorder, but there is help from Japan on the way. A team of researchers at Waseda University in Tokyo have developed a robot pillow that monitors the sleep of patients and helps t... |
| Dec 1, 2011 | Video: Japanese Robot Climbs Up And Down Ladders By Itself | We’re getting closer and closer to the Robocalypse: Osaka-based industrial equipment maker Muscle Corporation and a few other Japanese companies have developed a humanoid that can climb up (and down) ladders all by itself. Considering how h... |
| Nov 28, 2011 | Japanese Company Shows Robot Co-Working With Humans (Video) | We’re one step closer to the Robocalypse: Japan-based Kawada Industries has developed a humanoid robot that’s specifically designed to work alongside human beings. The so-called Nextage is certainly not the first robot of its kind, but his ... |
| Nov 24, 2011 | Video: Super-Realistic Dental Training Humanoid “Simroid” | Simroid, a super-realistic dental training robot developed in Japan, caused quite a splash in news outlets worldwide when it made its debut in 2007. The level of realism was pretty high back then, but it’s even higher in the new version tha... |
| Nov 23, 2011 | Japan’s NHK To Broadcast London Olympics In Ultra-HD – 7,680×4,320 Pixels (Video) | If full HD resolution isn’t enough for you, then how about 16 times the resolution of full HD? Japan’s national public broadcasting organization NHK has been working on so-called Ultra HD technology for years, and now it’s ready for the fir... |
| Nov 22, 2011 | SmartPal VII: A Humanoid That Can Be Remote-Controlled Via Kinect (Video) | We’ve shown you many Kinect-based hacks and applications over the past months, and here is a new one from Japan: major robot maker Yaskawa has developed a humanoid that can be remote-controlled using a Kinect interface. Dubbed SmartPal VII,... |
| Nov 21, 2011 | Turn Pizza Boxes Into Computer Interfaces With “Invoked Computing” (Video) | Would you like to be able to turn your pizza box into a computer interface or use a banana as an alternative to your phone? Invoked Computing, a concept developed at the Ishikawa-Oku lab at Tokyo University, makes that possible via “ubiquit... |
| Nov 17, 2011 | Wearable Augmented Reality System To Guide New Workers Remotely (Video) | Augmented reality has one more use case: a team of researchers at Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) has developed an AR guidance system that can help inexperienced or new workers navigate diffic... |
| Nov 15, 2011 | Aerial 3D: Amazing System Shows 3D Objects In Mid-Air, With No Screen (Video) | Since 2006, Tokyo-based Burton has been working on Aerial 3D, a technology that makes it possible to produce pictures in 3D in mid-air or underwater – without using a screen (that’s what I call “True 3D Technology” indeed). Burton says thei... |
| Nov 7, 2011 | Video: Telepresence Robot Avatar TELESAR V | Professor Tachi from Japan’s Keio University has been working on telepresence robots since the 1980s, and TELESAR V, a so-called telexistence robot avatar, is the finest work of his lab yet. The robot makes it possible to transmit sight, he... |
| Nov 4, 2011 | Video: This 3D Display Uses Multiple Lenses To Boost Sense Of Depth Perception | Naked-eye 3D displays, even large-sized models, are nothing special anymore, but they usually have a common problem: the 3D effect when viewing pictures isn’t as strong as with displays that require users to wear glasses. Professor Kakeya f... |
| Nov 2, 2011 | Video: Toyota Shows Four Healthcare And Nursing Robots | Honda isn’t the only Japanese car maker active in robotics (with Asimo etc.), Toyota has been active in this area for quite some time, too. Big T showcased a total of four robots yesterday, all with the healthcare and nursing markets in min... |
| Oct 28, 2011 | Video: Murata Shows Robotic Walking Aid / Shopping Cart | Japan-based Murata caused quite a splash in the tech world with their awesome unicycle humanoids a while back, and now the company is applying the robot technology used in those machines for something that’s not just entertaining to watch. ... |
| Oct 27, 2011 | Video: This Bendable Remote Control Has No Buttons, Doesn’t Require Batteries | We’ve shown you the “Leaf Grip Remote Controller” a few weeks ago, but its maker, Japanese tech company Murata, decided to wait until the CEATEC 2011 exhibition to present it to the public. The device can theoretically be used for a number ... |
| Oct 26, 2011 | Video: Watch Cute Healthcare Robot RIBA II In Action | RIBA II is the name of a cute caretaker robot from Japan, which we covered before but now have a professionally made video of. The two-armed robot was developed by Tokai Rubber Industries and RIKEN (a private research institute based out of... |
| Oct 25, 2011 | Video: Japan’s Defense Ministry Develops Awesome Ball-Shaped Drone | The world got a first glimpse of the “world’s first spherical flying machine” back in June this year, but its maker, Japan’s Ministry of Defense, decided it’s time to showcase it publicly a few days ago in Tokyo. And as you can see in the v... |
| Oct 25, 2011 | Video: World’s Largest 3D Display Boasts Full HD Resolution, 200-Inch Screen Size, 57 Viewing Angles | Japan’s National Institute of Information and Communications (NICT) and JVC Kenwood have developed what they say is the world’s biggest 3D display. The device boasts a screen size of 200 inches, offers 57 different viewing angles, and best ... |
| Oct 18, 2011 | Actroid-F: Japan’s Super-Realistic Humanoid Gets A Brother (Video) | Do you remember Actroid-F, the super-realistic humanoid that we’ve shown you last year? Her makers, robot venture Kokoro and Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), have apparently been working hard ... |
| Oct 17, 2011 | Video: Hands-Free, Facial Muscle-Controlled Wheelchair | We have covered “intelligent” wheelchairs before, but one that can be controlled through facial muscles is new. A team of researchers at Japan’s Miyazaki University developed a system aimed at people paralyzed from the neck down or those wh... |
| Oct 17, 2011 | 5 Product Innovations From CEATEC 2011 In Japan (Video Gallery) | Truth be told, I wasn’t very impressed with what electronics makers showed at the CEATEC 2011 tech exhibition – especially because a lot of the new products were “leaked” to the Japanese press before the event started.
However, here are a t... |
| Oct 6, 2011 | Video: Mini Stress Meter Displays Your Stress Level In Real-Time | You’re constantly feeling stressed out but there’s no way to prove or quantify it? Then this mini stress meter Professor Nitta from the Tokyo Metropolitan University has developed might do the trick for you. The device is basically a pulse-... |
| Sep 30, 2011 | [Update: Video] Sharp Showcases 4K LCD TV (3,840×2,160 Resolution), To Sell It 2012 | Full HD resolution (1,920×1,080 pixels) isn’t enough for Sharp. The company has developed [JP] a TV that’s capable of producing images with 3,840×2,160 resolution and is ready to show the device to the public during the CEATEC 2011 exhibiti... |
| Sep 28, 2011 | Video: Simple Personal Assistant Robot Follows You, Carries Stuff For You | We covered quite a few personal assistant robots from Japan in the past, but none of them were labeled as “personal porters”. But now Professor Gen Endo from the Tokyo Institute of Technology has built a unique prototype of a robot that fol... |
| Sep 16, 2011 | RePro3D: Naked-Eye 3D Display Lets You “Touch” Virtual 3D Characters (Video) | Here’s a 3D screen of a different kind: a research team at Japan’s Keio University has developed a display that allows users to “touch” virtual 3D characters. The way the so-called RePro3D works is that it combines a naked-eye, full-paralla... |
| Sep 15, 2011 | Follow-up: New Electric Car TEEWave AR1 Up And Close (Video) | When we showed you the so-called TEEWave AR1 last week, reactions were mixed, with some readers calling the latest electric car from Japan “pretty”, while others said it’s plain “ugly”. But now news site DigInfo TV has gone and shot a video... |
| Sep 13, 2011 | Video: Sony Shows Android 2.3-Powered Walkman With 4.3-Inch Screen, Wi-Fi | Competition for the iPod? Sony Japan announced [JP] the NW-Z1000 series today, their three newest Walkmans, which come with an array of flashy features. The new series was showcased for the first time during IFA in Berlin a few weeks ago, a... |
| Sep 7, 2011 | Video: Japanese University Uses Fish Scales To Develop Stronger Artificial Bones | Ceramics, metallic alloys, bone powder, wood or stem cells are just some of the substances doctors have used to replace or heal broken bones so far. Now a group of researchers at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, led by Professor Junzo Tan... |
| Sep 6, 2011 | CamiApp Lets You Digitize Notes On Paper Notepads With Your Smartphone (Video) | Japanese stationery maker Kokuyo has come up with an easy way to digitize and permanently store what you jot down on paper notepads: all you need is a an iPhone (or soon Android handset), a special app called CamiApp (available for free and... |
| Aug 29, 2011 | Video: New Atomic Clock Reaches A 100 Quadrillionth Of A Second Accuracy | A team of researchers at the University of Tokyo has developed a new type of optical atomic clock that boasts a 100 quadrillionth of a second accuracy (one quadrillion has 15 zeros). The optical lattice clock is the brain child of Professor... |
| Aug 15, 2011 | Imec: Japanese Company Lets Plants Grow On Thin Films Instead Of Soil (Video) | Here’s some amazing tech from Japan: Tokyo-based Mebiol is working on an membrane–based plant cultivation technology called Imec that makes it possible to let plants grow on thin film instead of soil. The film is made of a water-absorbent m... |
| Aug 10, 2011 | Video: New Construction Material “CO2 Structure” Could Serve As Alternative To Concrete | This almost sounds too good to be true: a Japanese company called TIS&Partners [JP] has developed a new kind of construction material that’s supposedly “better” than concrete (by some measures, at least). Dubbed “CO2 Structure”, the mat... |
| Aug 5, 2011 | Japanese Company Develops Sound-Absorbing Blinds (Video) | In case you’re sensitive to noise and look for a discreet way to solve the problem in your apartment or office building, for example, the so-called Feltone [JP] might do the trick for you. Developed by Japan-based Tokyo Blinds, Feltone is a... |
| Aug 3, 2011 | Harvesting Energy From Radio Signals: Two New Devices From Japan (Video) | Gleaning electricity from radio signals isn’t super-efficient (or a new concept), but it’s possible technically. Two companies from Japan have recently come up with new devices that can do just that: one is harvesting energy from cell phone... |
| Aug 2, 2011 | Wrist Rehabilitation Robot Helps The Paralyzed (Video) | The patient-lifting RIBA II isn’t the only new healthcare robot from Japan we can show you today. Researchers at the Okayama University have developed a model that goes in a different direction: their robot [JP] helps people with spinal cor... |
| Aug 1, 2011 | Robot HIRO Learns, Adapts To New Situations Autonomously (Video) | Robots that have the ability to “learn” to do specific tasks are nothing new, but truly autonomous models are still a thing of the future. The Tokyo Institute of Technology is working on a robot that’s supposed to be able to learn, adapt to... |
| Jul 28, 2011 | Toshiba-Fujitsu IS12T: World’s First Windows Mango Cell Phone Up And Close (Video) | Two days ago, Toshiba-Fujtsu in Japan took the wraps of the IS12T, the world’s first world’s first phone running Windows Phone 7.5 (aka Mango). We were quick in giving you the first specs, but we now have a video that shows the 1 Ghz Qualco... |
| Jul 26, 2011 | Japanese Professor Shows Rare Earth-Free Electric Car (Video) | Prices for rare earth elements have gone through the roof in recent years, with China basically monopolizing the market for these rare substances (the country currently produces a whopping 97 percent of all rare earths used globally). But i... |
| Jul 22, 2011 | Mi-Look: Cell Phone For The Elderly, Pedometer And Mobile Alarm System In One | Kyocera did what a clever cell phone manufacturer whose home market has the oldest society in the world (over 20% of the Japanese people are 65 or older) has to do: it manufactured a cell phone specifically designed for the elderly. While t... |
| Jul 19, 2011 | New Robot Touch Sensor Paves The Way To More Lifelike Humanoids (Video) | Robots these days, especially humanoids, have one problem: it doesn’t feel nice or lifelike when you touch them. This is where an invention by Japanese robot startup Touchence comes in. Their so-called ShokacCube, made of polyurethane, is t... |
| Jul 18, 2011 | Golf Connection: Web-Connected Golf Simulator (Video) | Konami isn’t just a video game maker. The company is also in the business of producing amusement machines (mainly for the Japanese market), and recently showcased its newest model: the aptly named Golf Connection [JP]. “Virtual golf simulat... |
| Jul 13, 2011 | Video: Japanese Robot Talks Like A Human | Update July 14, 2011: much better video now available (please see below).
We’re one step closer to the Robocalypse: a research team at Japan’s Kagawa University has developed a robot that’s able to “speak” like a human being. While talking ... |
| Jul 12, 2011 | Video: Home Security System Uses Radio Signals To Detect Intruders | Video and infra-red were yesterday: Japan’s National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, the NICT, is working on a home security and monitoring system that’s entirely based on radio signals. The main advantage of the so-... |
| Jul 11, 2011 | Video: Fujitsu Shows Next-Generation Color E-Paper | Electronic paper has come a long way, but displaying content in color in a way that makes sense (refresh rate, resolution etc.) is still a problem. One of the bigger companies working on color e-papers is Fujitsu whose FLEPia is among the m... |
| Jul 8, 2011 | Video: Panasonic Shows Android-Powered E-Book Reader/Tablet Hybrid | Panasonic is prepping an Android 2.2-powered e-book reader/tablet hybrid [JP] that’s specifically designed for the Japanese market. The device will offer e-books through a store set up by Rakuten, the country’s biggest e-commerce company, w... |
| Jul 6, 2011 | Video: Japanese Company Shows 32-Inch Multi-Touch Display Powered By Android | One of Android‘s advantages is its versatility, as a Japanese company called SKR Technology [JP] now demonstrates: SKR has developed a 32-inch digital signage display that runs on Android 2.3 and that supports multi-touch.
The display, whic... |
| Jun 30, 2011 | Hanako 2: Japan's Best Dental Patient Robot Gets An Update (Video) | Robot Hanako, the Japanese dental patient simulator we have shown you last year, just got an upgrade: Hanako 2 still behaves, in many ways, like a human patient, and she still lets dentists practice “real-life” procedures on her before they... |
| Jun 29, 2011 | Video: The Pic3D Sheet Turns Your 2D Screen Into A Naked-Eye 3D Display | A Japanese company called Global Wave has developed a special film, which can be used to transform any given 2D LCD screen into a naked-eye 3D display – just applying it to the LCD is enough. Global Wave says the so-called Pic3D sheet is th... |
| Jun 28, 2011 | Video: The Sense-Roid Is A Robo Jacket That Lets You Hug Yourself | I am aware we have covered the Sense-Roid, a robotic device that lets you hug yourself (don’t ask), last week already. But now our friends over at Diginfonews in Tokyo went out and shot a professional video that shows the tactile communicat... |
| Jun 24, 2011 | Strange Video: Happinet Lets You Play Table Tennis Against Invisible Opponents | If you happen to be a table tennis player who’s never able to find a partner to play with, here’s your chance: a Japanese company called Happinet is selling some kind of virtual table tennis game that requires neither a second person nor a ... |
| Jun 23, 2011 | Video: Complete Hand Recognition With 5-Finger Mouse Amenbo (Video) | This looks like something straight out of “Minority Report”: Japan-based robot venture Double Research & Development Co. [JP] has developed a 5-finger mouse [JP] that can track the movements and pressure of individual fingers and send t... |
| Jun 16, 2011 | Toylet: Sega's Video Game System For Toilets Gets Priced And Dated (Video) | Do you remember the Toylet, the bizarre video game system from Sega that can be placed inside urinals and allows you to control on-screen action with your pee? The Toylet’s core elements are an LCD screen (placed above the urinal) and a spe... |
| Jun 16, 2011 | MultiTouchWall: NEC's Awesome, Huge Multi-Touch Digital Signage System (Video) | Face recognition, personalization, flexible screens: digital signage has come a long way. Now NEC is offering up its own digital signage solution, which has two distinct selling points: it’s pretty big (4.1m wide and 1.15m high), and it boa... |
| Jun 15, 2011 | Video: Super-efficient Chicken Breast Deboning Robot | First the strawberry-picking robot, now another super-efficient industrial robot from Japan. This one is the brainchild of Mayekawa Manufacturing, and it can automatically debone chicken breasts – quickly and accurately.
To be more concrete... |
| Jun 2, 2011 | Gemelos 3D Base: Full HD 3D Camera System Used For Surgery Training (Video) | Training surgeons in hospitals is difficult and expensive, but what if you could use some 3D tech in order to simulate treating patients in a realistic way? That’s what Japan-based Totsu Sangyo thought when it used their Gemelos 3D Base [JP... |
| May 30, 2011 | Video: Smartphone Simulates Sensation Of Buttons On A Touchscreen | Do you miss the feeling of pressing physical buttons when you touch icons or letters on a smartphone touchscreen? Japan’s second largest mobile carrier KDDI is working on a display that recreates exactly that “clicking sensation” by combini... |
| May 30, 2011 | Video: NTT Docomo's Mobile, Simultaneous Translation System | The idea of translating spoken language from cell phone to cell phone isn’t exactly new, but the mobile simultaneous translation system NTT Docomo is currently working on looks really impressive. Japan’s biggest mobile carrier says it uses ... |
| May 26, 2011 | Video: Pioneer's Amazing 3D Floating Vision Display | Pioneer has been working on “Floating Vision” displays for quite a while, and now the company has shown the technology used in embedded systems. The naked-eye 3D display Pioneer recently showed at an exhibition in Tokyo lets users view imag... |
| May 24, 2011 | iRemoTap: Power Strip with Built-In Wi-Fi (Video) | Japan-based Ubiquitous has developed [JP] a power strip with a built-in Wi-Fi module. Dubbed iRemoTap, the strip allows you to do two things: you can track which of the connected devices consumes how much energy on a PC or cell phone in rea... |
| May 20, 2011 | Video: Fujitsu’s Symbian/Windows 7 Dual Boot Cell Phone Up And Close | We showed you the LOOX F-07C earlier this week, Fujitsu’s Symbian/Windows 7 dual-boot cell phone that Japan’s biggest mobile carrier NTT Docomo plans to market this summer. In case you were wondering how the device looks like in action, our... |
| May 19, 2011 | "Super Hi-Vision": Sharp Prototypes 85-Inch TV With Insane Resolution [Update: Video] | Can you imagine owning a TV with 16 times the resolution of HDTV (or, in other words, about the same resolution as IMAX)? That’s 7,680×4,320 pixels, and today Sharp (in cooperation with Japanese national TV broadcaster NHK) showed a 85-inch... |
| May 17, 2011 | Video: KDDI's iida INFOBAR Android Handset Boasts Unique Design, UI [Update: New Video] | Japan’s second largest mobile carrier KDDI au unveiled its summer line-up of cell phones today, and one of the 15 new models is particularly interesting: the so-called INFOBAR A01 [JP], which is part of KDDI’s designer sub-brand iida. The b... |
| May 13, 2011 | Helios IX: Semi-Autonomous Rescue Robot Moves Up Stairs, Opens Doors (Video) | We’ve covered quite a few rescue robots in the past, but Helios IX, developed at the Tokyo Institute of Technology is certainly one of the most versatile models. The robot is designed to be used in post-disaster situations, as it can climb ... |
| May 13, 2011 | This Is The World's Smallest Full HD 3D Display (Video) | Japan-based Ortus Technology has developed what it calls the world’s smallest 3D display with full HD resolution – after announcing the world’s smallest full HD display in 2D last October. Also sized at 4.8 inches, the new screen is basical... |
| May 10, 2011 | Video: Touchscreen Sends Tactile Information Through The Display Onto Your Hand | I am not really sure if this is awesome or unnecessary, but here we go: Japan’s University of Electro-Communications has developed a small touchscreen that sends tactile information through the display onto the palm of your hand. In other w... |
| May 2, 2011 | Video: Tricycle Robot Tri-Star IV Overcomes Sand And Rubble, Could Be Used In Fukushima | I am not seeing exactly how this robot can be used to explore the damaged nuclear plants in Fukushima (I understand they are not designed to resist radiation), but it’s pretty cool nonetheless. Jointly developed by the Tokyo Institute of Te... |
| May 2, 2011 | Video: Online Kiss Transmission Device | I don’t know how to start, so here we go: students from the Japan’s University of Electro-Communications have created a device that (kind of) makes it possible to transmit kisses over the web, from one person to the other. The way it works ... |
| Apr 22, 2011 | Video: Projector Screen For Brightly Lit Rooms | This is pretty cool: a team of researchers at Japan’s Tohoku University has developed a projection screen that works inside brightly lit rooms, doing away with the need to draw curtains when starting a projection. The device suppresses the ... |
| Apr 18, 2011 | Video: Bridgestone’s Flexible (And Pretty Cool) E-Paper "AeroBee" | In April last year, we’ve shown you a prototype of the the QR-LPD (Quick Response Liquid Power Display), a flexible e-paper developed by Japanese tire maker Bridgestone. Fast forward to April 2011, and it turns out the company has not only ... |
| Mar 30, 2011 | Video: New Touchscreen Control Interface Flexes When Scrolled | A research team at Osaka University has developed a new control interface for touchscreens that flexes the content that’s displayed when you move your finger over the screen. In the process, the content is “distorted” to make it possible to... |
| Mar 24, 2011 | Video: 360-Degree Observable Fog Display | Researchers at Osaka University‘s Oshiro Lab are working on a “true 3D display”. The so-called 360-Degree Observable Fog Display makes it possible to walk around the object being shown and view it in 3D from all viewpoints – Sony’s cool ste... |
| Mar 23, 2011 | TEROOS: Awesome, Shoulder-Mounted Communication Robot (Video) | A group of researchers at Keio University in Tokyo has developed a mini robot/personal avatar that’s supposed to make it easier to communicate with other people via video (and sound) while on the go. Switch the so-called TEROOS on, set up a... |
| Mar 23, 2011 | Video: Tactile Feedback Device For E-Readers | While there are quite a few e-readers on the market right now, printed books still have a totally different “feel” to them. Enter the “Paranga”, a device that’s supposed to add tactile feedback to the experience when reading e-books.
To be ... |
| Mar 22, 2011 | Video: NEC's ArmKeypad Touch Remote Control In Action | Do you remember NEC‘s weird remote control system we’ve shown you earlier this month? Back then, the tech was so new that the “ArmKeypad” didn’t have a name, and we couldn’t get a picture either. But now, thanks to Diginfonews in Tokyo, we ... |
| Mar 22, 2011 | Video: Panasonic Face Recognition System Detects 64 Faces Simultaneously | If you thought the face recognition technology from NEC we’ve shown you last year was impressive, think again: Panasonic is working on a system that can recognize 64 faces and compare 32 faces at the same time. The maker, Panasonic System N... |
| Mar 21, 2011 | Video: Newest Version Of Cyberdyne's Robot Suit HAL Up And Close | I have been a fan of Japan-based Cyberdyne‘s robot suit HAL since I saw it for the first time in action about 6 years during a demo event in Tokyo. In a nutshell, HAL can help make paralyzed persons walk (and lift heavy objects) by transfor... |
| Mar 10, 2011 | Video: Futuristic Smart House | It’s not the first “next-generation home” we have covered so far, but major Japanese housing manufacturer Sekisui House‘s so-called “Smart House” is definitely one of the coolest concepts so far. Apart from Sekisui, telecom giant NTT Docomo... |
| Mar 9, 2011 | Video: Retractable, Portable Solar Power Unit | Solar energy is progressing: Japan-based OS has developed the so-called “Mobile Solar Unit” [ENG, PDF], which is essentially a portable power generation system that comes with a retractable solar panel. The system can provide a total of 40W... |
| Mar 4, 2011 | Video: The Robo-Chef Makes Chinese Cooking Easy | Cooking Chinese food? There is a robot for that: made by Japan-based MIK, the aptly named Robo-Chef boasts a number of pretty advanced cooking skills. It prepares various Chinese dishes like stir-fried noodles, stir-fried vegetables, fried ... |
| Mar 4, 2011 | Video: Japan Develops Large Capacitive Cloth | Researchers at Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology are developing a big cloth that’s embedded with capacitive touch sensors. To what end, you ask? The idea is to one day create wearable clothing—is “wear... |
| Mar 3, 2011 | Videos: This Camera Shoots Color Video Even In Darkness | Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) has developed a security camera that shoots video in color even in pitch-black conditions. The so-called Color Night Vision Camera [JP], produced by AIST spin-o... |
| Feb 24, 2011 | NEC Medias: Docomo To Offer The World's Thinnest Smartphone In 3 Weeks (Update: Video) | On Monday, we’ve just shown you some leaked pictures, but we can now confirm the “world’s thinnest smartphone”, NEC Casio Mobile’s MEDIAS N-04C, is real. And provider NTT Docomo, Japan’s biggest mobile carrier, doesn’t want to lose time in ... |
| Feb 16, 2011 | Video: Hitachi Maxell's Wireless iPhone 4 Charger | Not sure what to think of this, but here we go: Hitachi Maxell has developed a wireless charging solution for the iPhone 4 that looks pretty elegant but requires users to place their handset in a special case. That’s the bad news, but the g... |
| Feb 16, 2011 | Video: iPhone-optimized Notepads | Japanese stationery company King Jim is offering printed notepads [JP] specifically aimed at iPhone owners. The idea here is to make it easier to digitize, store and organize handwritten text for smartphone users, a concept King Jim calls “... |
| Feb 14, 2011 | Scaloupe: USB Camera To Check Your Scalp, Post Info On Twitter (Video) | If you’re constantly worried about the condition of your hair and/or scalp, this gadget from Japan might help you: the so-called Scaloupe [JP] is a USB 2.0 camera that makes it possible to check your scalp and also shoot close-up pictures o... |
