Category: NEW TECH

Regular readers will recall the iDoll, a mini robotic doll prototype by Hakuhodo and Yukai Engineering. In another effort to promote the prototype and expand its commercial prospects, the ...

Marking the first release from touch.plus, TABO is the world's first iPad Pro touchscreen robot. "Your little friend living on a tablet", TABO (tablet robot) works with the screen of the iPad ...

Gatebox is a "hologram communication robot" that integrates with a smart home. Developed by Japan's Vinclu Inc and apparently the first of its kind, Gatebox can converse with you, turn on ...

Moff is based in Tokyo but has its sights firmly on the global market. Its wearable smart toy Moff Band was released internationally after a successful Kickstarter campaign in 2014. Now it has ...

Japan continues to negotiate its relationship with drones. Just fun toys or dangerous tools? Until spring this year, drones were perhaps most famous in Japan as a way to get cool aerial shots, ...

Japanese fast fashion retailer GU has created what it claims it the first "new sensation video" in Japan with onomato mix by GU. The video, which is online as an app until January 5th, allows you to ...

This article by Adriana Mazza first appeared on Tokyo Cheapo. Before you ever stepped foot on Japanese soil, you probably envisioned a society in complete integration with technology. Yet, when ...

AI-Samurai is a robot that looks like a samurai crossed with Darth Vader. Okay, a samurai Darth Vader already exists. It looks like this. But Nextremer has now developed a robot that wears ...

Mitsubishi Regional Jet is Japan's first ever domestic passenger jet and the first aircraft debuted by a Japanese manufacturer in decades. Developed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, the new plane ...

Is this virtual wearable arm keyboard that future of user interface? NEC has developed the ARmKeypad, a virtual keyboard that displays on your arm. The keyboards work in tandem with other ...

Will robots be the ones doing the dancing in the future? And would we even notice? As part of DMM.make's Robots project, meet Pre-Maid AI, the world's first maid-style dancing robot. This ...

Japan is famous for its vending machines but what's fascinating about them is not just the sheer number that exist in the country, nor even their variety (everything from drinks to food, newspaper, ...

UnlimitedHand is a new haptic wearable controller by H2L, a hardware startup that has emerged from the University of Tokyo. The device was announced by H2L CEO Kenichiro Iwasaki at TechCrunch ...

It's been a while since or anyone got really excited about Japanese tech. What with all the Apples and the Samsungs around, it seems the days when Panasonic, Sony, Toshiba and friends dominated the ...

To speed up service for customers from overseas, Shibuya 109 and 109 Men's have introduced a new duty-free POS system called RefundPro. While the hike in the sales tax from 5% to 8% affected ...