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Gag or actually functional office piece? Oversized Enter key amazes us—with its uselessness

• Ingrid Tsai
  Aug 1, 2020
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Is there a limit to the madness of IT? Apparently not.

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• (Amazon • COK • computers • crazy • funny • keyboard • Masanuki Sunakoma • SNJO • technology • weird)

The future is here! Coronavirus prevention leads to holographic touch screens in everyday spaces

• Dale Roll
  Jul 30, 2020

Soon we won’t have to worry about getting infected by a dirty touch screen!

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• Japan
• (clever • contactless • cool • coronavirus • futuristic • holograms • technology • touch screens)

Japanese fast food chain’s new robot worker helps people sick and stuck at home continue to earn

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 21, 2020

Mos Burger’s robot cashier will be operated by people unable to leave their homes because of sickness.

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• Japan
• (clever • COK • cool • fast food • food • Mos Burger • OriHime • Ory Lab • robots • technology)

Sapporo Marathon moves online, becomes way more chill about it all

• Master Blaster
  Jul 17, 2020

Eh, just run wherever you want, whenever you want. It’s all good.

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• Japan
• (COK • coronavirus • COVID-19 • GPS • Hokkaido • online marathon • Sapporo • Sapporo Marathon • sports • technology)

Only three COVID-19 infected people registered on Japan’s contact tracing app after a month

• Master Blaster
  Jul 10, 2020

You had one job, COCOA!

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• Japan
• (cocoa • contact tracing • coronavirus • COVID-19 • COVID-19 Contact-Confirming Application • Ministry of Health • Ministry of Health Labour and Welfare • technology)

Japanese vending machines will now let your buy things using your face

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 8, 2020

Smile for the camera (and the drink).

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• Japan
• (clever • COK • cool • drinks • Dydo • facial recognition • technology • vending machines)

White is so 2019, LED light-up face masks a hit on Japanese crowdfunding site

• Master Blaster
  Jul 8, 2020

We all knew this was coming, right?

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• Japan
• (coronavirus • COVID-19 • crowdfunding • face masks • Global DC • LED • Lightup! Mask • technology)

Remote-control VR robots to start working in Japanese convenience stores this summer

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 3, 2020

Family Mart’s robots will still be controlled by human employees.

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• Japan
• (convenience stores • Family mart • robots • technology • virtual reality • VR)

New Japanese social media platform promises positive responses only for users’ posts【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 28, 2020

But won’t there always be terrible people online? Not on this social media network.

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• Internet, Japan
• (AI • anime • Bandai Namco • social media • Sword Art Online • technology • video • weird)

“The revolutionary way to pick your nose!” We try out the Nose Picker

• Katie Pask
  Jun 9, 2020

It’s “what you have always wanted and needed.”

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• Japan
• (crazy • funny toy • inventions • Japanese inventions • nose • nose picker • technology • toy • toys • wtf)

Japanese politicians want to make walking while looking at your smartphone illegal

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 1, 2020

New law would require that you be immobile when looking at your mobile phone.

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• Japan
• (COK • crime • safety • Smartphones • society • technology)

No sexy dialogue allowed for custom-order anime voice actor PCs, manufacturer says

• Casey Baseel
  May 25, 2020

Tokyo-based manufacturer specifically forbids one of Japan’s most time-honored steamy “welcome home” clichés.

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • computers • laptops • tablets • technology • voice actors • voice actresses • weird)

Fukuoka Museum offers Japanese art treasures right in your own home via AR

• Master Blaster
  May 21, 2020

Why not virtually spruce up your living room with some 16th century samurai armor?

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• Internet, Japan
• (AR • art • cool • culture • Fukuoka • Fukuoka City Museum • history • samurai • Steampunk Digital • technology • Tokugawa Ieyasu • Yoichi Kojima)

ANA unveils robot avatar shopper at boutique in Oita

• Master Blaster
  May 13, 2020

Robots let us peruse the aisles of clothing stores from anywhere in the world.

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• Japan
• (ANA • avatars • contessa ricca • fashion • newme • Oita • robots • shopping • technology)

You can control your air conditioner with a Game Boy Color, genius inventor proves【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  May 12, 2020

It takes a bit of tinkering, but the handheld that was Nintendo’s cool new tech in 1998 can still keep you cool today.

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• Japan
• (air conditioner • Air conditioning • awesome • cool • gadgets • Game Boy • Game Boy Color • nintendo • technology • video • video games)

Japanese government proposes cyborgs and robotic avatars for all by 2050

• Master Blaster
  May 12, 2020

Above diagram suggests Vegeta suits may be involved as well.

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• Japan
• (avatars • Cabinet Office • future • government • Moonshot R&D Program • robots • science • Society 5.0 • technology)

Once upon a time, Japan had sewing machines you controlled with a Nintendo Game Boy【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  May 4, 2020

A forgotten piece of video game history is back in the spotlight, so is it time for Nintendo to produce a modern update?

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• Japan
• (cool • crafts • crazy • gadgets • nintendo • sewing • sewing machines • technology • video games • weird)

SoraNews24’s first article written entirely by an AI

• Master Blaster
  Apr 29, 2020

The future is here, and it’s weird.

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• Internet, Japan
• (AI • robots • Scuttlebutt • technology • wtf • zombies)

New virtual anime wife system helps Japanese workers deal with emotional strain of telecommuting

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 16, 2020

Hikari Aizuma helps workers stay sharp and maintain a balanced lifestyle while working from home.

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• Japan
• (anime • coronavirus • Gatebox • otaku • technology • telecommuting)

Can you find the “Kyushu button?”

• Master Blaster
  Apr 6, 2020

You need to enter the mind of a child to find it.

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• Japan
• (children • computers • cute • funny • keyboard • Kyushu • technology)

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