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Assistive exoskeletons now available in Japanese electronic stores, lets you do serious lifting

• Koh Ruide
  Nov 5, 2019
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Each relieves up to 25 kilograms of force and doesn’t even need electricity!

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• Japan
• (Bic Camera • exoskeleton • innovation • lifting • muscle • powered-assist suits • suit • technology)

Protect your sweets from fridge thieves with Japan’s Pudding Alert 2.1 system!【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 4, 2019

If you work in an office or live in a home with people who have a sweet tooth and sticky fingers, this is the dessert-saving device you need.

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• Japan
• (cool • crazy • food • funny • gadgets • pudding • purin • sweets • technology • video)

Japanese company wants you to use a remote-controlled robot to visit Grandma, go shopping【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 18, 2019

The technology is definitely there, but are your elderly relatives ready for you to drive robots around their houses?

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• Japan
• (ANA • cool • robots • technology • video • weird)

Canon shows off video-game-like replay tech for real games of Rugby World Cup in Japan

• Master Blaster
  Oct 16, 2019

Ca-non sports: It’s in the game.

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• Global, Japan
• (3D model • canon • replay • Rugby World Cup • sports • technology • video games • VR)

Social plague of “AirDrop chikan” wiped out with simple change in iOS 13 update

• Master Blaster
  Oct 12, 2019

Well… That takes care of that.

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• Japan
• (AirDrop • AirDrop chikan • Apple • chikan • crime • iOS13 • iPhone • technology • update)

Starbucks Japan launches new coffee-buying pen, and SoraNews24 tries it out

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 4, 2019

Touch the Pen lets you pay for your coffee without using cash or cards.

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• Japan
• (cafes • cashless • coffee • COK • cool • pens • SNJO • Starbucks • technology)

God of Manga Osamu Tezuka to return to work with “new manga” produced by AI

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 4, 2019

Creator of Astro Boy has been deceased for 30 years.

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• Japan
• (AI • anime • artificial intelligence • Astro Boy • manga • Osamu Tezuka • technology • Tetsuwan Atom)

Japanese system engineer uses kitty power to keep angry customers from yelling at him

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 3, 2019

Ingenious idea turns system errors into something to look forward to.

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• Japan
• (cats • clever • COK • computers • customer service • cute • technology)

Pager service officially ends in Japan, funeral service for outdated tech held in Akihabara【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 30, 2019

Sayonara, pagers, and enjoy your well-earned rest.

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• Japan
• (Akihabara • crazy • funny • pagers • technology • video • weird)

Nissan develops golf ball that automatically finds the hole every time

• Master Blaster
  Aug 26, 2019

A fun demo of their newest driving assist technology, ProPilot 2.0.

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• Japan
• (automobiles • cars • driver assist • Golf • Japan • nissan • ProPilot • sports • technology)

New anime AI program animates your art for you when you add a voice clip【Videos】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 16, 2019

DeepAnime is the attest attempt to raise the heights of automated anime production.

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• Japan
• (AI • anime • art • awesome • COK • cool • deep learning • GANs • illustration • manga • technology • video)

Japanese company offers working space for just 100 yen per hour in downtown Tokyo

• Shannon McNaught
  Jul 18, 2019

Whether you’re visiting Japan on business, working remotely, or just need a quick phone charge, this is definitely something you’ll want to take advantage of.

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• Japan
• (battery charger • cool • mobile workers • technology • working in Japan • working life)

Testing Japan’s stick-on, mask-your-pooping-sound speakers against our coworker’s butt【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 15, 2019

When Go takes a dump, everyone in the office knows, but can a team of “sound princesses” solve the dilemma?

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • funny • gadgets • Go Hatori • gross • Otohime • SNOJ • sound princess • technology • Toilets • weird)

Nintendo answers questions on VR, 5G and staying behind the trends: “Our priority is entertainment”

• Katy Kelly
  Jul 5, 2019

Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa and company legend Shigeru Miyamoto addressed some hot topics regarding their future in virtual reality, and blamed extensive research for delays.
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• Japan
• (COK • Ko Shiota • nintendo • Shigeru Miyamoto • Shuntaro Furukawa • technology • video games)

Check out these awesome AI-generated Pokémon characters that could be the future of Pokémon

• Dale Roll
  Jul 5, 2019

Could these creatures designed by robots inspire the next generation of Pokémon?

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• Japan
• (AI • AI generator • anime • artificial intelligence • design • GAN • Pokemon • StyleGAN • technology • video games)

Japanese online fashion retailer Zozotown develops foot-scanning tech for perfect-fitting shoes

• Master Blaster
  Jun 28, 2019

But can they get it right this time?

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• Japan
• (clever • cool • fashion • online shopping • shoes • shopping • smartphone • technology • yusaku maezawa • Zozomat • Zozosuit • ZOZOTOWN)

This gorgeous sake cup fills your drink with holographic cherry blossoms as you sip【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 20, 2019

Soothing sounds and other seasonal symbols of Japan are also part of the techno-cultural innovation.

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• Japan
• (alcohol • beautiul • cherry blossoms • cool • cups • drinks • holograms • interior • sake • sakura • technology • video)

Tokyo’s new rental umbrella service is perfect for sudden showers, staying dry on the cheap

• Evie Nyan
  Jun 10, 2019

Sometimes umbrella ownership is just too much responsibility to handle.

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• Japan
• (rain • rental • SNJO • technology • umbrella)

Let Potechinote do all the dirty potato chip work and keep your touchscreens sparkling

• Master Blaster
  May 14, 2019

Potechinote is back with some fresh design changes!

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• Japan
• (Calbee • dirty fingers • food • potato chips • Potechinote • Smartphones • tablets • Takara Tomi • technology • touch screens)

ATMs in Japan are saying they’ll transfer your money back in time to 1989

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 30, 2019

Inadvertent time-travelling is thanks to the R1 bug.

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• Japan
• (ATMs • banking • COK • convenience stores • funny • Heisei • imperial era • Lawson • new era name • Reiwa • technology)

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