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This handsome anime-style security guard will be protecting actual homes and offices in Japan
- Casey Baseel
Apr 29, 2019 - Tweet
Virtual Security Guard will come in customer’s choice of male or female version.
- Japan
- (AI • anime • cool • Security • security guard • technology)
Japanese model shuns perfect beauty, says she just wants to be “f*****g REAL”
- Oona McGee
Apr 26, 2019
New self-love queen wants to show what reality is really like but she’s not really human at all.
- Japan
- (beautiful women • CG • cool • fashion • fashion models • models • technology • virtual models)
Ninja laser tag tournament being organized at Japanese castle in the domain of the Iga ninja clan
- Casey Baseel
Apr 17, 2019
Winner of laser shuriken battles will take home prizes including ninja sake and ninja rice.
- Japan
- (awesome • castles • cool • Iga ninja • Iga Ueno Castle • Mie Prefecture • Ninja • technology)
Zelda fan’s Sheikah Slate turns charging his phone into a scene from Breath of the Wild【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Mar 28, 2019
The phone’s case is one-of-a-kind, but the charger can be yours, Hero of Hyrule with a low battery.
- Japan, USA
- (Breath of the Wild • cool • nintendo • Sheikah Slate • Smartphones • technology • the legend of Zelda • video)
Robot matchmaking party in Japan has couples sit silently, techno cupids make small talk for them
- Casey Baseel
Feb 19, 2019
Surreal videos show event that led to the creation of four new couples, and might be a surprisingly good fit for Japanese society.
- Japan
- (cool • dating • relationships • robots • romance • technology • video • weird)
Video shows off hundreds of beautiful AI-created anime girls in less than a minute【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Feb 14, 2019
Powerhouse GAN demonstration even has tech giant Elon Musk applauding its awesomeness.
- Japan
- (AI • anime • art • artificial intelligence • awesome • cool • Elon Musk • GAN • generative adversarial network • technology • video)
Up-and-coming manzai comedian robots AIchan and GONta adorably work on their material
- Master Blaster
Jan 28, 2019
These plucky little bots use AI to generate comedy bits on the topic of your choice.
- Japan
- (AI • AIchan • comedy • GONta • Konan University • Manzai • Osaka • robots • technology)
This beautiful up-and-coming Japanese fashion model isn’t actually a person【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Jan 19, 2019
Say hi to imma, although she’ll never know your name since she’s a CG virtual model.
- Japan
- (awesome • beautiful women • CG • cool • fashion • fashion models • ModelingCafe • technology)
Kyoto massage parlor would like to offer you a head rub on a self-driving tatami reed floor【Vid】
- Casey Baseel
Jan 18, 2019
Company behind Tokyo’s steampunk massage parlor goes even more old-school with beautiful and relaxing innovation.
- Japan
- (AI • cool • Goku no Kimochi • Kyoto • massage • relaxing • self driving cars • tatami • technology • video)
Bring your 2-D waifu to life with world’s first life-sized “emotional” robotic figurine 【Video】
- Oona McGee
Jan 11, 2019
You’ll never be lonely with Kosaka by your side.
Japan goes from capsule hotels to capsule offices with free Wi-Fi, device charging in Tokyo
- Casey Baseel
Jan 9, 2019
Three of Tokyo’s most useful stations offer individual-size offices free of charge.
- Japan
- (capsule hotels • COK • cool • free • Shinagawa Station • Shinjuku Station • SNOJ • technology • Tokyo • Tokyo Station • trains • travel • weird)
Gamer in Japan turns the PlayStation Classic into a true, and awesome, portable system
- Casey Baseel
Jan 7, 2019
Month-long modding project lets him go back to the 32-bit past on the go.
- Japan
- (awesome • cool • playstation • PlayStation Classic • Sony • technology • video games)
New meets old while testing a Tesla in Kyoto in honor of Japan’s first Urban Superchargers
- Master Blaster
Dec 20, 2018
We get to take a Tesla Model S luxury EV for a spin around the historic capital of Japan.
- Japan
- (cars • door handles • electric vehicles • Kyoto • technology • Tesla • test drive • Urban Supercharger)
Revolutionary A.I. voice software produces incredible vocals that sound just like a real human
- Koh Ruide
Dec 17, 2018
The day when human singers get replaced by A.I. inches that much closer.
- Japan
- (artificial intelligence • music • singing • technology • virtual idols • voice)
Anime-style magic circles summon vocabulary for you in this language-learning app from Japan【Vid】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 13, 2018
Free app Spell Master turns you into a linguistic sorcerer.
- Japan
- (apps • AR • augmented reality • awesome • clever • cool • learning English • learning languages • linguistics • magic circles • technology • video)
Fake idol neural network company explains its goals: “Humans and AIs creating together”
- Katy Kelly
Dec 9, 2018
They aren’t just creating armies of fictional smiling girls for the fun of it!
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- Japan
- (AI • artificial intelligence • awesome • DataGrid • deep learning • idol singers • Idols • technology • video • virtual idols)
Fried chicken-cooking robot to start working at Japanese convenience store
- Casey Baseel
Dec 7, 2018
Forget Gundam. This is Japan’s greatest robotic feat.
- Japan
- (awesome • conveneince stores • cool • food • karaage • karaage kun • Lawson • robots • technology)
Pager service is finally ending in Japan, but how many people still use them?
- Casey Baseel
Dec 4, 2018
Country’s last-remaining pager company announces it’s shutting down its service, but users still have a couple more months to say their good-byes.
Autonomous AI security robot spotted patrolling Tokyo train station【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 1, 2018
Self-controlled robo guard scans for dangerous individuals and suspicious packages, would probably look adorable with a police officer’s uniform.
- Japan
- (AI • awesome • COK • cool • crime • robots • Seibu Railway • shinjuku • SNOJ • technology • trains)
Cafe opens in Tokyo staffed by robots controlled by paralyzed people
- Master Blaster
Nov 29, 2018
Dawn is an inspirational marriage of technology and humanity.
- Japan
- (Akasaka • cafe • Dawn • disabilities • employment • Nippon Foundation • Ory • robots • technology • Tokyo)
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