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Humanoid robot that can laugh developed in Japan, other functions include freaking people out【Vid】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 3, 2022
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Robot is able to detect when you’re laughing and tries to match your mood.

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• Japan
• (cool • Kyoto University • robots • technology • video • weird)

Tokyo Metro adds platform display showing where least crowded parts of the next train will be

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 30, 2022

Test program could help Tokyo commuters go from crazy crowded commutes to simply very crowded commutes.

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• Japan
• (clever • COK • cool • crowded • rush hour • subways • technology • Tokyo Metro • trains)

So long, CDs – Japan’s Geo chain will no longer purchase used compact discs

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 27, 2022

Decision starts the countdown to the chain’s end of selling used CDs too.

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• Japan
• (CDs • COK • Geo • music • physical media • technology)

Japanese police to introduce video function to emergency 110 calls

• Master Blaster
  Sep 26, 2022

A welcome update to an essential service.

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• Japan
• (110 • 119 • emergency • live stream • police • technology • upload • video)

Amazon’s unmanned ‘just walk out’ store Amazon Fresh leaves us feeling like criminals

• Katie Pask
  Sep 25, 2022

Amazon’s innovative ‘no checkout required’ supermarket leaves our reporter feeling uneasy.

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• Japan, UK
• (Amazon • amazon fresh • amazon go • COK • cool • Ikuna Kamezawa • london • SNJO • technology • travel • unmanned • unmanned shops)

Futuristic drinks stand in Tokyo lets you order cute, personalised beverages from your phone

• Katie Pask
  Sep 18, 2022

But will the SoraNews24 Strawberry Latte hit Mr. Sato’s sweet spot?

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• Japan
• (cute • drink • drinks • latte • Mr. Sato • shinjuku • Shinjuku Marui • strawberry latte • taste test • technology • Tokyo)

Buddhist metaverse “Teraverse” in development at Kyoto University, includes AI Buddha

• Master Blaster
  Sep 14, 2022

I guess you could call it a meta-metaverse.

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• Japan
• (AI • AR • Buddhabot • Buddhism • Kyoto University • metaverse • religion • technology • Teraverse)

Japanese government is shutting down its COVID contract-tracing app

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 13, 2022

COCOA is coming to a close in the latest relaxation of coronavirus countermeasures in Japan.

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• Japan
• (cocoa • COK • contact tracing • coronavirus • health • technology)

Spoons and bowls that use electricity to make food taste saltier to go on sale in 2023

• Master Blaster
  Sep 12, 2022

Take this news without a grain of salt.

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• Japan
• (bowls • clever • cool • food • health • Kirin • Meiji University • salt • science • spoons • technology • weird)

Japanese research institute creates ‘cyborg cockroaches’ to help save people’s lives【Video】

• Katie Pask
  Sep 12, 2022

The impressive research leaves Japanese netizens both grossed out and in a moral quandary.

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• Japan
• (animals • bugs • cockroach • cool • crazy • insects • robots • science • technology • weird)

Japanese government, please stop using floppy discs, politician asks

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 3, 2022

And mini discs too.

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • floppy discs • government • Taro Kono • technology • weird)

Train driver’s locked tablet with forgotten password leads to big delay on Fukushima line

• Master Blaster
  Aug 25, 2022

Growing pains of digitizing trains in Japan.

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• Japan
• (COK • Japan Railways • JR East • passwords • schedules • tablets • technology • timetables • train delay • trains)

Real-time shade information added to walking app from Navitime Japan

• Master Blaster
  Aug 18, 2022

Let Navitime throw you some shade.

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• Japan
• (Alkoo • apps • heat • Navitime Japan • shade • shadows • summer • technology • walking apps)

Robot security guards patrol Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building

• Master Blaster
  Aug 16, 2022

They look kind of like robot squid too.

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• Japan
• (AI • robots • Security • security guard • Seqsense • SQ-2 • technology • Tokyo • Tokyo Metropolitan Government • Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building)

We test out Daiso’s “High-Quality Stereo Earphones” and find a pair that actually impressed us

• Dale Roll
  Aug 13, 2022

Can 300 yen (US$2.26) headphones actually have enough difference in sound quality to be distinguished?

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• Japan
• (100 yen shops • 100-yen stores • COK • comparison • Daiso • earphones • electronics • Go Hatori • headphones • music • SNJO • technology)

Very limited sale of glasses that can halt or reverse nearsightedness begin in Japan

• Master Blaster
  Aug 10, 2022

A pair of truly “corrective” lenses?

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • eyesight • glasses • health • myopia • nearsightedness • technology)

JAL system makes air travel easier and lets you keep laptops, liquids in bag for security check

• SoraNews24
  Aug 5, 2022

Passengers can keep computers and liquids inside their carry-on until they actually want to use them, thanks to new system.

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• Japan
• (airports • Haneda • JAL • Japan Airlines • technology • travel)

Autonomous beverage and snack car now testing in Chiba City

• Master Blaster
  Jul 31, 2022

It’s like some kind of vending mechanical robot or something!

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• Japan
• (autonomous cars • autonomous vehicles • Chiba • COK • cool • drinks • kyocera • snacks • technology • vending machines)

Japanese craft brewery and tech company to simulate making beer on Moon and Mars

• Master Blaster
  Jul 28, 2022

Get ready for some out-of-this world beer.

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• Japan
• (AMAZ • craft beer • Cyclo • Derailleur Brew Words • DigitalBlast • gravity • ISS • Nishinari • Osaka • space • technology • yeast)

Immersive Museum offers impressive impressionist fun this summer in Tokyo

• Master Blaster
  Jul 19, 2022

Become one with the strokes.

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• Japan
• (art • digital mapping • Immersive Museum • impressionism • Monet • Nihonbashi • paintings • technology • Tokyo)

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