Japan’s CyberHuman Productions scans celebrities to create working digital twins
Japan’s CyberHuman Productions handles a variety of digital content creations, such as 3D scanning and 3DCG contents. They have announced that they will be taking…
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Kit lets you build Japan’s famous tea-serving automaton from the Edo Period
Japan is said to be a country with one foot in the future and the other in the past. These days it can be argued…
JR East debuts AI-powered unstaffed food stands in train station
Unstaffed food and drink stands are usually a more common sight in the Japanese countryside, as local farmers rely on them to provide fresh and…
Grab your lab coats, the Denjiro Yonemura Science Show is coming to Shibuya this Autumn!
Put your thinking hats on this autumn and prepare for an event full of both lively entertainment and learning at the Denjiro Yonemura Science Show…
Uncovering the Origins of Life: Analysis of Asteroid Ryugu Samples Begins
Hayabusa2 became the first spacecraft in the world to successfully collect samples from the subsurface of Ryugu in 2019, sending 5.4 grams of rocks and…
Tech progressions: Palm-sized AI chat bot provides autonomous conversation
If you’ve been waiting on what seemed like a pipe dream of having your very own AI robotic pet, then you needn’t wait much longer….
Japanese company develops life-sized reactionary anime girl hologram store guides
Many anime fans were thrilled when Japanese company Gatebox announced the development and release of their “Hologram Communication Robot“, an Alexa-type device that functions as…
Kindergartner obsessed with Dr. Stone wows Japanese Twitter users with science learned from the series
When you’re young and obsessed with certain anime or manga series, there’s a tendency to try to learn things from the series that you might…
Japanese company develops “floating image” no-touch touch panels to avoid direct button contact
Response to the spread of the coronavirus as an ongoing global pandemic has seen not only a focus on social distancing, but extra caution exercised…
Japanese inventor’s mealtime videos get played over 7 million times in series of viral Tweets
On February 5, 2021, a video showing a man’s dinner became a hot topic with over 431,000 likes at the time of writing. The video…
Cutting-Edge Pandemic Products, Technologies Hit CES Electronics Show 2021
The Sankei Shimbun, in JAPAN Forward Notable for the participation of many Japanese startups, the world’s largest consumer electronics show this year featured products and…
Winter casts a spell of bubbles
In early 2021, a cold spell hit the Japanese archipelago. Recently, it has been frigid throughout various regions of the country. And on the northern…
Gorgeous Snow Crystal Museum closed due to pandemic could reopen if you spread the word
Kento Araki 荒木健太郎 (@arakencloud) is a researcher at the Meteorological Research Institute of Japan, where he studies the mechanism of cloud formations and their impact…
Japan’s cuddly robot gets permanent themed cafe with new LOVOT Cafe in Kanagawa
Over the years, Japan has come up with robots that serve almost any purpose you can think of, from things like delivering packages to securing…
Life Sciences in Japan: in desperate need of resuscitation
Japan occupies an unusual space in the global imagination. At once a futuristic nation of innovation and robotics, and simultaneously, for those on the inside,…