Japanese Technology from the Future Friday!
By RENO J. TIBKE - [18/5/2013 - 12:15] - 
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This week it’s American gas, Japan’s lack of startups, and J-tech to make horses happy! Welcome to Japanese Technology from the Future Friday: It’s already Friday west of the international dateline – here in Japan, it’s tot[...]
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Pacific Rim and the Legacy of Giant Japanese Robots
By RENO J. TIBKE - [15/5/2013 - 09:26] - 0 - Robot Toy
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A Slice of Giant Japanese Robot Lineage: With a marketing campaign aimed at pretty much any human being with electricity, high levels of robo-geekery aren’t at all required for one to be aware of this summer’s giant robot & monster[...]
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Japanese Technology from the Future Friday!
By RENO J. TIBKE - [11/5/2013 - 12:55] - 2 - Misc
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Welcome to Japanese Technology from the Future Friday! It’s already Friday west of the international dateline – here in Japan, it’s totally the future. The weekly JTFF is our somewhat technosnarky coverage of 2-5 particularly important[...]
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Eidos Masks: Giving Humans Superpowers (of perception)
By RENO J. TIBKE - [10/5/2013 - 11:56] - 0 - Misc
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The Eidos masks are really, really cool. New toys like Google Glass are neat, but augmented reality (AR) has been around forever. Going back to WWII-era active gun sights, forward to the heads-up displays of modern aircraft & autom[...]
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Top 4 Robot-Themed Short Films of 2013 (thus far)
By RENO J. TIBKE - [8/5/2013 - 06:06] - 0 - Robot
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2013’s Top 4 Robot Short Films Japan’s yearly Golden Week, a 10-day stretch of spring garnished with national holidays, tends to shut down almost every industry save tourism & travel. Of course this includes J-robotics movers and s[...]
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Japanese Technology from the Future Friday!
By RENO J. TIBKE - [3/5/2013 - 07:30] - 0 -
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Welcome to Japanese Technology from the Future Friday! It’s already Friday west of the international dateline – here in Japan, it’s totally the future. The weekly JTFF is our somewhat technosnarky coverage of 2-5 part[...]
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Japan’s Taking Robot Action: Honda, Sekisui House, and New Government Funding
By RENO J. TIBKE - [1/5/2013 - 05:45] - 3 - Robot
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Everyday Robots, the Ones That Have Forever Been Coming… They Might Actually Get Here? Well, in Japan, anyway. Two massive companies and one or two government agencies have assembled some intriguing and aggressive robot launchpad[...]
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Japan’s Kuratas vs. The U.K.’s Mantis: Pure Science Robot Showdown!
By RENO J. TIBKE - [24/4/2013 - 05:29] - 4 - Robot
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Have you heard of the robot maker species that doesn’t need a grand research goal, isn’t motivated by government competitions or corporate interests, and doesn’t necessarily care if their efforts result in profit? Japanese [...]
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The Saddest Robots in Japan Live Among the Sins of Sony
By RENO J. TIBKE - [17/4/2013 - 05:51] - 2 - Robot
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Google Me This: What Ever Happened to Sony’s Robots? Okay, check it out: so there’s this massive, global technology company, and about 14 years ago they decide to make a few robots. Turns out they create some really smart, cutting-edge[...]
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Japan’s Creepiest Robots (and why they’re not)
By RENO J. TIBKE - [10/4/2013 - 03:33] - 0 - Robot
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We’re rolling, and 3, 2, 1 – ACTION: “Gee-whiz Bob, those crazy Japanese robot guys are at it again, how about a ridiculous soundbite and poorly executed pun, and hey, here’s an unoriginal one-liner, ha, ha, ha, those Japanese an[...]
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Japan’s Robot Cars: Where’s this Road Going?
By RENO J. TIBKE - [4/4/2013 - 07:50] - 2 - Car Robot
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Optimus Prime, Hot Rod, and Ultra Magnus. These are all robot cars from the Transformers franchise rooted in early 1980s Japan. Somewhat disappointingly, here in realityland it looks like Japan’s real robot cars will have names like Ni[...]
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Japan’s Industrial Robotics Situation: it’s Interesting. Seriously!
By RENO J. TIBKE - [27/3/2013 - 02:06] - 0 - Robot
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Sweet, More J-Robots! …Oh. Industrial Robots? Okay, today will not be heroic rescue & recovery robots, nor life-changing assistive robots for the disabled and elderly. No, today we’re talking Japan’s industrial robots, and th[...]
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Dear Assistive Robot Industry, We Need You! Sincerely, Rapidly Aging Japan.
By RENO J. TIBKE - [20/3/2013 - 05:20] - 1 - Healthcare Household Robot
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Okay, so what’s an assistive robot? Well, they’re a lot more cool and useful and tech than it might sound. Think of them more like… social robots, or maybe cybernetic enhancements, or, some years down the road, but not too[...]
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mang - [19/05/2013 - 07:10]