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Tokyo Motor Show 2011 Press Briefing – Toyota, Nissan, Honda

By DigInfo TV - [3/12/2011 - 07:06] - 0 - Car

Interested in Hi-tech and Car? Wanted to come to Japan for this year Tokyo Motor Show but was stuck at the office? Don’t worry here you are a nice little recap video just for you! This Video is provided to you by DigInfo.tv, Akih[...]

Tokyo Motor Show 2011 Press Briefing – Toyota, Nissan, Honda

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Honda Releases the Fit Shuttle and Fit Shuttle Hybrid

By DigInfo TV - [17/6/2011 - 09:22] - 1 - Press Conference Car Electric Vehicle

Honda has released the new wagon-style compact car Fit Shuttle, which was delayed due to effects from the Tohoku Earthquake. The gasoline model starts at 1.61 million yen and the hybrid model at 1.81 million yen. The Fit Shuttle Hybrid[...]

Honda Releases the Fit Shuttle and Fit Shuttle Hybrid

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ASIMO to make its St. Louis debut

By Tom LESKIN - [28/4/2011 - 01:05] - 0 - Robot

If you’re a fan of Honda‘s world-renowned advanced humanoid robot ASIMO, which stands for Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility, it will be making its St. Louis debut at the FIRST Championship from April 28-30. At FIRST, ano[...]

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Honda Announced Internavi LINC an iPhone base service

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [18/3/2011 - 08:57] - 1 - Car Gps Phones

Internavi is Honda’s All in One Service that bring a long list of useful data and services to your Honda GPS. Last week Honda has announced that they will offer for Free an iPhone application named Internavi LINC that will, depending o[...]

Honda Announced Internavi LINC an iPhone base service

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[Review] Honda brings the CR-X Hatchback back to us with the CR-Z

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [27/2/2011 - 12:41] - 7 - Review Car Environment

Welcome to our new bi-monthly Week-end Only new “Rendez-Vous” where we will talk review Cars, Hybrid Cars and Technology revolving around Cars! For years, the name Honda was synonymous with sport, performance and F1. Unfort[...]

[Review] Honda brings the CR-X Hatchback back to us with the CR-Z

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Honda will bring its EV concept Plug-in Hybrid Platform at Geneva

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [11/2/2011 - 07:18] - 0 - Car Environment

Honda’s new EV concept Platform is not something new, and this new Honda Fit EV has already been introduced at last Year L.A Motor-show and is also schedule to be unveiled once more at this Year Geneva Motor-show with however thi[...]

Honda will bring its EV concept Plug-in Hybrid Platform at Geneva

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Asimo at 2011 Sundance Film Festival

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [23/1/2011 - 07:28] - 1 - Robot

Honda will participate to the 2011 Sundance Film Festival by introducing several short movies with among them “Living With Robots” where passionate people and professional will talk about Robots and Asimo as well as “Dream The Impossib[...]

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[Video] Honda Starts Lease Sales of the EV-neo Electric Scooter

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [16/12/2010 - 11:14] - 0 - Environment

Introduced earlier this Year, the EV-neo is Honda’s first electric Scooter, and after many hours, days and month testing and building this next Gen Scooter, Honda has decided that it was about time to launch its little EV-neo in the wi[...]

[Video] Honda Starts Lease Sales of the EV-neo Electric Scooter

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World Debut of Honda Fit EV Concept

By Akihabara News Team - [18/11/2010 - 05:22] - 0 - Misc

Honda has just unveiled the all-new Fit EV Concept electric car and the platform for a midsize plug-in hybrid. Honda is preparing to release Fit EV all-electric cars in the US and Japan in 2012, and these designs are a sure indicator o[...]

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The Recap – What you may have missed this Week

By Akihabara News Team - [30/10/2010 - 09:34] - 0 - The Recap

Week 43 – October 23 – 30, 2010 Imagine a world dominated by a green pig holding a white Iphone and calling with his PSP Phone. Watch everything on your computer with your 3D and your Asimo build in Ecocradle. No you’[...]

The Recap – What you may have missed this Week

Honda’s Asimo Celebrates 10th Bipedal Anniversary

By Akihabara News Team - [25/10/2010 - 12:48] - 0 - Robot

It’ll be ten years on the 31st of October since the day Honda Motor Company’s bipedal Asimo first successfully walked on his own two legs, and Honda plans to celebrate that special day with several events: Honda are creatin[...]

Honda’s Asimo Celebrates 10th Bipedal Anniversary

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We have tested for you Honda’s latest driving simulator and we loved it!

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [13/10/2010 - 12:34] - 2 - Science

Back in March 2010, Honda upgraded its Automobile Driving Simulator with many little improvement including three 42” Full HD LCD and a touch panel monitor (list of changes here below the video), and we could not resist on calling Honda[...]

We have tested for you Honda’s latest driving simulator and we loved it!

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Tsutenkaku Robo from Osaka travel to Tokyo and Akihabara!

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [14/4/2010 - 05:50] - 0 - Robot

Tsutenkaku Robo is the robotic Mascot of Nipponbashi the equivalent of Akihabara in Osaka and shape on the image of the Tsutenkaku Tower over there, and to promote its beloved electric town, Tsutenkaku and its creators decided to visit[...]

Tsutenkaku Robo from Osaka travel to Tokyo and Akihabara!

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HONDA’s Humanoid Robot now available as Desktop Widget

By Akihabara News Team - [2/4/2010 - 05:47] - 2 - Software

Blissful news! If you are one of ASIMO’s worldwide fans, you would be glad to hear that he will be with you every day from now on, well, if not in physically, digitally at least as Honda announced the online availability of its e[...]

HONDA’s Humanoid Robot now available as Desktop Widget

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Honda upgrades its Automobile Driving Simulator and puts it on sales in Japan

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [4/3/2010 - 01:53] - 1 - Misc

Like many different countries, Japan is also using more and more driving simulators to teach people how to drive as well as checking their skills, and while Honda offers many different models including both a bicycle and motorbike simu[...]

Honda upgrades its Automobile Driving Simulator and puts it on sales in Japan

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Honda, ATR, and Shimazu – One Step Away from World Domination with Humans Controlling Robots by Thought!

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [31/3/2009 - 12:07] - 3 - Robot

They made it! Yes Honda, ATR, and Shimazu succeed in making the impossible possible, controlling an Asimo like robot directly by thought! Want to know more? Check out the video and the press release below! Honda, ATR and Shimazu one st[...]

Honda, ATR, and Shimazu – One Step Away from World Domination with Humans Controlling Robots by Thought!

Honda Unveils an Experimental Walking Assist with a Bodyweight Support System

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [10/11/2008 - 11:56] - 4 - Robot

Here’s a new experimental walking assist device from Honda, a system that not only helps you walk, but also supports your bodyweight. To put it simply, if you’re unfortunate enough to be unable to walk freely, it will suppo[...]

Honda Unveils an Experimental Walking Assist with a Bodyweight Support System

Live: Robo Japan 2008!

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [11/10/2008 - 12:07] - 2 - Robot

The past two weeks have been pretty crazy here in Japan. We had the CEATEC (our coverage here CEATEC 2008), then the Tokyo Game Show, more news will come later today and Monday (our coverage here Tokyo Game Show 2008). Today was the st[...]

Honda’s Walking Assist Device: More Than a Hope, a Reality

By Akihabara News Team - [30/6/2008 - 09:12] - 0 - Robot

Honda announced their walking assists device will be officially used by the Shinseikai Medical Group’s Kasumigaseki-Minami Hospital. The aim of this collaboration is to help people again. For those who don’t know what a walking a[...]