Toyota Partner Robot provides everyday assistance for people with disabilities
By DigInfo TV - [4/10/2012 - 10:28] - 
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Toyota has developed the Partner Robot, to provide everyday assistance for people with disabilities. This robot has a compact, cylindrical body, so it can turn round in small spaces, as well as folding arms, which can do tasks such as [...]
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Outstanding Technology demonstrates Visible Light Communication devices ready for commercialization
By DigInfo TV - [16/7/2012 - 09:55] - 2 - Networking
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Outstanding Technology has developed two commercial products using visible light communication technology, using LED lights to transmit data. These are a location service for smartphones, called the Commulight System, and a visible lig[...]
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Experience virtual worlds with the Docomo 3D Live Communication System
By DigInfo TV - [5/6/2012 - 05:25] - 0 - Phones
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NTT Docomo are currently developing a 3D Live Communication System and have presented it as a possible next step beyond regular video calls. During the conversation, words take the form of images in the virtual space shared by the user[...]
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Via Docomo
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[Hands-On] Hugvie – the huggable communication medium with a heartbeat
By DigInfo TV - [28/4/2012 - 12:05] - 0 - Press Conference Robot
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The Hugvie is a cushion in a minimalistic human form. It contains a pocket into which you can put your mobile phone, transforming it into a physical communication medium. The shape of this huggable cushion is based on the Telenoid robo[...]
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![[Hands-On] Hugvie – the huggable communication medium with a heartbeat](/wp-content/uploads/images/6/46/111546/a-150-150.jpg)
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Via Telenoid
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Geminoid-F Android Waits for a Friend in a Tokyo Department Store
By DigInfo TV - [6/2/2012 - 08:33] - 0 - Robot
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If you go to the Takashimaya department store in Shinjuku, Tokyo, by Valentines Day, you will be able to see the Geminoid-F android casually sitting in a show window, looking as if it’s waiting for a friend. Geminoid-F has been p[...]
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Via Osaka U
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Pocky Game System Facilitates Biting Communication
By DigInfo TV - [26/10/2011 - 08:31] - 3 - Press Conference Gaming
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A research group at JAIST has developed a prototype system for playing the Pocky game by yourself. This project is part of the group’s research on using biting motions as a form of communication. “In the Pocky game, two peo[...]
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Via JAIST
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Actroid-F Makes Appearance at AIST Lab Fair, Wows World
By Akihabara News Team - [28/10/2010 - 06:08] - 0 - Robot
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This is the “world’s first true Android”, called the Actroid-F. She’s (I’m sorry, it’s) designed to be used in hospitals and other locations involving natural human-to-human communication, and can mo[...]
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digi_owl - [24/05/2013 - 01:13]