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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

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[...]

Japan’s Taking Robot Action: Honda, Sekisui House, and New Government Funding

Honda – Popularity contest for the 208 Honda car models of the last 50 years

By Stephen - [8/4/2013 - 02:55] - 0 - Car

Honda is celebrating the history of its cars over the last 50 years by asking people to vote on their favorite model out of the 208 that have come out over this period of time. It is a popularity contest for its cars. Voting can be don[...]

Honda – Popularity contest for the 208 Honda car models of the last 50 years

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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

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[...]

Japan’s Robot Cars: Where’s this Road Going?

HONDA – Accord Hybrid – On-board emergency report system

By Stephen - [29/3/2013 - 01:59] - 0 - Car

Honda will start equipping an on-board emergency report system with their car navigation system in the “Accord Hybrid” that will be out this coming summer. When an air bag is activated by the shock of an accident, the on-bo[...]

HONDA – Accord Hybrid – On-board emergency report system

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I-O DATA – Connection adapter “NVSPH-1″ – wirelessly connect your Honda car navigation system and your smartphone

By Stephen - [28/3/2013 - 04:01] - 0 - Car

Connection adapter “NVSPH-1″ released today by I-O DATA connects Android smartphones wirelessly by Bluetooth to car navigation systems in Honda cars Users of this connection adapter can use “Honda internavi LINC premi[...]

I-O DATA – Connection adapter “NVSPH-1″ – wirelessly connect your Honda car navigation system and your smartphone

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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

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[...]

Dear Assistive Robot Industry, We Need You! Sincerely, Rapidly Aging Japan.

Fujitsu Ten – ECLIPSE Car navigation system – ULTRA AVN (AVN-ZX02i)

By Stephen - [6/2/2013 - 07:00] - 0 - Car

The sophistication of car navigation systems in Japan is remarkable and continues to get better, with companies developing better and easier to use units, with additional fun features. Fujitsu group company, Fujitsu Ten, has introduced[...]

Fujitsu Ten – ECLIPSE Car navigation system – ULTRA AVN (AVN-ZX02i)

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Asimo got a new friend with Miimo, a new Robotic Lawn Mower from Honda

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [21/8/2012 - 11:44] - 0 - Environment Robot

Sure you must be disappointed that Honda spent all it resources and brain matter in developing the next gen Lawn Mower instead of a nice little Robot butler. Still, I for once welcome this move! Why? Well simply because as a Kid I spen[...]

Asimo got a new friend with Miimo, a new Robotic Lawn Mower from Honda

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Honda Announces New UNI-CUB Personal Mobility Device Designed for Harmony with People

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [16/5/2012 - 08:53] - 2 - Robot Science

Honda today unveiled the new UNI-CUB personal mobility device, designed for harmony with people. Featuring a compact design and comfortable saddle, UNI-CUB offers the same freedom of movement in all directions that a person enjoys whil[...]

Honda Announces New UNI-CUB Personal Mobility Device Designed for Harmony with People

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Honda Develops World’s First Technology to Detect the Potential for Traffic Congestion With the Goal to Prevent Traffic Jams

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [1/5/2012 - 12:25] - 3 - Car

Honda announced the successful development of the world’s first technology to detect the potential for traffic congestion and determine whether the driving pattern of the vehicle is likely to create traffic jams. Honda developed this t[...]

Honda Develops World’s First Technology to Detect the Potential for Traffic Congestion With the Goal to Prevent Traffic Jams

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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[...]