Bakery goods POS visual recognition system on trial in Tokyo bakery
By DigInfo TV - [31/7/2012 - 08:23] - 
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Brain Corporation has developed a system that can individually identify all kinds of baked goods on a tray, in just one second. A trial has started at a Tokyo bakery store. This technology was co-developed with the University of Hyogo.[...]
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Via Hyogo U
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Visible-Light Communication Projector Adds Information To The Projected Image
By DigInfo TV - [12/3/2012 - 09:02] - 0 - Press Conference Displays
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At the University of Tokyo, the Naemura Group is researching interactive ways of presentating information, using a projector that communicates through visible light. A visible-light communication projector can add information to the pr[...]
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Via Tokyo U
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Toyota Care Support Robots For Nursing And Healthcare
By DigInfo TV - [10/11/2011 - 08:27] - 2 - Healthcare Robot
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Toyota has developed robots for care support, in response to society’s aging demographics. These robots have been co-developed with Fujita Health University. They utilize advanced technologies from Toyota, including motor control[...]
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Via Toyota
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Osaka U demonstrates its Balloon Input Device
By DigInfo TV - [7/11/2011 - 08:19] - 1 - Peripherals
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A research group at Osaka University has invented an input device using a balloon. This system recognizes when the user strokes, strikes, or squeezes the balloon, and plays sounds in accordance with those actions. “The balloon co[...]
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Via Osaka U
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Actroid-F Robot Gets A Brother And An Eye Implant
By DigInfo TV - [25/10/2011 - 08:46] - 6 - Press Conference Robot
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AIST has developed a male version of its android robot Actroid-F, which was first shown to the public last year. These human-like robots imitate the movements of the people they are watching, and are currently being placed as observers[...]
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Via AIST
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Kanagawa Institute of Technology intros “Mommy Tummy” a Pregnancy Simulator
By DigInfo TV - [6/10/2011 - 08:42] - 0 - Gaming Science
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This is the latest pregnancy simulation system developed by a research group at Kanagawa Institute of Technology. It was displayed at the Tokyo Game Show 2011. In this system, the user wears a jacket that contains rubber balloons, vibr[...]
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Via Kanagawa Institute of Technology
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Keio University demonstrate Touchable 3D Character Projected Into a Real Environment
By DigInfo TV - [20/9/2011 - 09:39] - 1 - Science
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RePro3D, developed by a research group at Keio University, is a multi-perspective, naked eye 3D display in which viewers can touch a 3D character floating in midair. The touchable 3D display is a combination of three elements. A mechan[...]
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Via Keio U
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UEC Tokyo simulate The Sensation Of An Object Passing Through Your Hands
By DigInfo TV - [14/9/2011 - 09:07] - 0 - Robot
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The Kajimoto research group at the University of Electro-Communications is developing a device that simulates the sensation of something passing through your hand. It is proposed to improve the sense of realism in games, and uses a vib[...]
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Via UEC Tokyo
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Tokyo U announced Optical Lattice Clock Accuracy with A 100 Quadrillionth Of A Second
By DigInfo TV - [29/8/2011 - 03:57] - 1 - Science
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Optical lattice clocks are a new type of optical atomic clock. They were proposed in 2001 by University of Tokyo Professor Hidetoshi Katori, and experimentally demonstrated in 2005. Recently, Professor Katori’s group accurately k[...]
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[Display 2011] Tohoku University develops projector display insensitive to ambient light
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [13/4/2011 - 01:47] - 1 - Displays
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The Tohoku region suffered from a Major earthquake and Tsunami recently has well as being in the “heart” of a nuclear crisis that has been yet solved, however and despite all of this, people from the Tohoku region keep their spirit hig[...]
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LION announced its new iPhone App : @Toilet, a new toilet finder app
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [18/1/2011 - 10:33] - 0 - Phones
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Lion is a bi-centennial pharmaceutical and sanitary manufacturer in Japan and introduced a couple of weeks ago a new iPhone Apple named: @Toilet. Tailored for Japanese students, that will soon start their exam this little app gather al[...]
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HRP-2, the robot that moves like an old lady
By Akihabara News Team - [27/12/2010 - 06:09] - 0 - Robot Science
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Newscientist published an article last week about HRP-2, a robot unveiled this month during the Humanoids2010 conference in Nashville. Sébastien Lengagne of Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology[...]
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TalkTorque, a friendly robot
By Akihabara News Team - [24/12/2010 - 10:01] - 0 - Robot Science
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The Tsukuba University recently updated their page on the TalkTorque Project. The project aims at building a robot that can serve as a non-verbal interface to communicate with humans. This funny looking little guy is rigged with differ[...]
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A battery that charges by moving around
By Akihabara News Team - [6/12/2010 - 03:45] - 0 - Environment
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Researchers at Kanazawa University in Japan created a battery, the size of a 1-yen coin, made of a very special alloy, that allows it to be many times more effective than any vibration-based energy generating device currently existing.[...]
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Sharp Gets Ready for the Global Green Challenge
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [10/9/2009 - 03:29] - 1 - Misc
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Sharp, in collaboration with Tokai University, released the Tokai Challenger, a 77 x 39mm car covered by 6m2 of solar panels with only one goal: crossing Australia as fast as possible without using any other type of energy than solar… [...]
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Via Sharp
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