Yes, you read the headline right–baby robots are being used to treat depressed seniors with Alzheimer’s in Japan. As strange as it might sound, some studies have shown that caring for dolls is therapeutic to depressed Alzheimer’s patients.
The babyloid, which is still a prototype, looks a bit like the strange lovechild of a robot and …
Writing your answers on the inside of a water bottle label or on the cuff of your shorts is so last decade. Four Japanese universities have filed reports that someone was leaking the questions and answers to some of their entrance exam questions while taking the tests, thanks to the aid of question and answer website Chiebukuro, the …
Humans have been chatting in cyberspace with loved ones for over a decade. Now, two Japanese scientists claim they’ve developed the human touch that has been missing from online communications: the cyberhug.
The married duo of scientists, Dzmitry Tsetserukou and Alena Neviarouskaya unveiled a network of connected straps resembling a …
Lars Martinson won a Xeric Grant for the first volume of Tonoharu, a series of graphic novels about a young American named Dan Wells who moves to rural Japan to become a schoolteacher. (It’s loosely based on Martinson’s own experiences teaching in Japan between 2003 and 2006.) The second volume comes out this week from Martinson’s own …
Here’s a quick glimpse into what may be the future of head-mounted displays. Recently shown off in Japan, Brother’s AirScouter projects the equivalent of a 16-inch display directly onto your retina.
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A company representative states, “This display creates a mysterious effect, …
The Nakajima Laboratory at the University of Electro-Communications in Japan has developed a prototype pair of GPS-enabled glasses that use LED lights built into the frame to keep you moving in the right direction.
The glasses house a microcomputer used to input your final destination, which works in tandem with a sensor to facilitate …
We hate to dash your hopes of a Christmas in July but the “classic white” PlayStation 3 Slim will only be available in Japan when it’s released later this month. The PS3 will not only see a new color scheme but bigger hard drives. A 120GB model and 320GB model will be released on July 29 for 29,980 yen and 34,980 yen, …
The title pretty much says it all but give the video a whirl if you’re into A) music from the Mario franchise B) beatboxing or C) any of the previously mentioned items’ overlapping areas on a Venn diagram.
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Japanese couple Tomohiro Shibata and Satoko Inoue recently tied the knot with the help of the I-Fairy bot, a ceremonial drone created by Japanese company Kokoro, where the bride works.
Inspired? The bot, one of only three in use, will set you back …
