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Society & Culture

Japanese Company Hopes To End Stinky Salarymen With New Smell Checking Device


Posted on  July 3, 2018

How smelly are you? Over the past several years the word sumehara has risen to prominence in Japan. Derived from the combination of the English words “smell” and “harassment,” sumehara is the olfactory cousin of sexual harassment. In other words, it refers to the act of causing discomfort to others – particularly in the workplace – via unpleasant body odors. In …

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Ginza Gets “Strange” Robot Hotel Complete With Creepy Female Receptionist (Video)


Posted on  January 29, 2018

Welcome to the uncanny valley, where hotel rooms are cheap and receptionists are unsettling in appearance. The Ginza district of Tokyo is famous around the world for being one of Japan’s most upscale shopping, dining, and entertainment areas. However, as of February 1, this swanky chunk of land will also be home to the latest location of Japan’s robot-staffed hotel …

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This Life-Size Walking Hatsune Miku Robot Is Amazing… And Quite Creepy (Video)


Posted on  January 25, 2018

It’s like Ex Machina but with Hatsune Miku… Last week at the third annual RoboDEX robotics expo, which was held from January 17-19 in Shinjuku, visitors got to see a very peculiar sight: a life-size robot version of the virtual pop idol Hatsune Miku. Created by a member of the Nihon University Department of Science and Engineering who goes by …

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Yamaha Creates AI That Actually “Gets” Interpretive Dance (Video)


Posted on  January 5, 2018

No need to dance to the music, when you can music to the dance. On November 22 the Tokyo University of the Arts hosted a very unique concert in which the star of the show was not a famous musician, but rather an AI system capable of turning dance into music. Developed by Yamaha and dubbed the “Dance Recognition Piano …

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This Bento Making Robot Is Trapped In Its Own Version Of Hell (Video)


Posted on  December 29, 2017

It’s like the high-tech Japanese version of Sisyphus and his rock. This past November 29 the Japan Robot Association kicked off the 2017 International Robot Exhibition at the Tokyo Big Sight expo center and among all the amazing examples of robotics and engineering that were on display at this four-day event, one little bento making robot seems to have – …

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Meet Drone Venus: The World;s First Drone Themed Pop Idol Group (Video)


Posted on  November 28, 2017

Let’s just hope there’s no drone crash landings in the middle of their concerts. The Japanese company Drone Net, which sells drones and provides drone related services and information, and the Japanese talent agency HoriPro have temed up in order to create the world’s first drone themed pop idol music group. Called Drone Venus, this six member female music group …

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Japanese Motor Manufacturing Company Creates World’s First “Smart China Table” (Video)


Posted on  November 19, 2017

A great way to send your Chinese food flying. Nidec Corporation, a Japanese electric motor manufacturing company who has recently developed a reputation for the creative ways in which they use their motors, has come up with a needlessly high-tech update to the classic rotating platter that you often find at Chinese restaurants. Called the “Smart China Table,” this silly …

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NHK’s Mascot Domo-kun Gets Turned Into A Dancing Robot (Video)


Posted on  September 7, 2017

NHK fee collectors may soon be replaced by armies of robot Domo-kuns. Domo, or as he is typically called in Japan, Domo-kun (どーも くん Dōmo-kun) is that chocolate bar with a face-looking character that is the mascot of Japan’s public broadcaster NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation). He was created in 1998 in order to commemorate the 10th anniversary of NHK-BS, which …

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Japanese Company Creates Baldness Detecting Drone With The Voice Of A J Pop Idol (Video)


Posted on  August 24, 2017

Baldness detecting drones may soon be a thing? Ningen (人間株式会社, ningen kabushiki gaisha), the advertising company behind that video from a few months ago showing off EDM created using female pubic hair is back, and this time they’ve come up with a needlessly complicated way to find out if you’re starting to go bald. What Ningen has come up with …

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Japanese PC Modders Create Computer Tower With Dancing Hatsune Miku Inside It… Kind Of (Video)


Posted on  August 9, 2017

Mac using Hatsune Miku fans must be sad. A computer parts store in Tokyo’s Chiyoda Ward currently has on display a custom PC featuring a computer tower that makes it look like the virtual pop idol Hatsune Miku is dancing inside it. The unique computer was created by a team of two, which included the popular PC modder Monma Fabio. …

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Banggos, the Electric Sexy Drum Pants That Pervert Musicians Have Been Waiting For (Video)


Posted on  July 17, 2017

A Japanese music producer/composer is starting to generate some buzz online thanks to a truly revolutionary product that he is trying to get made via Kickstarter. That product? An electronic crotch drum that will make you the envy of all your friends. Called Banggos, this unique little drum machine was posted to Kickstarter on July 13 by Japanese music producer …

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Japanese Monster Robot Scarecrow Wolf Tested In Sapporo (Video)


Posted on  May 3, 2017

Thanks to a Hokkaido company, farmers may soon be making use of mechanical wolves to keep their crops safe from pesky hungry wildlife. Called the “Monster Wolf,” this interesting alternative to the classic scarecrow was created by the Hokkaido machine parts manufacturing company Ohta Seiki, in an effort to help farmers dealing with animals, such as bears and deer, that …

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