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The award-winning Smart Trash Can moves autonomously to catch your trash

DigInfo TV 15 Feb 2013

This Smart Trash Can, developed by Minoru Kurata, an engineer at a Japanese auto maker, won an Excellence Award at the Japan Media Arts Festival. "When you toss trash at it, a sensor detects the posi...

Desktop PC-sized fully automatic genetic testing device

DigInfo TV 02 Feb 2013

The GeneLEAD from Precision System Science (PSS) is a fully automatic genetic testing device that completely automates the genetic testing process that ordinarily would require manual intervention. Th...

Activelink Power Loader gives HAL some competition, but who’s going to Fukushima?

Reno Tibke 22 Jan 2013

New Japanese exoskeleton pushing into HAL's (potential) marketshare We of the robot/technology nerd demo are well aware of the non-ironically, ironically named HAL (Hybrid Assistive Limb) exoskelet...

Power Loader power amplification exoskeleton robot

DigInfo TV 08 Jan 2013

This power amplification robot, called Power Loader, is currently under development by Activelink, a Panasonic subsidiary venture. The aim is to achieve a robot that can freely utilize power beyond...

Optical camouflage tech removes backseat of a car, transparent interior the goal

DigInfo TV 06 Nov 2012

A system that makes the backseat of a car look transparent is currently being developed by a research group at Keio University. The system applies optical camouflage technology, using...

Change the size of food and your appetite with AR system from Tokyo U.

DigInfo TV 02 Nov 2012

At the University of Tokyo, the Hirose Tanikawa Group has developed an AR system that can manipulate the user's feeling of having eaten enough, by changing how big the food appears. T...

Paper Computing technology the first step to paper-based Google Docs

DigInfo TV 30 Oct 2012

At the University of Tokyo, the Naemura Group is developing paper computing technology, which can automatically erase, copy and print hand-drawn sketches on paper. As well as using a camera and compu...

Panasonic develops a prototype dry head spa robot

DigInfo TV 24 Oct 2012

Panasonic has developed a prototype dry head spa robot, which in the future could be attached to a desk or bath. It uses robot hand technology previously developed for use in their hair washing robot....

World’s first all rubber speaker made from artificial muscles is thin, soft and bassy

DigInfo TV 18 Oct 2012

Tokai Rubber Industries has developed the world's first all-rubber speaker. This speaker utilizes Smart Rubber, which conducts electricity and can freely expand or contract, to generate sound. Prev...

The new Honda ASIMO

Ioannis K. Erripis 20 Nov 2011

The most famous humanoid robot, Honda’s ASIMO has a new version. A few days ago Honda presented a more advanced model and performed a small display of its new capabilities. Meanwhile the robotics se...