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But researchers at Shinshu University devised a new method that gathers microplastics in water using acoustics. Focusing on the huge amount of microplastics in the ocean caused by laundry machin…
This guy shot a video in Japan for a day which demonstrates interesting innovations of Japan. And if you've ever visited Japan, you must be familiar with all of the Blade Runner kind of tec…
More specifically, SoftBank's Pepper humanoid robot, and it will be working alongside humans in the company's aptly named Pepper Parlor café. Pepper robot. Source: Pepper ParlorTh…
A new, safe, and quick method for detecting 13 different kinds of cancers has been developed by Toshiba Corporation. The diagnosis method was developed alongside the National Cancer Center Resea…
Drones for disaster responseDrones, or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), can quickly and safely be deployed over disaster areas. The test flight demonstrated a Nokia drone which used a private LTE…
Japan's space agency, JAXA, stated that their space probe, Hayabusa2, left the Ryugu asteroid on Wednesday. Hayabusa2 has been observing and gathering samples from the asteroid, and it is p…
In August 2019, Microsoft Japan tried a 4-day work and 3-day weekend system for a month without any deduction in salary. Takuya Hirano, president, and CEO of Microsoft Japan said …
They aim to do this through a solar-powered car. Solar-powered cars offer the advantage of not needing to be plugged anywhere. If a battery can be created that can give the car po…
It seems like we now can have some species live inside our mouths. Or maybe not ours, yet, but Japanese scientists have discovered a new species in the mouth of a whale shark. But I didn…
Originally called Nintendo Koppai (Koppai meaning "cards" or "playing cards" in Japanese), the company started out manufacturing a card game called Hanafuda. AdvertisementThe…
