How to (Ethically) Hack the Hotel Bedside Robots
I’m not advising anyone to commandeer bedside hotel robots in order to spy on unwitting guests and curse the night with supernatural televisual activity. On October 11th, four years after the la…
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Toyota is building very, very tiny electric vehicles for the next Olympics
It foresees these as the (less flashy) future for electric vehicles. Toyota is playing catch up in the EV game after pioneering the mass-produced hybrid electric vehicles in 1997. Here…
EVs, futuristic concepts make splash at Tokyo Motor Show
Photo by Mori Keizo/UPI | License PhotoToyota President Toyoda Akio speaks Wednesday at the Tokyo Motor Show in Tokyo, Japan. Photo by Mori Keizo/UPI | License PhotoSubaru's LEVORG prototyp…
Nissan’s new electric concept car looks like a solid successor to the Leaf
Nissan unveiled a strange new electric concept car this week at the 2019 Tokyo Motor Show. No, the new Nissan Ariya concept is strange because of how normal it looks. For the first time in …
Nissan Working on AWD Electric Crossover Derived From Ariya Concept: Report
Nissan has reportedly confirmed plans to put the electric crossover concept it debuted at the 2019 Tokyo Motor Show, called the Ariya, into production as soon as next year. Mounted to a modified…
Artist: My Hair Is Bad
Originally from Texas, Ashcraft has called Osaka home since 2001. He has authored five books, including most recently, Japanese Whisky: The Ultimate Guide to the World's Most Desirable Spir…
An Ethical Hacker Exposed a Critical Flaw in Japan's Hotel Robots
A complaint almost no one would expect to make is that they were being spied on by robots belonging to the hotel. Yet, after an ethical hacker, Lance R. Vick, recently told Japan’s famous Henn n…
Suzuki channels retrofuturism in Waku Spo and Hanare concept vehicles
Suzuki's latest concept cars both fall under the umbrella name of "waku waku" – a Japanese onomatopoeic phrase used to express the feeling of excitement. With electric and autonom…
Number of foreign residents in Japan hits record 2.82 mil.
Technical trainees totaled 367,709, eclipsing the number of foreign students at 336,847, while there was a sharp rise in other work-linked visa holders, the agency said. Those arriving on a…
IN PHOTOS: Tokyo Motor Show 2019
KYODO NEWS - 5 hours ago - 16:25 | All, Lifestyle, JapanThe Tokyo Motor Show opened to the public on Friday at Tokyo Big Sight, with more than 180 companies and organizations showcasing con…