PD-ANY is a new concept drone, “Don’t use a drone to carry your payload, turn your payload into a drone”. This unique and easily adaptable platform concept can be attached to virtually any item.It al…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 9 years, 2 months ago | 2 comments

Toyota Motor and its group companies will invest in a project set up by volunteers to develop a flying car.

Project members are volunteer engineers from Toyota and other firms. They are trying to pro…

posted by  Tanuki | 9 years, 2 months ago | 2 comments

The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department says internet users were denied access to its website on Friday afternoon in a suspected cyber-attack.

The department said on Friday it is the first time that…

posted by  Yubi | 9 years, 2 months ago | 0 comments

The Japanese government is eyeing self-driving technology as a way to help elderly people get around in mountainous areas, where populations are aging fast.

Transport Ministry officials are looking t…

posted by  Yubi | 9 years, 3 months ago | 2 comments

A puppet show featuring a collection of life-like dinosaurs has been unveiled to the media ahead of its opening.

Theatrical performances will begin in Tokyo next week. News media were given access to…

posted by  Yubi | 9 years, 3 months ago | 0 comments

Yasuo Kuniyoshi is a man with an extraordinary plan. Kuniyoshi, a professor at the University of Tokyo’s Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, has been attempting to produce an utter…

posted by  Yubi | 9 years, 3 months ago | 1 comment

Japan joined the artificial intelligence race late. It was not until the mid-1980s, three decades later than countries like the United States, that researchers began pondering the idea of thinking ma…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 9 years, 3 months ago | 0 comments

A snake-like robot that is capable of scaling and descending steep steps has been developed by a group that includes The University of Electro-Communications (UEC) in Tokyo, it has been learned.

The …

posted by  banzaitokyo | 9 years, 3 months ago | 1 comment

The ProPILOT Chair was developed based on Nissan’s autonomous driving tech, and its appearance at cuud is a temporary one meant to give people a chance to experience the technology behind it.

posted by  banzaitokyo | 9 years, 3 months ago | 0 comments

Most people look for a place to hide when a typhoon is on the horizon, but Atsushi Shimizu hopes that the fury of nature may one day help resource-poor Japan tackle its energy woes. The Tokyo-based e…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 9 years, 4 months ago | 1 comment