Category: NEW TECH

Jins (strictly speaking, J!NS), the Japanese spectacles brand, has launched JINS MEME, the world's first eyewear that lets you see yourself. The glasses measure tiredness and concentration based ...

Don't you just hate heading to a bar or café, only to find every seat in the place taken? What if you could get an update to your phone to let you know how many seats were currently available at ...

Vending machines come in all shapes and sizes, and seem to sell everything from books to snacks, drinks, used panties and more. But how about a vending machine that lets you have a private dance ...

In post-Fukushima Japan, we need more projects like this. While the LDP government slowly cranks up the return to full nuclear power, some Japanese corporations are being more realistic about the ...

On September 17th, Yahoo! Japan announced the launch of their new project, Hands on Search. Combining their 3-D database and digital printing technology, this search engine enables you to ...

And the award for July's cutest use of augmented reality mobile interaction goes to Dentsu, for this Asoberu T-Shirt ("Playable T-Shirt"). It works with a dedicated phone app to allow you to ...

Showcased at the recent Baby and Kids Expo at Tokyo Big Sight, Pioneer has developed a micro hologram printer which can produce 3D hologram photos of unborn babies to be used as commemorative ...

Cyber Agent, the people of Ameba, are part of a three-company consortium behind the new Shibuya Clickable Project, a system for Online to Offline (O2O) services using IC tags and NFC-enabled ...

Panasonic has just launched a new service whereby you can get your very own uniquely designed camera. The Design Simulator customizing service can be accessed via PanaSense, the maker's ...

Japanese toilets are pretty sophisticated contraptions. From heated seats and "butt showers" to buttons where you can play sounds and music to preserve your modesty during noisy evacuations, foreign ...

Recently showcased at an expo in Nagoya, Hirobo's new helicopters can travel up to 100km/h (62mph) and fly for 30 minutes at a time. Being electric it is also very quiet and there are one-seater ...

Jins, one of Japan's big spectacles sellers, set up the country's (the world's?) first vending machine for glasses earlier this year in July. The first ones were in Tokyo Bay and three other ...