Category: NEW TECH

Move over Christopher Nolan. Mitsubishi recently offered an interstellar virtual test drive for its Outlander Phev model using the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset. Like the Nissan Leaf, the ...

The au Unlimited Future Laboratory is phone carrier KDDI's experimental division for creating what could turn out to be the gadgets we all use in the future (or not, as the case may be). Here ...

What would a melody from a dying star sound like? ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) is a state-of-the-art radio telescope developed and operated by 20 countries and territories ...

Wearable gadgetry just got more functional, thanks to Lotte, the candy maker who has come up with the Rhymi-Kamu chewing gum bite counter earphones. The Korean company, also based in Japan, ...

At Ceatec Japan 2014 last week Denso Corp showcased a prototype mobility device for transporting babies and light luggage that can be controlled by your smartphone or tablet. The X-mobility can ...

It seems that everyone has a robot these days, even SoftBank. At CEATEC 2014, Japan's biggest tech event, Toshiba has unveiled its contribution to the Japanese robot canon -- an android that can ...

Japan has always loved both technology and monozukuri craftsmanship. So it comes as no surprised that Japan has fallen in love with 3D printing, even if it has meant artists have to watch what ...

It was supposed to be Sony's big advert for the Project Morpheus HMD system at the Tokyo Game Show (public days on September 20th-21st). Instead, Sony Computer Entertainment just canceled the ...

Sega have created an interactive sandpit for kids. The Eederu Sunaba (translating literally as "Wow, appears! Sandbox") uses projectors and special non-sticky sand so that kids can have fun playing ...

teamLab has got together with Gucci to create "Infinity of Flowers", an interactive digital installation at the Gucci Shinjuku store from September 13th. Visitors will be able to "touch" the ...

How would you like to use your phone while it remains snug in your pocket or bag? These glasses bring us one step closer to this. Already spotted by Engadget and others at CNET Japan Live 2014, ...

Wearable Clothing by Urban Research is a virtual dressing room interactive digital unit was recently installed for a trial run in Ikebukuro Parco department. The fashion brand Urban Research created ...

Which is the human? Hot on the heels of SoftBank's announcement that it would begin selling humanoid robots and even staffing its stores with them, now comes a new exhibition at Miraikai, ...

Stores of SoftBank, one of Japan's three main mobile phone providers, will be staffed by robots, announced CEO and Japan's richest man Masayoshi Son at a press conference today in Tokyo. The ...

Mario to the rescue? The mustachioed plumber is going to become a toy figure -- no surprises there -- except that this is going to have NFC technology. Kyoto-based Nintendo are calling this ...