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Category: Technology
Robot cats fight each other in family restaurants in Japan
Robots serving as waiters have recently been seen in family restaurants across Japan, all as a means of limiting direct contact between staff and customers during the pandemic. Most of these are simple delivery robots, the robot carries your order on a tray and brings it from the kitchen to your table. Other restaurants have… Read more
Japan Airlines Could Be First To Fly New Boom Overture Supersonic Passenger Plane
‘A future where everyone can fly supersonic sustainably’: Japan Airlines could be among first to commercially operate ‘ son of Concorde ‘ plane There is much confidence in the idea that the Overture supersonic airliner , which is in development, will carry 80 passengers at Mach 1.7 , which would be twice the speed of… Read more
The world’s first hotel run by robots in Japan
“Emotion meets comfort” is the phrase with which the Henn na Hotel is presented, the first hotel in the world attended by robots and located in Nagasaki Prefecture, where cutting-edge technologies are presented. The hotel reception has multilingual robots that will help you check in or check out. The experience of staying at the Henn… Read more
Japan Invents a Goat-Shaped Robot to Transport Heavy Loads
Japan’s Kawasaki Heavy Industries , a multinational corporation known for producing heavy industrial machines and equipment, has developed its first quadrupedal robot that it believes can help with labor shortages in the country’s aging society. Named ” BEX” after the ibex species of wild goat , the robot with its large curved horns can walk… Read more
AI experiments to help Japan’s fruit growers
Researchers in Japan have been running experiments using robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) to minimize fruit farmers’ reliance on labor shortages and having no successors. Trials are underway in Chiba Prefecture , a major Japanese pear-producing area near Tokyo, as well as in Yamanashi Prefecture , the country’s main grape-producing region, in central Japan. In… Read more
Japanese scientists plan to launch a satellite made of wood in 2023
Kyoto University and Sumitomo Forestry Co. have come together in a plan to send the world’s first wooden satellite into space in 2023, according to scientists at the university. The move is intended to not only launch new technology for commercial satellites, but also help protect the environment high above the Earth’s surface. The researchers… Read more
Sony’s Sci-Fi Prototyping Exhibition Envisions Tokyo in 2050
Tokyo is seen, by many worldwide, as the city of the future, being dramatized in numerous animations and science fiction movies. And it is that this city never lacks a great flow of creative ideas, innovation and visions for the future. With the goal of envisioning what Tokyo will look like in 30 years, Sony’s… Read more
3-D Shinjuku Cat in Real Life
It was a few days ago, to the delight of internet users, that a large digital cat moved in a space on top of Shinjuku station. Using a flexible LED screen, 4K quality picture and 3-D technology, this big cat wakes up every morning and curiously watches the passers-by around him, occasionally meowing, then curls… Read more
Toyokawa Inari Shrine Gets Modernization to Celebrate Its 580th Anniversary
Temples and Shrines in Japan are often a place where people meet and do community activities, but unfortunately, the number of people attending events at them has decreased by approximately 1.26 million people in the last year due to the coronavirus. Toyokawa Inari, is a Buddhist temple (although its name could confuse it with a… Read more
This is how Nissin Cup Noodle will reduce tons of plastic per year
The official Nissin Cup Noodle Twitter account announced on June 4 that it will stop producing the “cover seal” that it includes on its instant food products. Instead, add one more tab to the lid so it can be closed securely after you’ve added the hot water. This is part of Nissin’s environmental strategy on… Read more