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This strange robotic plant from ThinkGeek "responds to your voice by bending and moving in a very lifelike manner (if real plants could move, which they mostly don't)." Video after the break. Ignore it and it gets pretty sad. The more you talk, the happier it is...making it the ideal companion for your wife or girlfriend. read more »
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Competition heating up between Japan and the US to build the world's first "space elevator". The technology required to create a physical link between Earth and outer space is getting closer to being a reality with Japan's announcement that it was researching plans to build a space elevator – a link to space that could transport cargo and even tourists – for 1 trillion yen ($11 billion). read more »
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Cashless transactions have been on the scene for sometime now. The resourceful FeliCa RFID readers in Japan have been graciously been accepting payments for transactions and are emerging as a popular mode of payment; and its as easy as swiping your phone across the machine. NEC is pepping up the system by introducing a robot prototype, which was seen at the recent iEXPO 2008 trade show in Tokyo. read more »
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Cyberdyne a new company in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan will mass-produce a robotic suit that reads brain signals and helps people with mobilit read more »
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Tyco and Gakken showcased their small linear motor car at the Ceatec exhibition in Japan. A magnetic field holds the vehicle two or three centimeters read more »
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How’d you like to win a really cool modern watch from Tokyoflash? Well, if you can tell time, you could win a free watch! Read on, and learn how. read more »
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Whether its Princess Amidala-bot or a Murasaki-bot, depending on what you are into, this is one of the coolest useless robot functions ever. read more »
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Japan, in agreement with Sharp, Kansai Electric Power Co and Sakai City are planning to construct 2 10MW-class solar power generation plants on the read more »
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