Japanese researchers work on 1,000-year memory device
Hard disks and recording media to store data are great and all, but especially for sensitive information (such as corporate data) longevity and reliability are major problems. The usual recording...
View ArticleCastoven: Microwave with built-in YouTube player (video)
Two researchers from Japan’s Keio University (which yours truly attended just until recently by the way) have developed a kitchen appliance aimed at the total web geek in you, a YouTube-powered...
View ArticleJapan prepares new electric car for launch in 2013
Tokyo-based Keio University (which happens to be my alma mater) is ready to take Sim-Drive, its eco-friendly vehicle technology, to another level. The university announced over the weekend that it...
View ArticleSIM-LEI: Japan's Newest Electric Car Reaches 333km Driving Range, And It's Fast
In December last year, we reported that a spin-off startup at Keio University in Tokyo has teamed up with a total of 34 Japanese companies and municipalities to develop a new electric car. And now the...
View ArticleRePro3D: Naked-Eye 3D Display Lets You “Touch” Virtual 3D Characters (Video)
Here's a 3D screen of a different kind: a research team at Japan's Keio University has developed a display that allows users to "touch" virtual 3D characters. The way the so-called RePro3D works is...
View ArticleVideo: Telepresence Robot Avatar TELESAR V
Professor Tachi from Japan's Keio University has been working on telepresence robots since the 1980s, and TELESAR V, a so-called telexistence robot avatar, is the finest work of his lab yet. The robot...
View ArticleVideo: Electric Car From Japan Reaches Over 300KM Travel Range
We spent two posts on SIM-LEI, an electric car developed by a a spin-off startup at Keio University in Tokyo in collaboration with a total of 34 domestic and foreign companies, in the past months. And...
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