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Japanese man marries virtual reality singer Hatsune Miku hologram in Tokyo
Akihiko Kondo’s mother refused an invitation to her only son’s wedding in Tokyo this month, but perhaps that isn’t such a surprise: he was marrying a hologram. For the 35-year-old soft-spoken’s mother, it wasn’t something to celebrate as her son married a virtual reality singer named Hatsune Miku. None of Kondo’s relatives attended his wedding…
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Casio Announces EDIFICE Solar Chronograph with Carbon Fiber Dial
Casio announced today the release of a new addition to its EDIFICE line of high-performance sports chronographs that combine dynamic design with advanced technology. The new Casio EQS-900TMS solar chronograph is a collaboration model with the TOM’S Racing Team. The EQS-900TMS employs a sleek black treatment accented by striking red highlights on the inset dials…
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NTT and Tokyo Tech Develops World’s Fastest 100 Gbps Wireless Transmission which is 400 times the Current LTE and Wi-Fi
NTT and Tokyo Institute of Technology have succeeded in developing the world’s fastest 100 gigabit per second wireless transmission data rate. NTT and Tokyo Institute of Technology developed an ultra high-speed IC for wireless front-end that operates on a terahertz frequency band in the 300 GHz band. It is expected that unused terahertz waves can be…
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Epson announces new Mickey & Friends Wrist Watches under Smart Canvas series
Epson will release new Mickey & Friends wrist watches under Smart Canvas series. The new Disney comes with a redesigned pleasing graphic compared to its conventional Disney series. Popular characters such as Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Daisy Duck are added in addition to the famous Disney character- Mickey Mouse. A new popular birthday function is…
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Someone made a Smartphone controlled bottle opener
The ‘Internet of things’ is being touted as the next big thing. It’s a world in which every device from your microwave to your washing machine to your toaster is smart, they talk with each other, are connected to the Internet and can be controlled remotely. Nidec a company in Japan has taken this vision…
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Japanese company Kyocera creates washable smartphone ‘Rafre’
For all those who obsess over a squeaky clean mobile phone screen, Japanese smartphone maker Kyocera has devised just the perfect solution. The company’s brand new mobile phone christened ‘Rafre’ can actually be scrubbed clean with hot water and soap! Rafre is the latest development after its predecessor – another handset that also could be…
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It was not a design flaw but malware that took out the Death Star
Everyone needs a lesson from Disney when it comes to milking a franchisee. Kaspersky Labs in Japan has takes to Star Wars to help promote its Internet security suite. Building up on a story that along with the braveness of the resistance pilots it was weak data security on the Imperial Forces systems that led…
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A mouse that measures and diagnoses your heart rate
Its been a while since we have been hearing that ‘sitting’ is the new smoking. Most of us are glued on to their workstations, staring at the screens for hours and hours at a stretch. The ill effects rising from it have given away to a host of inventions right from the standing desk to…
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Tokyo airport now has toilet paper for smartphones
Talk abut some slick marketing. NTTDoCoMo one of Japan’s largest mobile operator has developed a smartphone only toilet paper. These special rolls are installed at the toilets of Tokyo’s Narita airport. Their purpose, well, to clean your smartphone screen and rid the phone of germs. The toilet paper is printed with vital information which include…
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USB powered cup warmer is what we need this Christmas
‘Winter is coming’ and unlike in Westeros we have a major concern. Keeping the cuppa warm. Japan based Thanko is to the rescue and like with most of its products it is also USB based. A USB powered paper cup warmer which will ensure that your Pumpkin Lattes are always at 60 – 70 degrees.
