Last year, JAPAN Style introduced an iPhone app called Spothon. This app was for sports fans to share their feelings with other fans (^^).  And this time, the same Japanese…

  Today I would like to share an epoch-making invention, just like a tool from Doraemon’s pocket! The product is called the “Smareco Pen” (¥650/US$8) produced by Nakabayashi, the Japanese…

  As I wrote in the past post, “New Year’s Visit to Shrine Online?”, during the new year holiday, most Japanese visit shrines or temples to pray for health, happiness,…

Hello, everyone!  I hope all of you are having nice New Year (*^_^*).   Today, I’d like to introduce an article about one of our imperative New Year’s events, which is…

  Do you like watching sports:)? Many sports lovers want to visit stadiums and feel the sense of unity with other fans. Unfortunately, for various reasons, it is difficult to…

I would like to introduce newly-developed iPhone application to help avoid falling asleep at the wheel. This app was developed by a research group of a university in Japan.  …

  “Simroid”, a dental patient android with a realistic appearance, was demonstrated at this month’s Tokyo International Robot Exhibition 2011. Simroid was developed to allow dental students better practice in…

Some of you may have already seen this on TV, but I would like to introduce an article about a very advanced two-legged robot, the revised ASIMO.     It…

  Japan’s No.2 construction equipment maker, Hitachi Construction Machinery Co,.Ltd developed a cool chunk of heavy machinery called ASTACO (an acronym for Advanced System with Twin Arm Complicated Operations, and it…

Last month, a Japanese IT company, O-RID, released a unique cloud notepad called KYBER Smartnote (Three for ¥1,500 /US$20). It looks very normal, and can be used for taking memos…

Certified by Guinness World Record as “The world smallest humanoid robot in production,” i-SOBOT is 16.5cm-tall-robot produced by Takara Tommy. i-SOBOT won 2008 Robot Award by Ministry of Economy, Trade…