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Robots Dubstepped: iREX by iPHONE (VIDEO)

Jun 072016

In December of 2015, hundreds of the world’s most advanced robots crowded the massive Tokyo Big Sight Convention Center for the biennial iREX International Robot Exhibition. You might be surprised how well an iPhone 6s Plus does with that.

June 7, 2016 Posted by anthrobotic at 8:26 PM Apple, Asia, Assistive Robotics, CareBots, DigitalHub.JP, Exoskeleton, HAL Suit, Here First or Best Here, Hitachi, Human Augmentation, Industrial Robots, iPhone 6, iREX, Japan 日本 Tekk, Japanese Robots, Japan「日本」, Medical Robots, Mobile, Multimedia, Photography Technology, Robot, Robot Toys, Shameful Self-Promotion, Shameless Self-Promotion, Smartphone, Technology, Technology & Culture, Technology & Entertainment

JAPANESE TECHNOLOGY FROM THE FUTURE FRIDAY!

Feb 212015

This week we find out that Apple is likely to invest in Japan Display, the bastard child of Sony’s, Toshiba’s, and Hitachi’s floppy failed display businesses that, post-amputation, did a Wonder Triplets: ACTIVATE! move into profitability, and, entirely kinda unrelated, the de-displayed Hitachi has unveiled the world’s most powerful microscope and Sony’s commissioned it to look for their fiscal 2014 profit margin!

February 21, 2015 Posted by anthrobotic at 3:50 AM Apple, Asia, Here First or Best Here, Hitachi, Japan 日本 Tekk, Japanese Technology from the Future Friday, Japan「日本」, Mobile, Pure Science, Smartphone, Sony, Technology

Japanese Technology from the Future Friday [via the All-New AkihabaraNews]

Aug 172013

This week it’s Sony’s playing Smartphone Release Roulette in what’s maybe an attempt to steal/ride new iPhone buzz but probably not, and the UK, intriguingly, is shoring up defense equipment & intelligence agreements with Japan & Korea (shhh, don’t tell China).

August 17, 2013 Posted by anthrobotic at 1:14 AM AkihabaraNews.com, Apple, Asia, Here First or Best Here, iPhone 5, Japan 日本 Tekk, Japanese Technology from the Future Friday, Japan「日本」, Mobile, Shameful Self-Promotion, Shameless Self-Promotion, Smartphone, Sony, Technology, Technology & Politics

Japanese Technology from the Future Friday [via Akihabara News]

May 252013

THIS WEEK’S DISPATCH: Square mobile payment comes to Japan, super-green Kitakyushu & UNIDO join, Japanese research groups are Joining the European Human Brain Project, and some really unfortunate and sad news in the world of humanoid robotics.

May 25, 2013 Posted by anthrobotic at 1:24 AM AkihabaraNews.com, Asia, Brain, Environmental Technology, Green Energy Technology, Japan 日本 Tekk, Japanese Technology from the Future Friday, Japan「日本」, Mobile, Robot, Shameful Self-Promotion, Shameless Self-Promotion, Technology, Technology & Environmentalism

Moore’s Law is Living up to its Name. Go Ahead, Look it up on Your Pocket Supercomputer!

Mar 082013

Moore’s Law is proving itself an actual law of technological advancement. Or as close to a law as we’ve got. Gordon Moore, you so clever!

March 8, 2013 Posted by anthrobotic at 10:04 PM CPU, Future Already Very Pending, Intel, iPhone 5, Mobile, Moore's Law, Smartphone, Super Computer, Technological Utopianism, Technology

Japanese Technology from the Future Friday (THE RETURN!)

Jan 112013

Today’s Dispatch: JTTF Returns! We got Japanese dudes (allegedly) keeping hold of their dumbphones for nefariousness, and more economic stimulus for Japan which will totally work long as they don’t spend it in a Japanese way (the Sony metaphor returns).

January 11, 2013 Posted by anthrobotic at 10:25 PM Apple, Here First or Best Here, iPhone 5, Japan 日本 Tekk, Japanese Technology from the Future Friday, Japan「日本」, Mobile, Smartphone, Sony, Technology, Technology & Culture, Technology & Politics

Announcing the ClearCard – Anthrobotic’s First Fake Product

Oct 212012

The ClearCard is totally doable! Just need to buy Randi Altschul’s 1999 patent for the disposable card phone. Hey, high-rolling investors – who wants some of this?!

October 21, 2012 Posted by anthrobotic at 7:47 PM Anthrobotic's Fake Products, Here First or Best Here, Mobile, Shameful Self-Promotion, Shameless Self-Promotion, Smartphone, Technology

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