Technology & Environmentalism

Japanese Technology from the Future Friday [via Akihabara News]

Jun 082013

THIS WEEK’S DISPATCH: Japan continues international outreach with nuclear-friendly French (outreach began with Turkey and the UAE), and sad news for hippies: a UN science committee has found no increased risk of cancer due to the Fukushima accident.

June 8, 2013 Posted by anthrobotic at 12:42 AM AkihabaraNews.com, Asia, Energy Technology, Environmental Technology, Green Energy Technology, Here First or Best Here, Japan 日本 Tekk, Japanese Technology from the Future Friday, Japan「日本」, News, Nuclear Stuff, Shameful Self-Promotion, Shameless Self-Promotion, Technology, Technology & Environmentalism, 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

Japanese Technology from the Future Friday [via Akihabara News]

May 182013

THIS WEEK’S DISPATCH: Japan wants American gas, Japan’s lack of startups, and J-tech to make horses happy!

May 18, 2013 Posted by anthrobotic at 12:51 AM AkihabaraNews.com, Asia, Energy Technology, Environmental Technology, Here First or Best Here, Japan 日本 Tekk, Japanese Technology from the Future Friday, Japan「日本」, Shameful Self-Promotion, Shameless Self-Promotion, Technology, Technology & Environmentalism

BREAKING NEWS: Anthrobotic.com Releases Technosnark Virus into Mainstream Media

Mar 302013

The technology dork in charge at Anthrobotic.com has infected yet another online news source: Japan Today’s beautifully made INSIGHT MAGAZINE. If you’ve got an iPad, subscribe! If you don’t have an iPad, get an iPad – then subscribe!

March 30, 2013 Posted by anthrobotic at 1:25 AM Activelink Power Loader, AkihabaraNews.com, Asia, Bionic, CareBots, Cyberdyne, Cybernetics, DARPA, DARPA Robotics Challenge, HAL Suit, Human Augmentation, iRobot, Japan 日本 Tekk, Japan「日本」, Nuclear Stuff, Robot, Shameful Self-Promotion, Shameless Self-Promotion, Technology, Technology & Environmentalism, WarBots

An Upside to Fukushima: Japan’s Robot Renaissance

Mar 152013

This piece is not a memorial, but hopefully a brief insight into how a terrible natural disaster has invigorated Japan’s robotics industry and brought to light a problem affecting all industrialized societies.

March 15, 2013 Posted by anthrobotic at 9:52 PM Activelink Power Loader, Asia, CareBots, Cyberdyne, DARPA, DARPA Robotics Challenge, Energy Technology, Exoskeleton, HAL Suit, Industrial Robots, Japan 日本 Tekk, Japan「日本」, Nuclear Stuff, Robot, Technology, Technology & Environmentalism

Japanese Technology from the Future Friday!

Feb 152013

Today’s Dispatch: The Japanese “Smart Cities” initiative ramps up, a robot that shoots dry ice to clean up radiation, and a Japanese powder that cleans water in Tanzania (that last bit doubles as an opportunity to deride hippies, too – value added!).

February 15, 2013 Posted by anthrobotic at 11:41 PM Asia, Energy Technology, Environmental Technology, Green Energy Technology, Here First or Best Here, Japan 日本 Tekk, Japanese Technology from the Future Friday, Japan「日本」, Robot, Technology, Technology & Environmentalism

Japanese Technology from the Future Friday!

Jan 182013

Today’s Dispatch: Heavy metals from Japan might be monkeywreching the Dreamliner, some heavy metals were found in Jamaica by some Japanese guys, heavy metals irking Japan’s anti-nuclear hippies, and once again, Sony gets hit with some technosnark.

January 18, 2013 Posted by anthrobotic at 11:25 PM Asia, Energy Technology, Environmental Technology, Green Energy Technology, Here First or Best Here, Japan 日本 Tekk, Japanese Technology from the Future Friday, Japan「日本」, Nuclear Stuff, Sony, Technology, Technology & Environmentalism

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iREX 2015 International Robot Exhibition (GALLERY)

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iREX 2015: Greatest Robotics Show in the Known Universe Underway in Tokyo

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