This week it appears that Kyocera is (allegedly) thriving in the UK printer market (paper, not 3D), and Toyota has decided that racin’ and jumpin’ and stuff is good for business after all. COME ONE AND ALL AND READ THE GODDAMN JTFF!
Jan 302015
Jan 172015
Section A is furious anger at robotics coverage and the corpsifying institution of journalism in general. Section B is some very interesting robotics news from Japan (telepresence robotic heavy equipment operation!). Section C is the bow on the whole thing, so choose your own adventure(s)!
January 17, 2015
AkihabaraNews.com, Asia, Industrial Robots, Japan 日本 Tekk, Japanese Robots, Japan「日本」, Robot, Technology, Technology & Labor
Dec 252014
![Using Potato Dummies for Aircraft Wi-Fi Testing is Funny & Merry Christmas [LOOKBACKING]](http://anthrobotic.com/wp-content/uploads/thumb-cache/POTATO.WI-FI.TORTURE-e1356392812886-5df95763992699bc1180aacec31580e5-180x149-6-nocrop.png)
Christmas Day here in Japan. Low-level slow/no news. Except one funny thing…
December 25, 2014
Aircraft, Boeing, Internet, Internet Stuff, Technology, Technology & Travel, Wi-Fi
Dec 172014
![REMINDER: More than 1/50 American Soldiers in Afghanistan is Robotic, with Helicopters! [FLASHBACKERY]](http://anthrobotic.com/wp-content/uploads/thumb-cache/helicopter.warbot-e1324347445897-e5aee0a6e5aa8e684d14b91bafb5fc1f-180x131-6-nocrop.png)
In addition to raining down death (or photography) from above, WarBots will now be dropping cargo as well. With this newly deployed robot helicopter.
December 17, 2014
AI, Air Force, Artificial Intelligence, Drone, Future Already Very Pending, Military Robotics, Robot, Technology, Telepresence, WarBots
Dec 012014
![Lego Mindstorms EV3 Robotics Kit: World's Best Robotics Education Tool? [REISSUE]](http://anthrobotic.com/wp-content/uploads/thumb-cache/LEGO-MINDSTORMS-EV3-DOWNLOADS.anthrobotic.plate_.REDUX_-e1417373941202-f0b2f52876212ea2fbd9244a7b958332-180x120-75-nocrop.jpg)
They once had little to do with actual robotics, but two product iterations and 15 years later, about to release their 3rd-generation kit [sic], Lego is at the top of educational, DIY, and plain old fun robot building. MINDSTORMS EV3 is coming, and the robo-geekosphere is buzzing…and whirring.
December 1, 2014
AkihabaraNews.com, Lego MINDSTORMS, Robot, Robot Toys, Technology, Technology & Education
Oct 052014
On October 1, 1964 the inaugural Shinkansen Bullet Train service on the Tokaido Line began rocketing citizens between Tokyo and Osaka at speeds up to 130 mph, and a beautiful and wholly unequaled machine quickly became the pride of a nation.
October 5, 2014
AkihabaraNews.com, Japan 日本 Tekk, Japan「日本」, Rail Travel Tech, Technology, Technology & Travel
Sep 092014
We want look to the future with hope, we long for new ideas and new developments, but that dream is stuck in neutral. We have no meaningful common rallying point. Collectively, the global zeitgeist’s most anticipated technological event is Tim Cook, 10:00am, PST. And holy shit is that sad.
September 9, 2014
Apple, Here First or Best Here, Internet, Internet Stuff, iPhone 6, Smartphone, Technology, Technology & Culture, Technology & Politics, U.S.A.