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Nintendo ‘Laughed Their Asses Off’ at Microsoft’s Offer to Buy Them 20 Years Ago
Microsoft once tried to buy Nintendo and it didn’t go quite as planned, a recent Bloomberg feature on…
January 8, 2021
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Japan is Now Using AI to Get People to Date and Make Babies
Japan will use artificial intelligence to match singles and bring them together, a cabinet official said on Monday.…
December 9, 2020
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Japanese Company Pays People $380 to Make Hyperrealistic Masks of Their Face
A company in Tokyo has reached out to residents to turn their faces into hyperrealistic masks — and…
December 2, 2020
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Malaysian Boy, 9, Invents Solution to NASA’s ‘#1 Problem’
A 9-year-old boy from Malaysia may have solved one of the biggest dilemmas on NASA’s plate. Easy peasy:…
November 5, 2020
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Japanese Scientists Create Technology to Control Small Gundam Robots With Their Minds
Japanese researchers have created a mind-controllable Gundam robot, turning one of the anime’s most exciting technological concepts into…
November 5, 2020
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Japanese Researchers Create Robot Hand to Simulate Walking With a Girlfriend
A team of researchers in Japan has developed a robotic hand that mimics the experience of “walking with…
November 4, 2020
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Japanese Laptop-Sized Scooter Now Available for the Rest of the World
A four-wheeled electric scooter, labeled as a “portable car,” has now gone on sale beyond its home of…
October 16, 2020
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New Snapchat Filter Turns Users Into Anime Characters
Snapchat has now moved on from letting users see what they might look like as the opposite sex…
September 24, 2020
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Japanese Stores Now Use Robot Workers to Stock Empty Shelves
Convenience stores in Japan are now deploying remote-controlled robots that can stock empty shelves with bottled drinks and…
September 16, 2020
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Chinese Company Releases Motorized Scorpion Gaming Cockpit for $3,299
A Chinese company called Cluvens has released a gaming “cockpit” that looks like a giant black scorpion. Nothing…
September 16, 2020
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Tokyo Company’s Flying Car Successfully Lifts Off in Test Video
Tokyo-based company SkyDrive Inc. has been successful in lifting its flying car model off the ground with a…
August 31, 2020
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Chinese Miners Are Using 5G to Drive Vehicles During ‘Work From Home’
While many office employees were able to easily transition into a work-from-home set up due to the pandemic,…
August 27, 2020