Showa University and robot maker Tmsuk announced their humanoid dental patient, Hanako Showa, who is like a real patient and helps dental students to practice. The treatment simulation…

  Luuxry phone company, [W:Vertu] recently unveiled its cell phone collection “Signature Kissho”.     Photos are HERE.   The phones are decorated with maki-e (Japanese lacquer sprinkled with gold…

    According to FUJIFILM, its FinepixZ700 is the world first pet detecting camera. When a user set it as a “dog or cat mode”, it quickly detects dog or…

  Recently, the most heard computer topic in Japan is twitter. Including various media such as TV, magazine, newspaper, twitter is introduced and the users have been increasing. I am,…

  Since I got iPhone, I play games in commuting train more often. Mostly I play shogi but I looked for a peaceful game that I don’t have to use…

Do you know bijin-tokei ?   It’s the one with a girl’s picture on the right sidebar on this JAPAN Style page. When you see it closer, you can see…

    Honda has made the new personal mobility device with the world first drive system that enables movement in all directions; forward, backward and even diagonally. This device called…

In Japanese trains, liquid crystal displays (LCD) are often found above doors. On the displays, they show the time tables, station information, advertisements, forecast and so on. The displays are…

    Panasonic announced they will release its new cordless double head steam iron “Caruru” on February 10 in Japan.   Caruru is designed like a rugby ball. It’s symmetrical…

    This unique iPhone application called KanjiStretch transforms any alphabetical name into Kanji characters. The Kanji results are phonetic characters, so you can arrange the applicable Kanjis as you…

  “I-Fairy” communication robot girl was first unveiled at the 2010 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevadaon last week. The robot was created by Kokoro Co, which is…