Tag Archives: science

Robot with 24 Fingers Washes Hair like a Person 10.09.11

Panasonic has developed a robot that can wash a person’s hair, with the use of 24 robotic fingers that supposedly give it a very lifelike feeling. From Reuters: The customer leans back in what looks like a regular salon chair, over … READ MORE
The “hugging robot” may be here soon 06.29.11

Well, it was only a matter of days before our next “something involving robots” post. Researchers from the University of Electro-Communications in Tokyo are working on what they call the “Sense-roid”. That is, a torso in a vest that “hugs” … READ MORE
Science, you may have gone too far with this one… 06.16.11

Forget robots and flashy toilet video games and all that other stuff smart people in Japan have been creating…this one just may prove that we’ve finally gone too far in the name of science. A Japanese scientist named Mitsuyuki Ikeda … READ MORE
Say hello to TVs that can detect your emotions 06.03.11

Thanks to the work of NHK Science & Technology Research Laboratories (STRL) of Japan, your television set might sometime soon watch YOU just as much as you watch it. As TechRadar details, The wizards behind this phenomenon have inserted little cameras … READ MORE
Will computer-based singing voices replace human singers? 05.11.11

Some Japanese researchers have apparently developed what they say is a program that can teach computers to sing (yes, sing) in voices that are “indistinguishable” from human voices. Tokyo University’s IBA Laboratory, the tech-savvy people behind this development, say they … READ MORE
Furry cat ears controlled by your thoughts? Thanks, science! 05.06.11

A Japanese company named Neurowear has designed some pretty innovative cat ear headbands that react to your thoughts and move accordingly. Yep. Brainwaves power the fuzzy ears, which either rise up or fold down according to your level of concentration. … READ MORE
Japanese water-powered car: experiment, or sign of things to come? 03.31.11

Technology strikes again! Japanese company Genepax designed a car that runs on water. No gas, no oil, no messy pollutants. Just water. Or TEA, if you’re so inclined. This article describes in detail how the water-powering takes place: The car … READ MORE
Exoskeleton model designed by Japanese students or leftover Iron Man suit? 03.10.11

No, this isn’t a prototype suit from Iron Man or the Alien movies. It’s actually a “pneumatic power-suit” that a group of Japanese students created. And get this: it moves without any motors! The Daily Mail put up an informative … READ MORE
Meet Kokichi Sugihara, brilliant math professor and world-class illusionist 03.08.11

I don’t understand math. All my life, it tried its hardest to ruin school for me, confusing and angering me as I struggled to solve for x. Of course, for some people, math is their life. They teach it, study … READ MORE
Origami made much more technical and complicated by American physicist 02.22.11

Here’s another one of those stories that makes you (or at least me) feel more and more inadequate, as super-smart people do things I can’t even comprehend. Robert Lang, an American physicist and all-around smart guy, has developed a new … READ MORE
Team of scientists want to bring back extinct Woolly Mammoth 01.17.11

Oh, modern science, you’re so crazy. A team of smart people from Japan, Russia and the United States apparently are planning to attempt to clone and resurrect an old Woolly Mammoth. The scientists say they will extract DNA from a … READ MORE
“Singing” mice created by Japanese scientists 12.23.10

Yeah, you read correctly. As this Huffington Post article explains, Researchers at the University of Osaka are cross-breeding genetically modified mice to explore evolutionary traits for their ”Evolved Mouse Project.” When the scientists found one mouse “singing like a bird,” they … READ MORE
Eel-powered Christmas trees? 12.08.10

The ingenuity of Japanese scientists/tech people knows no bounds, seriously. Seriously? Yes, seriously. This Christmas tree is powered by an electric eel. Each time the eel moves, two aluminium panels gather enough electricity to light up the 2-metre (6 ft … READ MORE