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Dear Assistive Robot Industry, We Need You! Sincerely, Rapidly Aging Japan.
Okay, so what’s an assistive robot? Well, they’re a lot more cool and useful and tech than it might sound. Think of them more like… social robots, or maybe cybernetic enhancements, or, some years...
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I-O DATA – Connection adapter “NVSPH-1″– wirelessly connect your Honda car...
Connection adapter “NVSPH-1″ released today by I-O DATA connects Android smartphones wirelessly by Bluetooth to car navigation systems in Honda cars Users of this connection adapter can use “Honda...
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HONDA – Accord Hybrid – On-board emergency report system
Honda will start equipping an on-board emergency report system with their car navigation system in the “Accord Hybrid” that will be out this coming summer. When an air bag is activated by the shock of...
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Japan’s Robot Cars: Where’s this Road Going?
Optimus Prime, Hot Rod, and Ultra Magnus. These are all robot cars from the Transformers franchise rooted in early 1980s Japan. Somewhat disappointingly, here in realityland it looks like Japan’s real...
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Honda – Popularity contest for the 208 Honda car models of the last 50 years
Honda is celebrating the history of its cars over the last 50 years by asking people to vote on their favorite model out of the 208 that have come out over this period of time. It is a popularity...
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Japan’s Taking Robot Action: Honda, Sekisui House, and New Government Funding
Everyday Robots, the Ones That Have Forever Been Coming… They Might Actually Get Here? Well, in Japan, anyway. Two massive companies and one or two government agencies have assembled some intriguing...
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Honda Ships 100 Walking Assist Stride Management Wearable Robot Thingys
Honda’s Walking Assist with Stride Management: Coming to a Hospital Near You! If, that is, you’re connected to one of 50 Japanese medical institutions now testing and evaluating a pair of the...
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Japanese Robots: Honda’s High-Access Survey Robot Goes to Work in Fukushima....
The first signs of trouble at Fukushima were quickly followed by expectations of an action-ready ASIMO leaping to the rescue. Honda’s humanoid remains far from able, but their new High-Access Survey...
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Japanese Robots: ASIMO Gets a Taste of Human Nature; Media Forgets How to...
Honda bills ASIMO as the world’s most advanced humanoid robot, and in many ways, he totally is. He’s sort of an ambassador for all robots, and people love the super-tech, friendly looking little...
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Japanese Technology from the Future Friday!
This week it’s Honda stepping up its hydrogen fuel cell efforts, a Japan-based team ironically makes progress in anti-obesity science (an export-only product, that), and Japanese scientists have...
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