Category Archives: Tech and Science

Smart Vending Machines unveiled in Japan

Posted on August 27, 2010 by Jamaipanese

Japan is vending machine land and it is estimated that there is a vending machine for every 23 Japanese person. Billions on dollars of sales are generated each year by vending machines in Japan  so there is stiff competition from … Continue reading →

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Speedy Narita Sky Access Opens

Posted on July 21, 2010 by Jamaipanese

Keisei Electric Railway Company recently official opened the new Narita Sky Access train route which connects Narita International Airport with the Nippori Station which is along the Yamanote Line  in downtown Tokyo in only 36 minutes. It’s competitor the Narita … Continue reading →

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Japan’s Akatsuki Probe on its way to Venus

Posted on May 23, 2010 by Jamaipanese

A few days ago the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launched the Akatsuki probe from the Tanegashima spaceport in Kagoshima Prefecture. The Venus Climate Orbitor a very sophisticated probe  featuring specialized cameras,  sensors specially designed to study Venus’ atmosphere and surface. … Continue reading →

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Honda 3R-C Urban Transport Vehicle

Posted on April 6, 2010 by Jamaipanese

Futuristic electric powered vehicles seems to be what the major players in the Japanese auto industry is focusing on. Vehicles like the i-Real Personal Mobility Vehicle by Toyota and the U3-X robotic unicycle by Honda are some of the ones … Continue reading →

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Yotaro Baby Robot from Japan

Posted on March 11, 2010 by Jamaipanese

Japan has already got robot teachers, robot pets and robot gladiators so can you guess whats missing? Robot babies of course! The Tsukuba University’s robotics and behavioral sciences laboratory has been working on “Yotaro” designed to remind young people of … Continue reading →

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Ameba Japanese Micro-blog Clones Twitter

Posted on March 2, 2010 by Jamaipanese

Twitter is one of the most popular social networking websites on the internet. Some argue that it has passed it’s peak but in my mind Twitter is unique and useful enough to be around for a while. It is my … Continue reading →

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5 Amazing Japanese Robots and their uses

Posted on December 15, 2009 by Jamaipanese

Japan is a world leader in the field of technology and robotics is one area of research that they are way ahead of the pack with thousands of robots already a part of the workforce mainly in manufacturing and industry. … Continue reading →

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JAXA’s Venus Climate Orbiter Mission

Posted on December 9, 2009 by Jamaipanese

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has been very active lately and will be well into the new year. Just before their plan to launch a dozen fish into space in 2011 JAXA will be launch a probe to explore and … Continue reading →

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Japan to Launch a Dozen Fish into Orbit

Posted on October 25, 2009 by Jamaipanese

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency along with about 2 dozen other research organizations and universities has plans for a very “fishy” experiment in space. 12 Killifish will be sent on an all expenses paid trip to the International Space Station … Continue reading →

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Honda unveils the U3-X robotic unicycle

Posted on September 24, 2009 by Jamaipanese

The technology war is brewing in the field of personal mobility technology as various companies compete to render our legs obsolete. Honda is one of the major players in this war and they recently revealed their latest device code named … Continue reading →

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