7kg Archive

  • Meet ISAMARO, Japan’s newest humanoid

    Meet ISAMARO, Japan’s newest humanoid

    Posted on April 16, 2010 | No Comments
    Japan must have a solid number of customers willing to pay a ton of money for home-use robots, because otherwise there wouldn't be so many of them actually available for end users like you and me. Take ISAMARO [JP], for example, a new humanoid that hasn't been build for demo purposes, research etc. but for people who actually want to use him.

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  • BE-ENV: Panasonic Japan’s expensive, cool e-bike

    BE-ENV: Panasonic Japan’s expensive, cool e-bike

    Posted on March 22, 2010 | 1 Comment
    We've covered plenty of electric bicycles from Japan in the past, but let's be honest: Most of them are really ugly, for example these (technically interesting) models Sanyo introduced three weeks ago. But this new Panasonic e-bike, the BE-ENV [JP], looks rather cool and is something I could see the younger (and male) population actually using, too.

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  • Toner-, ink- and paperless printer (video)

    Toner-, ink- and paperless printer (video)

    Posted on February 8, 2010 | No Comments
    A Japanese company called Sanwa Newtec has developed a printer that works without toners, ink or (copy) paper. ThePrePeat RP-3100 is rather based on a line thermal head and special paper that's made of PET plastic and can be reused over and over again. In other words, if you have a sheet that you don't need any longer you can insert it back into the printer (where it gets "cleaned") and immediately print out a new document in one go. Each of those special sheets can be used 1,000 times, saving not only the costs for 1,000 sheets of copy paper but also 5.7kg of CO2 for the environment.

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  • Video: Sporty robot Taizou wants the elderly to exercise

    Video: Sporty robot Taizou wants the elderly to exercise

    Posted on September 11, 2009 | No Comments
    Another week, another healthcare robot coming put of Japan (and this is generally a good thing). This new model, named Taizou [JP], is developed by the country's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) and was unveiled today. Its purpose is to motivate the elderly to exercise more in order to prevent diseases and stay young mentally.

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  • JVC set to release the world’s thinnest 32-inch LCD display

    JVC set to release the world’s thinnest 32-inch LCD display

    Posted on June 8, 2009 | No Comments
    JVC presented a prototype of a super-thin and super-light 32-inch LCD TV back in January (during the CES) and today announced [JP] that sales of the device will begin this August (in Japan, at least). The company claims the model is the world's thinnest LCD display of that size.

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