The new era of Evocative Machines. Why you’re going to love it.
We speculate a lot about our future “robot servants” or “robot masters”,...
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Why the robot uprising will give us Robot Pets, not Robot Masters
Japan has a very different approach to robotics. Japan leads the world in industrial robots, but...
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One way that AI is transforming family farms
Some of Japan’s innovations are going to have a much bigger impact outside of Japan. Like...
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What you can learn from this “PoopTech” startup
The bacteria in our gut affect our lives and our health in ways we are just starting to fully...
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Instagram for skin disease? Wait, this could work!
A lot of great ideas seem crazy when you first hear about them. Today Ryotaro Ako, founder of...
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So, your startup wants to play in Japan’s Regulatory Sandbox?
Disruption comes slowly to medicine. And that’s a good thing. Since the ethos of the...
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Why people are afraid to trust AI. And how to fix it
Artificial Intelligence makes a lot of people nervous. That’s understandable. Today we sit...
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What you can learn from Japan’s seven-minute miracle
Today we are going to look at a different kind of innovation. It’s not technology....
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This startup built the first open-source driverless car
The automotive industry is closed and proprietary. But Shinpei Kato, founder and CTO of Tier IV,...
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Why startups should be better than charities at solving social problems
Startups exist to develop new solutions to problems. But many of society’s biggest problems...
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