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	Humanoids continue invading
...The 21st century is not the time, when people can be easily impressed, this can be refered to another, whether weird or wise, invention of the Japanese, that is a humanoid robot. On the other hand the most impressive thing is that people are still striving to create somebody, or something, to resemble themselves. This game has ended up in a demonstration of bots to help the aging population of Japan in their everyda...
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	The Japanese Create Robotic Girlfriend
...A firm from Japan announced that it was able to create a robotic girlfriend that can kiss on command. The robot is 38 cm (15 inch) tall and its inventors dubbed it "Eternal Maiden Actualization" or shortly "EMA". Producers stated that EMA will go on sale in September and its price will be $175. The robotic girlfriend is aimed to a particular target market, i.e. adult men. "Strong, tough and battle-ready are some of the...
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	Scientist's call upon policy makers on global warming
...d that there is a necessity for scientific appeal to policy makers. Thus a new committee was called to deal with the issue. The exploration of both poles will draw the latest technology, including robots and satellites, to make an observation on minor changes in ice thickness. The meetings held on previous polar year sessions were mainly focused on the discovery of Arctic and Antarctic areas, these being largely unexpl...
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	China's Google in Japan
...The number one search engine in China, Baidu.com, has started its own Japanese search engine, which is the company's first regular service it provides outside of China. The new website, called www.baidu.jp includes a search bar for Web page and image searches. The site also features a user help and advanced services. The so-called "China's Google" was about to expand its activity overseas as early as March. Until recen...
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	Japanese Scientists Work on a Flexible Battery
...e some organic radical polymers are soluble in electrolyte solutions. This results in discharging the battery. The polymer, though, should be soluble, so that the spin-coating would be possible. The Japanese scientistshave overcome this problem by photocrosslinking, though. This made the polymer more stable and stronger from the mechanical point of view. Prof. Peter Skabara, from the University of Strathclyde, was impr...
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	Japan's uncertain guilt for sex slavery during World War II
...revision of landmark apology that was made in 1993. They defend a standpoint in which Asian women were paid for prostitution and that was their free will to do so, thus denying the involvement of the Japanese military authorities. US House of Representatives reacted with indignation at Japan's apology to make it official and fully admit the fact of sex slavery. The debates in US media touched upon the matter of ...
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	Secret US military data was disclosed thanks to porn images
...Secret information on US combat system was accidentally exposed by Japanese officer after he exchanged porn files with another officer at work. The naval officer intended to copy adult images that came along with the data on Aegis military system taken by accident from another officer's computer. Thus when he swapped the files with the petty officer of the lower rank, the latter was carelessly given the access to t...
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	Robot to Help Neurosurgery
...Surgery can take a huge step towards the future due to a new surgical robot system, developed at University of Calgary. Surgeons' mistakes will no longer take place because the NeuroArm is going to upgrade the level of neurosurgery as well as other branches of operative medicine. It it the first MRI-compatible robot in the world and its creator is Dr. Garnette Sutherland. For six years he has worked together with a lea...
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	New Hollywood Movie Makes Japanese Feel Sick
...Japanese national newspapers warn people that watching a new Hollywood drama can make its viewers feel sick. The warnings are published on request of Gaga Communications, the movie's Japanese distributor. Babel, a Golden Globe and Academy Award winning 2006 multi-narrative drama, was released in Japan on April 28. Since then the movie's distributors have received complaints from at least 15 people who felt ill while w...
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	Woman lived with bullet for 64 years
...t was in her head for 64 years. Jin Guangying, a grandmother from Shuyang town, Jiangsu province recalls the incident that happened during the World War II in 1943. She was 13 year old girl, when Japanese soldiers invaded their province and one of them tried to kill her as she was taking meal to her father, who was a guerrilla. As Japanese army noticed her they started haunting and shot at her right ear. Occasion...
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	School to be Guarded by a Robot
...The world's first robot to guard children was developed in South Korea. Scientists dubbed the robot OFRO, and it's main goal is to protect children in Seoul's middle school. Placing a robot in the school is a test that the developers are going to make before launching the robot into the market. According to the developers the robot could be useful in alerting staff in case outsiders intend to seduce students. Chief Exe...
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	Robots Assist in Rescuing Disaster Victims
... Urban search and rescue robots are tested at a special 'Disaster City' training facility according to specific disaster scenarios. The robots will help rescue people in collapsed buildings and train wrecks. Scientists will test robot performance applying actual training scenarios for emergency responders. Test results are required for improving and developing new usage guides that allow to match specific kinds of robot...
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	Over a Quarter of Japanese Want an iPhone, Survey Showed
...A survey showed that about 27% of Japanese are willing to purchase an iPhone from Apple. Taking into consideration that Japan is the land of hi-tech novelties and a test ground for them these 27% should be considered flattering for Apple. It is a fact that an outlander smartphone has slight chances in winning a good place on Japanese market, because in most cases authentic manufacturers' smartphones are more function...
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