Robotic Vehicle Gets Wheelchair Bound Person to Stand Up

Fong-Chin Su and Tain-Song Chen from Taiwan’s National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) Department of BioMedical Engineering (BME), has developed a robotic vehicle that is designed to get the wheelchair bound person up on their feet.

World’s First Flying Crime-prevention Robot Unveiled in Japan [Video]

Japanese security services company, SECOM, has recently launched the world’s first autonomous flying crime-prevention robot. The mini-copter will be offered for private security use.

Airline Passengers Get Their Drinks Served by a Robot Bartender [Video]

Air Eltec has developed a Robot Bartender, to reduce staff costs and improve efficiency for Airlines. The “Skytender” features a high-tech drink cart that features 30 different drinks.

$5000 Smartphone Controlled Toilet Sold in Japan [Video]

Japan is one of the most technology advanced country. One proof of it, is there line of high-tech toilets. Bathroom fixtures manufacturer, Inax, has launched their latest line of smartphone controlled toilets.

Disaster Pods Introduced in Japan [Video]

Japanese auto parts manufacturer, Pond, has created an emergency shelter in form of a spherical pod that can save lives in times of a disaster. The pod called “Life Armour” looks like Dragon Ball’s attack balls.

Bike Powered Phone Charging Stations To Arrive in NYC [Video]

The Charge Cycle was created by David Krawczyk and Navjot Kaur. It is a bike that is equiiped with a stationary bike and a charging dock. Those who would like to charge their phones have to bike in place, to work in powering their device.

Mastercard Creditcard Introduces Touchscreen Keyboard in their New Credit Card

Standard Chartered Bank and Mastercard have partnered to introduce their line of high-tech credit card in Singapore. The mastercard credit card is the country’s first interactive payment card.

$1.25 Million Giant Robot Now For Sale

Gundam fans can now purchase a giant robot, that is if they can afford it. Japanese company, Suidobashi Heavy Industries, is now accepting orders for KURATAS, a $1.25 Million ginormous robot.

Unlock Electronic Devices Using Your Heartbeat

Biometric technology seems to the best way increase the security of gadgets. First came the facial recognition technology then palm scanning, and now an engineer has has came up with ECG biometrics.

Glass Disk Can Be Used to Store Data For Centuries

Popular Japanese brand, Hitachi, has created a glass disk that can be used to store data. Since the disk is fireproof, chemical and radiation resistant and waterproof, the data could be preserved for centuries, unless the glass is broken.

The glass disk is made of quartz glass. It is only 2cm square and 0.2cm thick. The glass makes use of technology that relies on layers of dots to store data in binary form. The data stored in the storage chip can be deciphered with a microscope.

Hitachi plans to make the technology available in museums, goverments and companies who are interested to invest in a resilient data storage.