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How Japanese Police Use the PlayStation Vita To Catch Criminals

How Japanese Police Use the PlayStation Vita To Catch Criminals | Science News | Scoop.it
Sony brands the PS Vita as more than simply a game portable. Maybe it should call the machine a "crime fighter", too?
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Japanese firm to pioneer smartphone that detects radiation

Japanese firm to pioneer smartphone that detects radiation | Science News | Scoop.it
SoftBank, Japan’s third-largest mobile phone operator, has revealed its plans to bring out a smartphone that can detect radiation, in the wake of last year’s nuclear plant disaster at Fukishima.
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[VIDEO] Sexy Japanese robot woman better than your wife!!!

Japan leads the world's robotic industries in fields ranging from manufacturing to entertainment and security.


Articles about ROBOTICS: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=robotics



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Older and wiser?

Older and wiser? | Science News | Scoop.it

Americans get wiser with age. Japanese are wise from the start.


Articles about PSYCHOLOGY: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=psychology

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Unique languages, universal patterns: Linguist reveals how modern English resembles Old Japanese

Unique languages, universal patterns: Linguist reveals how modern English resembles Old Japanese | Science News | Scoop.it
You don’t have to be a language maven to find the direct object in a basic English-language sentence. Just look next to the verb.
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Chinese crunch human genome with videogame chips (Wired UK)

Chinese crunch human genome with videogame chips  (Wired UK) | Science News | Scoop.it
The world's largest genome sequencing center once needed four days to analyse data describing a human genome.
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Asterisk - Omni-directional Insect Robot Picks Up Prey #DigInfo

DigInfo TV - http://diginfo.tv 9/11/2011 Osaka University Limb Mechanism Robot...
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Japan, Russia see chance to clone mammoth

Japan, Russia see chance to clone mammoth | Science News | Scoop.it
Scientists from Japan and Russia believe it may be possible to clone a mammoth after finding well-preserved bone marrow in a thigh bone recovered from permafrost soil in Siberia, a report said Saturday.
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linguaggio macchina: Roman jewellery found in a Japan tomb. Interview with Tomomi Tamura

linguaggio macchina: Roman jewellery found in a Japan tomb. Interview with Tomomi Tamura | Science News | Scoop.it

Interview with Tomomi Tamura, researcher from Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties. Three glass beads discovered in the 5th century “Utsukushi” tumulus in Nagaoka (Kyoto) were probably made some time between the first and the fourth century by Roman craftsmen.

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[VIDEO] A Japanese Telepresence Robot that Lives on Your Shoulder

The emerging field of telepresence and telerobotics has produced some fairly out-there forms to carry out their functions, and researchers at Yamagata University in Japan don’t seem to have any problem pushing that envelope. Their concept: a telepresence robot that quite literally is that voice in your ear, that angel (or devil) on your shoulder. The MH-2 (for “miniature humanoid”) is a remotely controlled robot that lives on your shoulder and conveys a person’s gestures and movements from a distance.


http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2012-05/video-telepresence-robot-lives-your-shoulder

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{VIDEO} - Crab Computer made by Japanese scientists

Computer scientists at Kobe University in Japan built a crab computer—or a basic functioning set of simple processes called logic gates—with the help of groups of crustaceans.

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Dogs' feet give Japan scientists paws for thought

Dogs' feet give Japan scientists paws for thought | Science News | Scoop.it

Ever wonder how dogs can walk barefoot in the snow? Now a Japanese scientist may have the answer -- an internal central heating system.

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Robot seals heal hearts of Japan tsunami survivors

Robot seals heal hearts of Japan tsunami survivors | Science News | Scoop.it
High-tech fluffy seals that respond to human touch are the latest weapon in the battle against depression for survivors of Japan's tsunami disaster.
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Japan plans futuristic farm in disaster zone

Japan plans futuristic farm in disaster zone | Science News | Scoop.it
Japan is planning a futuristic farm where robots do the lifting in an experimental project on land swamped by the March tsunami, the government said Thursday.
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Wild monkeys to carry forest fallout monitors | The Japan Times Online

Wild monkeys to carry forest fallout monitors | The Japan Times Online | Science News | Scoop.it
Fukushima University researchers plan to measure forest radiation levels in Fukushima Prefecture by placing special monitoring collars on wild monkeys, in light of the nuclear crisis.
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