Japanese Scientists Want To Build Robot Child
News The project will put the country at the forefront of a lucrative new industry, as well as benefit the economy through products spun off from robot research, argue the scientists. Japanese researchers are pressing the government to invest in an...
[August 26, 2003, 10:05]
Dell Admits Indian Mistake
Talkback Your country invented nuke bomb with the help of the UK and some other European scientists and then like brainless blood-lusting freaks tested it on the innocent Japanese. He confirms my claims of the UK giving birth to some of the greatest...
[October 17, 2006, 12:13]
Japanese Police Tune Biometrics For Foreign Suspects
News Japanese police have turned to Australian scientists to help develop facial-recognition technology capable of distinguishing between people of non-Japanese extraction. The police body said that it was having increasing difficulty dealing with...
[June 20, 2003, 8:43]
Web Record Falls To Japanese Team
News The team, comprising scientists from Keio University and divisions of Japan's largest telcoms firm NTT, achieved a speed of 43 gigabits per second over an optical network between two campuses of Keio several kilometres apart.
[November 4, 2003, 9:15]
Drop Yer Pet A Line On The Ol' Dog 'n' Bone
News According to a number of reports in today's daily newspapers, Japanese scientists are ready to unleash tiny "pet mobiles" that slip under your pampered pooch or pussy's collar, allowing you to dial up your loved ones for a quick: "Who's a good boy...
[October 28, 1999, 9:28]
Fujitsu Opens Up Linux-based Humanoid Robot
News By revealing some of the secrets of the robot, the scientists hope to encourage users to write original programs for it. The 48cm-tall robot is shaped like a humanoid, weighs 6kg and has been designed "for wide applications in research and...
[September 17, 2001, 16:44]
Worms Dodge Internet Sensors
News In a pair of papers presented at the Usenix Security Symposium in Baltimore, US on Thursday, computer scientists said would-be attackers can locate such sensors, which act as trip wires that detect unusual activity.
[August 5, 2005, 10:45]
2001: The Year Of The Robot
News As for the slugs -- well, ZDNet's last robot story of the year concerns scientists at the University of the West of England in Bristol, whose SlugBot can hunt down the mucus-coated creatures, take them back to base to rot, and use the bodies for...
[December 27, 2001, 6:31]
News Burst: Huge Memory Leap From Hitachi
News A team of scientists sponsored by the Japanese electronics giant Hitachi claims it has made a significant breakthrough in semiconductor memory technology. The technology will make it possible to create a chip the size of a thumbnail capable of...
[May 18, 1999, 10:30]
2001: Great Gadgets
News The 5510's first public viewing was at Manchester's Board Stupid snowboarding show -- so let's not hear any nonsense about mobile phone companies targeting the youth market while scientists investigate fears that children could be more at risk...
[December 27, 2001, 6:31]
A Year Ago: Japanese Develop Tiny Robot
News Scientists are working to add new functions to them so the robots can climb up and down a pipe while connected to other machines. Japanese electronics companies have developed a micro-machine the size of an ant that can crawl around thin pipes...
[June 21, 2000, 7:09]
Tiny Chip As Hot As Venus
News Boston MicroSystems has developed a chip that is thinner than a human hair but can quickly go from zero to 1,100 degrees Celsius, an invention that scientists may someday use to study chemical reactions in action.
[July 5, 2004, 14:35]
Linux-based Humanoid Robot Set For Euro Debut
News Japanese scientists are planning to demonstrate a walking, Linux-operated, humanoid robot at an open source event in Italy next month. The scientists at JSK Laboratories are already working on 3D vision functionality that could allow H7 to avoid...
[October 25, 2001, 12:52]
Fibreless Optical Data Transfer Mooted
News The Visible Light Communications Consortium, a group of 15 IT manufacturers, most of them Japanese, is proposing using light emitting diodes -- which will increasingly become common for ordinary light fixtures and outdoor equipment like traffic...
[October 6, 2004, 9:40]
Japanese Develop Tiny Robot
News Scientists are working to add new functions to them so the robots can climb up and down a pipe while connected to other machines. The box-shaped robot is only 5 millimetres (0.2 inch) long, 9 millimetres (0.36 inch) wide and 6.5 millimetres (0.26...
[June 21, 1999, 15:31]
BT Looks To China For Developer Talent
News Around 60 employees have already been recruited for the service centre, and BT hopes to have 17 developers and research scientists on board by the end of the year. The centre will also boost local language support for local customers whose first...
[September 10, 2007, 12:42]
UK Scientists To Unleash Aibo-killer
News A UK robotics startup hopes to start a scrap with Japanese electronics manufacturers by taking the leash off what it claims is the world's largest and most powerful robot dog next week. The dog, RS-01 RoboDog, measures 82cm by 67cm by 37cm, making...
[March 14, 2001, 10:42]
