TIA's Top Picks from the Tokyo Motor Show
Tech in Asia reports on its top five innovative picks from the 2015 Tokyo Motor Show.
Livesaving Device Embedded in Vending Machines
Next time someone on the street looks like they're suffering from cardiac arrest, run toward the nearest... vending machine?
How Japan's Satellites Aid Disaster Response
The technical capabilities of Japan's DAICHI satellites enable a number of relief operations, in any kind of weather.
Incredible Bamboo Grove Office in Nagoya
Mamiya Shinichi Design Studio’s new office space in Nagoya City is an elegant homage to the postmodern aesthetic.
Creepy, Crawly... Human Caterpillars?
Inch your way across the court in Caterpillar Rugby, a game that allows people with physical disabilities to participate on the same level as able-bodied people.
Breaking Olympic Records with Prosthetic Limbs
Ken Endo returned to Japan in 2012 after researching robotic prosthetics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He now aims to help a Paralympic sprinter shatter the Olympic speed record.
Hot Gear from the 2014 Good Design Awards
Every year since 1957, Japan’s Good Design Awards have honored products that are designed in such a way to have a positive impact on people’s lives.
Lost Fukushima Wolf Deity Images Recreated
When Yamatsumi Shrine burned down in 2013, along with the structure itself went 240 images of a wolf deity that had watched over Iitate Village for nearly 1,000 years.
