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Japan wants to start using fingerprints as currency

April 11, 2016

Via: itCurated

The 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games are on the distant horizon, and the Japanese authorities want to make the process of getting into the country and buying stuff as easy as possible for visitors – by using their fingerprints […]


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Japan’s major architecture, engineering firms going “all iPad” in support of Apple, Inc. iOS enterprise push

October 19, 2015

Via: itCurated

Apple’s mobile enterprise ambitions are beginning to shift the market in Japan, where large architecture, engineering, construction and operations firms have already moved to standardize on iOS and iPads for their enterprise tablets. According to a report by Architosh, Graebert—a […]


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TechShop, a makerspace for hardware tinkerers and startups, expands to Asia

October 15, 2015

Via: itCurated

We recently wrote about the ex-marine who builds artisanal mounts for connected homes. Now TechShop, the makerspace where he spent a lot of time working out of, has opened its first location in Asia — specifically, in Tokyo, Japan. And it’s […]


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Emotional robot Pepper sells out after 1,000 units bought in one minute

June 22, 2015

Via: itCurated

It seems 1,000 people just need a little robotic affection. When Pepper, the robot with a heart, went on sale Saturday in Japan, the 1,000 available units sold out online in one minute, the Japan Times reported. Designed by robotics […]