Panasonic has developed technology for using an LED as the light source so that smartphones can read optical ID signals containing various kinds of information. “On the LED side, technology for communicating information through LEDs flashing at high speed has…

Polysis, a specialist developer of polyurethane resins and resin products, markets haplafreely, a plastic that turns to clay when heated to temperatures above 60°C. When immersed in hot water or heated with a heat gun, the plastic becomes easy to…

Live2D’s animation technology lets users interact with 2D illustrations in 3D space. Live2D are now developing Live2D Euclid, a next generation system that can animate 2D illustrations 360-degrees, in rich 3D environments. Live 2D models can be animated and moved…

Yokohama City’s Nippon Automatic Fine Machinery develops and manufactures a machine for affixing a backboard, used in suspending products displayed in drugstores and other stores, onto product boxes. “This machine can affix 35 backboards in one minute. The speed of…

In July 2013, Meditrek in Yokohama released the Meruru, which enables soft contact lenses to be inserted and removed without touching the fingers. “Using soft contact lenses requires practice, and even after practicing, quite a lot of people find it…

Keystone Technology’s LED vegetable garden system is a cultivation system for indoor plant factories which uses LED lighting instead of sunlight. The most defining feature of the system on display at the company’s showroom in Yokohama is its 3-dimensional use…

This is the teamLabBody, co-developed by teamLab and Professor Sugamoto, in Osaka University’s department of orthopedics. It is a 3D human anatomy app, based on the joints and natural range of movements of the human body. “Data on the joints…

SEL have developed a range of flexible OLED displays and high PPI LCD panels which use CAAC oxide semiconductors. “CAAC stands for C-Axis Aligned Crystal. In this material’s structure, the crystals are aligned in the c-axis direction. Because CAAC itself…

The neurocam is the world’s first wearable camera system that automatically records what interests you. It consists of a headset with a brain-wave sensor and connects to an iPhone. The system estimates whether you’re interested in something from the brain-waves…

Panasonic has announced the Lumix GM, an ultra compact 16MP Micro Four Thirds camera, which will be released in Japan in late November. “This camera uses the same sensor and engine as the GX7 which was released last month. The…