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Affetto is the wild-boy-head robot of your nightmares

Affetto is a robot that can smile at you while it pierces your soul with its endless, dead state. Created by researchers at Osaka University, this crazy baby-head robot can mimic human emotions by scr

Video: Omni-Directional Spider Robot Asterisk

It's not the <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2011/04/14/video-german-spiderbot-hector-is-1m-long/">first</a> <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2011/04/07/video-hexapod-spider-bot/">spider-like</a> <a hr

Up To 30 Gbps: New Chip Enables Record-Breaking Wireless Data Transmission Speed

It looks like we can expect faster wireless connections in the near future: Japanese electronic parts maker <a href="http://www.rohm.com/">Rohm</a> yesterday <a href="http://www.rohm.co.jp/news/111121

Video: New Touchscreen Control Interface Flexes When Scrolled

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/flexible_touchscreen-620x343.png" /> A research team at <a href="http://www.osaka-u.ac.jp/en">Osaka University</a> has developed a new c

New Japanese soccer robot shows the way to human-less sports is still long

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/robocup_osaka-620x465.jpg" /> The <a href="http://www.robocup-japanopen.org/index.html">"RoboCup Japan Open 2010"</a> [JP] is currently

Japanese government believes in future full of mind-reading devices

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/honda_robot_thought.jpg" /> Mind-reading devices are <a href="http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/04/17/japans-first-on-brain-interface-being

Scientists develop "atomic pen" and write nano-sized word

A group of researchers at the University of Osaka managed to develop a super-small “pen” that is able to write or draw by arranging individuals atoms on metallic surfaces. As an example, t