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Video: Anti-Sleep Apnea Robot Pillow

<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_apnea">Sleep apnea</a> can be a big problem for people affected by the disorder, but there is help from Japan on the way. A team of researchers at <a href="

Video: System Instantly Generates 3D Head Models From 2D Photos

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Picture-23-620x344.png" /> I am well aware that this piece of technology isn't the first of its kind, but this <a href="http://cedec.ces

ULV: Japan's Newest Electric Car Goes On Sale

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/waseda_ulv-620x408.png" /> Do you remember the ULV ("Ultra Lightweight Vehicleā€¯), the one-person electric vehicle developed at <a hre

Video: Next-generation electric mini vehicle ULV

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/waseda_ulv-620x408.png" /> It seems interest in the development of electric cars has really picked up steam in recent months, <a href="h

Meet robot Hanako, the dental patient simulator (video)

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/hanako_robot-620x386.png" /> Three Japanese universities (<a href="http://www.waseda.jp/top/index-e.html">Waseda</a>, <a href="http://ww

KOBIAN proves that robots can now even get emotional (video)

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/kobian-620x465.jpg" /> Humanoid robots are being developed all over the world (but <a href="http://search.beta.techcrunch.com/query.php?

Voice-recognition technology finally utilized in remote controls

Outdated? OKI and a group of researchers of Waseda University in Tokyo have developed a device that is able to extract a person’s voice from a mix of background noise and other persons’ vo