Japanese female robot
I came across this article as I catch up on my daily news from BBC every day. Thought this would remind you about how technologically advanced Japan is.
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Japanese develop 'female' android
Besides their development of Will Smith-like robots, I'd like to also highlight what makes Tokyo a great technological center. In no particular order....
1. As I was eating in a cafe yesterday, everyone had their kei tai (cell phones) flipped open and texting, sending pictures, surfing the internet, & doing laundry....
2. The TV that came in my apartment was a widescreen 29 inch flat screen with every input/output possible.
3. Most quick Japanese fast food restaurants have a self-service machine in the front to order ramen, soba, tonkatsu....
4. The smallest camera MegaPixel size on cell phones is a 3.2 MP.
5. The taxi doors open by themselves.
6. The toilet seats are all heated with integrated bide/water jet that you can control water temperature, degree of water pressure, and angle. In addition, you can push a button to emit a noise to cover up any other noises you might make.
7. My shower talks to me.
8. All the seats on the JR train are heated.
9. There is a place called Akihabara which is the mecca for geeks who love tech toys, Manga (comics), and girls who dress like maids.
10. At the sushi restaurants, the waitress uses a magic electronic wand to zap all the plates with you eat and calculate your total instantly.
Things I like about Japan:
I love all the technology here and the adoption rate is ridiculously high. Out of all the things I really enjoy here, it's the little thing that will make me miss Japan the most; especially the heated seats on the toilets and the trains.
6 comments:
That is crazy!! So when you come back, you can get me that digital camera....that 3.2mp will be fine;-)
Wow...that female android looks so real...When you come back, you can get me one of those too :)
Hmm... so, how exactly does one do laundry while eating in a cafe??
I've actually sat on one of those toilets before! We went to my Mandarin professor's place in Beijing when our class was there for Spring Break. It was really trippy at first. But I bet it's spectacular to have in the winter. It's so funny... in reading your mentioning of "missing the small things," I thought of how difficult it was to re-adjust to American life after our semester in HK. It's definitely true that the small things we became accustomed to really do have such an affect on daily life efficiency. As you know, I love tech & all those small details; but I will say, during our backpacking trip in Europe I realized just how much modern urbanity & technology monopolizes our lives, as well as keeps us obsessed with material wealth. When there were no cell phones, internet/computer, or anything but the limited amount of money in pockets & the clothes in our backpacks, I felt so free... like I was rediscovering life & how to ACTUALLY live daily life...
I wish my shower talked to me. I get lonely in there sometimes...
oh! so when you're having sex in the bathroom, can you make the toilet emit a sound that covers up the moans and groans? hehehehe just a thought....
HAHAHAHAHA!
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