News tagged with tokyo
Japanese automakers rev up efforts in hydrogen cars
Oct 25, 2009 |
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Imagine a car that can be refuelled in minutes but emits only water. Sounds like science fiction? In fact it already exists -- Hollywood star Jamie Lee Curtis has one. So does Honda president Takanobu Ito.
Japanese car makers out to electrify Tokyo show
Oct 19, 2009 |
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Move over hybrids -- the biggest buzz at this year's Tokyo Motor Show looks set to come from electric cars as the dream of affordable zero-emission vehicles moves closer to reality.
Nissan's new concept car 'feels like flying' (w/ Video)
Oct 08, 2009 |
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Nissan unveiled Thursday a futuristic concept car that tilts to the side when going around bends to make drivers feel like they are gliding through the air.
Typhoon Melor and Tropical Storm Parma mean double trouble in the western Pacific
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Oct 07, 2009 |
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There's double-trouble in the Western Pacific with one typhoon and one tropical storm bringing soaking rains, dangerous surf and gusty winds to two different locations. Typhoon Melor is affecting the east ...
Tokyo taxis to trial battery switch system
Aug 26, 2009 |
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Tokyo taxis will be the first in the world to test new electric-car batteries that can be replaced in less time than it takes to fill up the petrol tank, the firm behind the system said Wednesday.
Japan electric car makers, utility plan battery-charge stations
Aug 05, 2009 |
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Three Japanese electric car makers teamed up with the country's largest power company Wednesday to study ways to building a grid of battery charging stations for zero-emission vehicles.
Honda to Begin Sales of Two More Hybrid Models in 2010
Jul 13, 2009 |
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Honda Motor announced plans to begin sales in Japan of the CR-Z sporty hybrid model in February 2010 and Fit Hybrid before the end of 2010.
Japan's ex-IT mogul told to pay damages in Livedoor scam
May 21, 2009 |
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A Japanese court on Thursday ordered disgraced dotcom tycoon Takafumi Horie and his aides to pay seven billion yen (74 million dollars) in damages to shareholders in his former firm over a fraud case.
Human-like robot smiles, scolds in Japan classroom
Mar 11, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Japan's robot teacher calls roll, smiles and scolds, drawing laughter from students with her eerily lifelike face. But the developer says it's not about to replace human instructors.
Transplanted coral growing fast in lagoon off Okinawa coast
Feb 07, 2009 |
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Baby coral transplanted in the Sekisei coral-reef lagoon in Japan's Okinawa Prefecture under a coral-reef regeneration program are growing steadily, according to the Environment Ministry and the Tokyo University of Marine ...
Japanese Robot/Humanoid Innovations Update: Mankind's Best New Friend is Getting Better (Videos)
Feb 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The combined efforts of the University of Tokyo with private sector partners and the Information and Robot Technology Research Technology Initiative have moved one-step closer to creating ...
Measuring quantum information without destroying it
Jan 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the Holy Grails - so to speak - of science involves building quantum computers that can perform, with accuracy, the computations too advanced and too large for classical computers. While we remain ...
