A major bearing maker in Kanagawa Prefecture claims to have developed a fidget spinner that whirls longer than any on the market — 12 minutes and counting. Most fidget spinners, the must-have toy for 2017, can only spin on their own for a few minutes ...
Holding a Bluetooth-enabled plastic toy gun with a smartphone attached, players fight virtual enemies appearing on the phone’s screen as it displays real surroundings. The augmented reality gun battle was on display at the annual International Tokyo Toy Show, which kicked off Thursday as makers ...
China's SZ DJI Technology unveiled a small camera drone starting at $499 that can take off and land from the palm of a hand, seeking to appeal to the broader consumer market. The new Spark drone weighs about 300 grams, is equipped with a 1080-pixel ...
Gadget maker Cerevo has taken advantage of the hype surrounding this month's release of the Hollywood version of "Ghost in the Shell" by producing a 1/8 scale robot model of the original anime's AI combat-vehicle Tachikoma.
Designers, crafters and tech-nerds are gearing up for the return of the annual Maker Faire in Tokyo next month. This is the fifth time the event brings together hundreds of innovative creators, from drone manufacturers and virtual-reality app designers to hobbyists and artists, to share ...
A 2-year-old horse strapped with a GPS-aided sensor to monitor its speed and heartbeat ran a 1,500-meter lap on a farm in Urakawa, Hokkaido, a town famous for producing racehorses, earlier this year. Monitoring the animal via PC at Chestnut Farm, Toru Hirose, 53, was ...
The common image of Japan abroad as a high-tech country is severely out of step with the everyday experience of those of us who live here.
Dust off those game cartridges for the Retro Freak Many game consoles have come and gone, and many are still loved — even sought out — by die-hard fans of retro games. If you're still hoarding your old game cartridges, too, then CyberGadget have released ...
Thanks to items related to megahit video game "Yokai Watch," the domestic toy market saw the best sales in a decade in fiscal 2014, the Japan Toy Association said Tuesday. The annual size of the Japanese toy market reached ¥736.7 billion in fiscal 2014 that ...
Luddites and tech fans are interrogated on the wide streets of Yokohama.
Showcasing a rice cooker with a twist, a compact air purifier, a portable charger for all your devices and a New Year's card-making app.
Nintendo Co. looks like it is finally going to be able to celebrate this Christmas. The video game maker lost ¥23.2 billion last year but is making a surprising comeback with hit game titles like "Super Smash Bros." and a new line of interactive figurines ...
