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The restaurant combines food delivery via conveyor belts with tablets containing menu options. The staff person is there merely to collect customers’ payments, which are automatically tallied when empty plates are sent down a chute.
A built-in webcam captures the person’s face, then tweaks the expression using software. Tests showed that subjects were more likely to “like” a garment when they saw themselves smiling in the mirror.
As Amy Chozick of the Wall Street Journal reports, Japan is turning into a hotbed of creativity, thanks to a nascent economic turnaround and a predilection for all things new […]
The history of catastrophe shows that true resilience comes not from restoration, but from reinvention.
AI software is rapidly accelerating chip design, potentially leveling up the speed of innovation across the economy.
The cat-and-mouse game between China and the world’s semiconductor companies is already having enormous consequences.
In a world of distractions, several remarkable companies show why focus is the ultimate strategy for endurance.
Our desire for recognition at work can lead to perilous ends.
Psychologist Noel Brick shares the mental techniques we can use to improve our performance on and off the field.
BMW found it’s possible to remote-drive vehicles using available technology. All it takes is some software updates and a cellular network connection.
I also can’t conjure sounds, smells, or any other kind of sensory stimulation inside my head. This is called “aphantasia.”
A game that challenges pedestrians to avoid detection by an AI could help train tomorrow’s self-driving cars.
Sweet, bitter, salty, sour. These are the four basic tastes we were taught in grade school. But there is a fifth: umami. And it’s everywhere.
Lost in a building or underwater? A new muon-based navigation system could be your guide.
These composers channeled the horror of the Holocaust and Hiroshima while honoring those who lived through it.
“You gotta know when to fold ’em.”
The answer to the age-old philosophical question of whether there is meaning in the Universe may ultimately rest upon the power of information.
It is estimated that as many as 488 million people worldwide were exposed to dangerously long working hours in 2016.
Its apples taste bad, but institutions all over the world want a descendant or clone of the tree, anyway.
More than any other nation, Japan tends to feel comfortable with the idea of humanoid robots entering the home.
Forensic researchers call such places “limited access environments.”
Japan just opened to tourists for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began, echoing the island country’s isolationist policies during the feudal era.
When you don’t know what you’re looking for, it’s easier to miss it.
Total annihilation is a permanent threat.
In 100 years, perhaps this map showing humanity clustering around the equator will seem “so 21st century.”
Extremely precise atomic clocks are not just of theoretical interest; they could help detect impending volcanic eruptions or melting glaciers.
In America, Cup Noodles has succeeded by hiding its Japanese roots.
After the 2011 Fukushima disaster, it was Germany, not Japan, that cracked down most severely on nuclear power plants.
In his new book “Courage is Calling: Fortune Favors the Brave,” Ryan Holiday explores the virtue of courage and how to overcome fear.