Imagine an app that could translate what you say accurately so you can communicate with hot girls from other countries?
Well, there are actually plenty of translation apps out there, not least Siri.
But wearable technology company LogBar claim their device ili is unique because it doesn't require an online connection, yet can still translate between English, Chinese and Japanese just by speaking into it.
They boast:
ili is the world's first wearable translator for travelers. Say goodbye to all language barriers.
And they marketed it by showing it in action with a gaijin ...
Japanese women take their bras and cup sizes so seriously they even wear bras designed to reduce their bust or special designer lingerie to bring out the best of their A-cup chest.
Smartphone app ChiChi helps you measure your bust when you leave your phone between your melons.
These are all vague claims at present: ChiChi is looking for "testers" ahead of a January release. So if you want to give it a try, apply on the app's official website.
Putting a phone between your breasts may sound like a new tech version of paizuri, but it's actually rumored to cause breast cancer, so ...
Japan's top sex dolls manufacturer Orient Industry, in another display of their constant inventiveness, has teamed up with make-up effects studio Jiro to create Rinka Kagurazaka Link a Doll.
Rinka Kagurazaka is, as fans will know, the oldest of the Kaguzarazaka sisters from the "Valkyrie Drive Bhikkhuni" video game series.
The Link A Doll has "wi-fi support" (to do what?) and can play Rinka's voice (though the mouth does not move), with a "Valkyrie body".
There are certain other features whose details are not listed on the website but are mentioned in the trailer below: ...
Every year lots of wacky and sometimes awesome tech gets showcased at CEATEC, the Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies, at Makuhari Messe.
This year we had laundry-folding robots, among other projects.
ROHM Semiconductor and Techmac presented the Tokimeki Sensor, which can apparently identify the exact moment someone falls in love.
Optical sensors are able to pinpoint the way you respond to someone to show that moment when you apparently change inside and think, THIS is the one for me.
Well, that sounds more like it means the spark of attraction than anything, but ...
Have you ever wanted to go on a date with a female idol in Japan? Who hasn't?!
With the BotsNew 360-degree Virtual Reality Headset, now you can. The VR smartphone device by Megahouse works with the free BotsNew Player app for Android and iOS to provide you with ultra-realistic, 360-degree surround video experiences.
Some of these are innocuous, such as a roller coaster ride.
But one of the videos is a "date" with idol group, such as cult group Kamen Joshi (masked girls).
Here's a making-of video, showing how they filmed other video content bikini-clad girls to those ...
Make the first "AI doll" based on gravure idol Ai Shinozaki.
First off, there's some serious wordplay going on here: "AI doll" is aidoru (idol), while Shinozaki's name also references "artificial intelligence."
In other words, some geeky boffins are planning to create a fully digital version of Shinozaki.
Virtual idols already exist aplenty, from Vocaloid music idols to AKB48 temporary digital members and virtual dating game idols.
How is this different?
Well, they are going to use artificial intelligence based on Ai Shinozaki.
The digital creation will speak like her and learn her ...
We all like to put pen to paper and sketch out a sexy cyborg or two.
But some of us are lucky enough to have that fantasy become three-dimensional reality!
Cult adult illustrator Hajime Sorayama's erotic robot female has become a limited-edition actual model.
You can buy one of the 100 models from July 24th to August 31st at Nanzuka gallery in Shibuya.
Produced in association with Medicom, who make the Be@rbrick series, the models will be 300mm (12") tall.
This uber-fantasy gynoid item will set you back a cool ¥162,000 ($1,300) and you'll have to wait until late ...
Get a 360-degree panorama "virtual shot" of a hot Japanese gravure model.
This "VR Girl" campaign features Miyako Akane, who has participated in Japan's biggest fetish event and also posed nude for a May issue of Playboy. She also posed for some of the hottest swimsuit shots we've seen in a while.
So we've established that Miyako Akane is hot.
So what?
Well, by downloading the immersive 360-degree videos app Kolor Eyes it seems you will be able to get a virtual reality-like experience of her, creating by 360Studio. It also works with the Oculus Rift, a device ...
Kind of.
Yuki Kashiwagi's android copy, Yukirin, is getting married to another robot, Frois, a robot designed by Maywa Denki in the likeness of a bath stool.
The marriage ceremony is taking place at Aoyama Cay in central Tokyo on June 27th.
Perhaps to calm down assuage any otaku, Yukirin has been rechristened Roborin, but to all intents and purposes she appears to be the same robot.
Tickets cost ¥10,000 and are limited to 100 people.
Is human-robot marriage (and sex!) now only a short step away?!
Our imaginations are running wild.
Combine a sex machine with an ...
Even a 2D anime character has feelings, you know.
Otaku love to decorate their hug pillow (dakimakura) with an anime character cover. Their companion is theirs to squeeze and talk to at night.
But Rina Makuraba, developed by Koichi Uchimura, takes things to another level.
She is a hug pillow that responds to your touch verbally. Just stroke her to elicit a "conversation".
She has a real personality and will even get cross with you if you get too touchy-feely. As we know, a cute girl getting angry at you is a fetish in Japan.
The system is called Itaspo ...
