Tokyo University articles

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  Large reserve of rare earth metals, crucial for electronics, found in Japan

  By Jacob Kastrenakes on March 25, 2013 01:24 pm + 66 comments

  Large deposits of rare earth metals — difficult-to-mine materials that are needed in many Continue reading…

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  Super-fast motion tracking camera uses rotating mirrors to stay locked on target

  By Jeff Blagdon on July 16, 2012 03:20 am + 7 comments

  Researchers at Tokyo University’s Oku Ishikawa Lab — home of the unbeatable rock, paper, Continue reading…

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  Tokyo University's unbeatable Rock, Paper, Scissors robot crushes all challengers

  By Jeff Blagdon on June 27, 2012 08:32 pm + 18 comments

  We like to think we’re pretty good at Rock, Paper, Scissors, but this robot from the Ishikawa Oku Continue reading…

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  Japanese researchers break the terahertz wireless transmission speed record

  By Jamie Keene on May 16, 2012 07:41 am + 8 comments

  Researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology have achieved 3Gbps transfers over a 542GHz wireless Continue reading…

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  Virtually enlarged food tricks Japanese dieters into eating less

  By Sam Byford on April 13, 2012 04:32 am + 15 comments

  A team at the University of Tokyo has developed a pair of "glasses" aimed to aid dieters by making Continue reading…