Brain activity scanners, retinal projectors and even interactive displays made of wood were among new technologies turning heads at Germany’s recent IFA electronics trade show as visitors flocked to see innovations from Japanese startups paid JapanGov
, and the ability of Japanese companies to design a new kind of human-machine interface with built-in kindness and consideration for people.
“The things that we need for long, healthy lives are speedy minds and memory capacity—if they deteriorate then we can’t work,” says NeU President and CEO Kiyoshi Hasegawa. “Brain training has been shown to have an effect on neural activity, and the compact size of this sensor means people can train with it every day.”
Left: Aiko Kuroda, Director of business development at Pixie Dust Technologies. Right: Pixie Dust Technologies’ SOUND HUG and Holographic Whisper deliver sound in novel ways.The company, which has an alliance with the University of Tsukuba, also exhibited Holographic Whisper, a prototype directional speaker that can deliver sound to a precise location in space by using ultrasonic waves.
Left: Mui Lab Co-Founder and CTO, Munehiko Sato, pictured at far left with Akiko Moriguchi, mui Lab global marketing and design strategist.The mui technology can also be used to mark a child’s height on a wooden column as he or she grows. A conceptual family memory archiving system that was exhibited at IFA combines this column with a wooden box that has a cotton-based surface functioning as an interactive display.
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