TOKYO --- NTT DOCOMO, INC. announced that it will expand the role of DOCOMO China Co., Ltd. to strengthen delivery of high-quality solutions, services and support and facilitate new growth in the fast-expanding Chinese mobile market. DOCOMO China, a wholly owned subsidiary based in Shanghai, will begin collecting data on mobile communications and exploring new business opportunities in China. It.....

Tokyo based MotionPortrait today announces HourFace 1.3 for iPhone and iPod touch devices. Using MotionPortrait's cutting-edge avatar-builder technology, HourFace analyzes a still photo and turns it into a living, breathing 3D movie that ages right there on the iPhone screen. HourFace ages your friends and family and generates a 3D interactive movie for you to poke, prod and be amazed by. Dis...

Augmented Reality is a pretty hot topic currently, but it seems to me that the Japanese in particular have really embraced the concept of mixing the real world with computer-generated imagery and data. One case in point is the Crimsonfox project [JP], an "Alternative Reality" scavenger hunt game event that took place over the weekend in Tokyo, Japan.

A team of researchers from the University of Tokyo has developed a technology that makes it possible to “physically” convey emotions from cell phone to cell phone. CrunchGear reports. When you start sweating and become emotionally agitated during a phone call, a sensor built into your cell phone detects changes in the electrical resistance of the skin of your hand (which holds the handset). This...

Ive always thought cell phones were already pretty good at conveying emotion they certainly get the point across when commander Sal is hurling obscenities at me through one. Apparently, though, the Japanese didnt quite agree: a team of researchers from Japans University of Tokyo have developed a technology which they say will not just aurally

I can't think of too many use cases for this, but they did it: A team of researchers from the University of Tokyo (Japan's MIT if you will) has developed a technology that makes it possible to "physically" convey emotions from cell phone to cell phone. The key elements of the technology are a sensor and a Peltier device that's attached to the back of the phones. Read the rest on Cru...

IBM, the National Institute of Design (NID) of India and Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo (RCAST) today announced a new collaborative research initiative to explore an open, common user interface platform for mobile devices, to make them easier to use for disadvantaged populations around the world. Software developed by

Among cell phone users in developed countries, IBM is betting the market with the biggest growth potential is...people over the age of 65? Fast Company reports. IBM's two-year research program, which also involves the National Institute of Design of India and Tokyo University, will explicitly focus on making cell phones easier to use, for both the elderly and the illiterate. Moreover, the sof...

IBM said today that it is partnering with the National Institute of Design of India and the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Tokyo to research ways of making phones more accessible to the illiterate and elderly. Read the full story here.

jig.jp co.,ltd. are a Japanese company established in May 28, 2003 and founded by Taisuke Fukuno. The Tokyo based firm claim to be the first to create a Java-based browser making it possible to view standard PC web-sites on mobile phones. Indeed, the jig browser has had over 4 million downloads. Impressive in its own ...