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From robotic hand-clapping arms to a device that could show tsunami alerts in the sky, Japanese technology researchers showcased their latest inventions in Tokyo today.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Two pairs of artificial arms welcomed visitors as the Digital Content Expo opened for a three-day run, producing a realistic clapping sound due to the soft palms of the hands.<\/p>\n

The arms, named Ondz, are made of white skin-like urethane “flesh” and aluminium “bone”. <\/strong>They create what the developer calls the “organic” sound of human hand clapping by the patting of soft palms.<\/p>\n

Ondz could be used in musical performances, to enhance the sound of real clapping. Or viewers watching a programme online could click a button to make hands at the broadcast site clap, said Takahashi.<\/p>\n

Japan’s Burton Inc. showcased its aerial 3D technology, which uses laser beams to create three dimensional images in the air out of tiny bright dots and could be used for advertising — or for a tsunami alert.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Burton chief executive and 3D project director Hideki Kimura said the technology could also be used to show tsunami alerts and other messages in the sky after major disasters.<\/p>\n

Such images would be more stable than colored smoke from airplanes, which gets swept away in the wind, and easier to spot than electrical boards hanging from helicopters, he said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The technology can now show images six meters above the ground and in space the size of a cube measuring three metres squared. But the company is working to realise bigger displays at higher altitude, Kimura said.<\/p>\n

Another fun gadget displayed at the fair was a set of dominoes where the pieces can be made to fall without touching each other using radio waves.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Source AFP<\/em>
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