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New Toyota minivan will make it easier for drivers to yell at their kids
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Roving office printer heads to your desk when your documents are ready
Add / Remove Although printers have slowly become smaller and added wireless capabilities over the past few years, they're still seen as a hangover of the early digital age. Innovations such as Pocket...
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At hotel for cyclists, guests can ride right up to reception
Add / Remove For those who want to see the world by bike, there aren't actually that many options when they travel — most hotels don't provide secure facilities for locking them away, and airlines...
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Market research firm rewards consumers for attaching product feedback to...
Add / Remove Social media is an incredible tool for businesses to see what consumers are saying about their products, but the comments are often unorganized and difficult to collate. In the past,...
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3D printed maps could help the blind navigate their city
Add / Remove Modern technology has turned many of the things we consume from physical objects into pixels on a screen. While this has benefited the majority of us, those with sight difficulties don't...
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E-paper watch features 24 designs at the push of a button
Add / Remove Wristwatches are fast coming into fashion again thanks to a digital makeover that's set to add a slew of smart functionality. For those who don't want to end up checking their wrists just...
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Marketplace for event spaces offers islands and yachts for rent
Add / Remove Airbnb has turned asset sharing into a mainstream concept, and it boasts around 800,000 private rooms that are now open for the public to rent out. As well as making money for property...
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In Japan, stylish eyewear tracks tiredness and posture
Add / Remove Regular readers of Springwise may have noticed an abundance of products, services and campaigns targeting the tired and weary customer. Both the Bye Bye Red Eye campaign in South Africa...
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Tokyo government creates translated restaurant menus for tourists
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In Tokyo, bananas are the first ‘edible wearables’
Add / Remove Weird Of The Week: This is part of a series of articles that looks at some of the most bizarre and niche business ideas we see here at Springwise. Dole Japan have been sponsoring the Tokyo...
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Custom Japanese eyewear via free smartphone app
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These electric bikes recharge wirelessly at unmanned docks
Add / Remove In order for eco-friendly forms of transport such as EVs to become a truly viable alternative, they need to be as convenient and accessible as their petrol guzzling counterparts. We have...
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USD 300 myoelectric hand is controlled electronically by nerves
Add / Remove We have already seen 3D printing used by the E-nable community to create affordable prosthetic hands across the world. Now, Japanese company Exiii are taking the technology even further,...
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Smart shoes for performers are like super hi-tech LA lights
Add / Remove Dancers and artists have always used clothing and lighting creatively to accentuate their movements and enhance their performance, and now Orphe — a smart shoe system from No New Folk —...
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Surfing tux puts the suit back in wetsuit
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Abandoned Japanese golf courses to become solar farms
Add / Remove One of the challenges with alternative energy is finding sufficient space to farm it — both wind and solar require large amounts of land in order to harvest sufficient quantities of the...
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Bike lock requires cyclists to take a breathalyzer test
Add / Remove Cycling under the influence can be just as dangerous as drink-driving, but there aren’t the same laws in place to discourage it. It is often up to the cyclist themselves to judge whether...
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Customers pay for coffee with smartphone case
Add / Remove Approximately 4 billion cups of coffee are consumed each year, so any product that makes it quicker and easier for customers to order their daily grind is a welcome development. We have...
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Japanese bookstore only stocks one book a week
Add / Remove It can be hard for new publications to attract the attention of browsing customers in most bookstores. Despite beautiful covers and attractive displays, the sheer volume means any given...
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Smart station surveillance cameras stop drunks falling onto the tracks
Add / Remove In 2013, 221 people were hit by trains in Japan, and over half of these accidents were a result of drunkenness. To help prevent such occurrences, the railway company JR West has installed...
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