Let's Smooch! iPhone application to be launched

Science and technology

The smooch Japan KK producer, who is the pioneer of market in Japan, announced that it will launch new iPhone application called Let’s Smooch! on July 23. Let’s Smooch will cut edge technology when you use it available on iPhone.

You can access to update information on Smooch such as latest promotion, location and drink. Let’s smooch also incorporates the world’s first stamp card for using bump technology which can be updated only at the Smooch store.

If you download the application, you can take advantage of special promotion. In addition, if you download the application, you will receive a point card that is pre-loaded with 9 points. It means when the next time you buy a Smooch, you will be given the right to another one free.

The application can be downloaded free at http://itunes.apple.com/jp/app/lets-smooch/id379447495?mt=8.

http://www.japantoday.com/category/technology/view/lets-smooch-iphone-application-to-be-launched

Japanese baby-bot to shed light on human learning

Science and technology

Lastweek, Japanese researchers have created and developed infant robot for better understanding how to human grows up.

The infant robot name Noby that it is derived from “nine-month-old baby” word. It can action like real infant. It has 600 sensors through its body to feel touch. Moreover, it has cameras and microphones for vision and hearing, and it is connected between computer and its body.

Noby is 71 centimeters tall and weighs 7.9 kilograms that it is very similar to a nine-month-old baby. It has soft skin like baby, and it has many joints that can move well.

This project is cooperation between Tokyo University professor, Yasuo Kuniyoshi and The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology. They are using it to examine theories of human development.

It is set by computer software which the researchers can analyze its result about how it reacts to human actions and its surroundings, and compare it with the behaviour of real children.

I agree with the infant robot because it makes researchers know more about function of baby's body that will help learning human development.

http://www.physorg.com/news195797609.html

Japan Lost to Paraguay on Penalties in Round of 16

Sport

Japan's 2010 World Cup campaign ended in round of 16 on Tuesday night when they defeated on penalties to Paraguay with score 5-3 at Loftus Stadium in Pretoria, South africa.

Yasuhito Endo, Makoto Hasebe and Keisuke Honda, Japanese football players all made perfect their shots but Yuichi Komano, Japan's third kicker, kicked the shootout. All five Paraguay kickers were successful. Paraguay was one country in South America where passed into the quarterfinals for the first time

2010 World Cup was the second time that Japan passed into round of 16. The first was in Japan where was competitive place in 2002. In that time, Yuichi Komano made perfect start with a good strike, and he also got foward for an early shot at goal.

The two teams battled hard for tha ball. They tried to score the winning goal, but each goalkeeper sides could block well. They changed kicker completely. Both sides remained deadlocked at 0-0 after 120 minutes that sented the game into a penally shootout.

http://www.jfa.or.jp/eng/

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http://www.hellofooty.com/japan-vs-paraguay-live-highlights-2010

Japanese Traditional Sport

Sport

There are many traditional sports in Japan such as Ju-do, Karate, Ken-do, Kyu-do and Su-mo. Today, I introduce one Japanese traditional sport which is Aikido. Akido is an acient martial art that uses fighting type techniques. The word "Aikido" is interpreted from "the Way of Unifying with Life Energy" or "the Way of Harmonious Spirit.

Morihei Ueshiba was founder of aikido during the late 1920s to the 1930s. He combined his martial studies, philisophy and religious to be Aikido. Ueshiba's goal was to create an art that the practitioners could use to protect themselves while also protect their attacker from injury. Moreover, he compounded training movement with weapons. Most of his technical structure derived from the art of swordsmanship.

It mainly gets from one kind of Japanese original martiral art called Daito-ryu Aiki-jujutsu. It is showing by blending with the movement of the attacker and redirection the force of the attack. Aikido practitioners need to be very little physical strong because it uses turning movement. The techniques are totalled either various throws or joint locks.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aikido

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