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Care robot YURINA carries a man at a demonstration during ROBOTECH, an exhibition on service robot manufacturing technologies, in Tokyo. YURINA is a device for moving elderly and disabled people to and from beds and chairs.
Archive for July, 2010
Japanese robot for hospitals, helping hand
Saturday, July 31st, 2010Nice looking …
Tuesday, July 20th, 2010An intense gaze from a man participating in the Okinawa festival in Nakano.
Nebuta summer festival
Sunday, July 18th, 2010An illuminated float which is traditionally shown at the Aomori Nebuta Festival in northeastern Japan, is carried by people past paper lanterns during the four-day Mitama Festival at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo. The floats are covered with painted Japanese paper and lit from the inside with light bulbs
The pedal power
Sunday, July 11th, 2010Bouygues Telecom team rider Yukiya Arashiro of Japan leads the pack during the seventh stage of the Tour de France cycling race between Tournus and Station des Rousses on Saturday.
Bananas machine …
Tuesday, July 6th, 2010Japan’s first banana vending machine has been installed in Shibuya, near the Hanzomon Line gate. Dole says the bananas have sold out every single day since the machine’s debut on June 23. The cost is 130 yen for a single banana and 390 yen for a 600-gram bunch containing four to five pieces of fruit. Dole says it plans to sell other fruit products in vending machines in locations like universities and office buildings.
