Lawson to employ avatar clerks / ローソンでアバター店員を導入予定
Convenience store chain Lawson announced that they plan to introduce digital avatars at store registers to assist customers.The anime-like avatars will be operated by real people who can work from…
Bruce Willis face deepfaked
Russian telecom company Megafon created a new commercial starring only the face of Bruce Willis which was deepfaked onto a Russian actor. Willis retired from acting in March but made…
Sony develops machine to measure sense of smell/ソニーが嗅覚測定装置を開発
Japanese electronics giant Sony has developed a device to measure an individual’s sense of smell. The company hopes it will eventually be used at hospitals as olfactory measurement could help…
A snake found in a toilet / 便器に現れた1.6mのヘビ
On October 2, a man in his 40s living in Nagasaki Prefecture, opened the lid of a toilet in his apartment and found a snake approximately 1.6 meters long. The…
Bruce Willis rents face to Deepfake company
Russian telecom company Megafon created a new commercial starring only the face of Bruce Willis which was deepfaked onto a Russian actor. Willis retired from acting in March but made…
Beware of Folding Steps/折りたたみ式踏み台 幼児の指挟みに注意
The National Consumer Affairs Center is calling for attention to accidents in which children pinch their fingers on folding steps (examples shown in the picture) which are often used…
Gunma Prefecture to Use Cancer Detection Dogs/ 群馬県、がん探知犬を活用
Governor Yamamoto of Gunma Prefecture has announced that the prefecture is considering the use of its own cancer-detecting dogs. Dogs have a sense of smell that is more than one…
Man killed by kangaroo in rare fatal attack／豪でペットのカンガルーに襲われ男性死亡
A 77 year old man who might have been keeping a wild kangaroo as a pet was killed by the animal in southwest Australia on Sept. 11. It happened in…
ANA’s green painted aircraft / 緑のエコANA機が登場
On October 3rd (third), ANA unveiled to the press a new aircraft with its tail and other parts painted in green, signifying environmental friendliness, under the theme of a sustainable…
McDonald’s Japan to stop using plastic straws & cutlery / マック、ストローとプラ製品の使用を一部廃止
McDonald’s Japan says it will stop offering plastic straws and cutlery to customers in an attempt to reduce plastic waste. It will provide paper straws and wooden spoons and forks…