NARA, JAPAN – Qualicaps, a leading pharmaceutical equipment manufacturer, introduces its latest UV laser tablet printing and inspection system, QUALIS®-Pro¹, globally in November 2025. The new model integrates proprietary UV laser printing technology with a newly developed high-precision inspection system, offering enhanced manufacturing quality and efficiency for the pharmaceutical and nutraceutical industries.For over 20 years, Qualicaps has been a pioneer in UV laser printing technology and has led the industry […]

What if your brain could write its own captions, quietly, automatically, without a single muscle moving? That is the provocative promise behind “mind-captioning,” a new technique from Tomoyasu Horikawa at NTT Communication Science Laboratories in Japan (published paper). It is not telepathy, not science fiction, and definitely not ready to decode your inner monologue, but the underlying idea is so bold that it instantly reframes what non-invasive neurotech might become. […]

At CEATEC 2025, NEC unveiled an excellent example of how generative AI can improve real-world safety. Its AI Driving Diagnosis system, demonstrated inside the company’s booth, turns ordinary dashcam footage into an intelligent conversation about how we drive—and how we could drive better.The concept might sound like another driver-monitoring gadget, but NEC’s approach is quite different. By combining its video recognition AI with a large language model (LLM), the system […]

At CEATEC 2025, Mitsubishi Electric showcased a vision of the workplace where technology and emotion coexist in harmony. The company’s Emoco Analytics Service connects contactless vital sensing with artificial intelligence to create a comfortable office that responds to people’s physical and emotional states in real time. During the show, I participated in the live demonstration—sitting in front of the Emoco Eye contactless sensor as it monitored my concentration and mood […]

At CEATEC 2025, Sharp drew considerable attention with Poketomo, a palm-sized AI companion that blurs the line between toy, robot, and emotional assistant. Announced in August 2025 and now showcased publicly for the first time, this 11.7 cm-tall, meerkat-inspired robot embodies Sharp’s long-term vision of “Empathy Intelligence” — technology designed not just to answer questions but to feel present in daily life.The company describes it as “a pocket-sized friend that […]

At CEATEC 2025 in Japan, TDK Corporation presented a prototype that may impact how artificial intelligence learns and reacts in real time. The company’s new Analog Reservoir AI Chip, developed in collaboration with Hokkaido University, brings biological-style, low-power learning to compact hardware. Although still a research-stage device, the prototype vividly demonstrated its potential through an interactive experience — a rock-paper-scissors game you can never win.I tried the demo in person, […]

After pioneering haptic gloves for virtual reality, Tokyo-based startup Diver-X is taking aim at one of the most familiar computer tools: the mouse. Its new Melt Mouse, launching on Kickstarter under the company’s Melt Interface brand, combines a precision mouse, a trackpad, and a customizable shortcut keypad into one minimalist aluminum device.I had a hands-on session with the Melt Mouse prototype during a briefing with co-founder and CTO Kei Asano, […]

When I stepped through the threshold of the IPA* pavilion at CEATEC 2025, I entered not a flashy tech demo but a deceptively simple classroom set—a wooden desk, a globe, dim ambient lighting, walls that felt intimate and familiar. Yet within moments, that stillness began to shift. The walls breathed, shadows stretched, and through the VR goggles strapped to my face, I was pulled into a delicate but expansive vision: […]