Japanese Technological

Inventions

1. Floppy DisksThe floppy disk used to be the choice of media before the introduction of the compact disc and USB pen drives. This once very useful invention was developed by Japanese Dr. Yoshiro Nakamatsu in 1952 and was large – 8 inches or 200 mm in diameter. It was commercialized in 1971 and was adopted by IBM

2. The Compact DiscThe compact disc (CD) was the choice of storage for media.Sony first demonstrated the use of audio on compact disc in 1976 are perhaps the most important technologies to come out of Japan.The optical disc remains one of the modern world’s most ubiquitous inventions

3. Portable Music PlayerBefore the iPod, portable music was carried in cassettes and listened to on the Walkman, invented by Nobutoshi Kihara in 1978. The invention was the standard for portable music for almost 20 years

4. CalculatorAlthough the first so-called ‘compact’ calculator was also made in Japan, it wasn’t until 1971, helping to conserve battery and brain power around the world.

5. Digital SLR CameraThe first known digital camera with single-lens reflex elements was the Sony MavicaJapanese-developed, full-fledged digital SLRs started to the popular choice among professional photographers

6. Video CassetteThe video cassette and VCR, both Sony creations made available in 1971, represented the start of a new era in home entertainment.

7. Camcorderan electronic device that combines a video camera and a video recorder into one unit; typically for out-of-studio consumer video recording, Commercial digital recording was pioneered in Japan by NHK and Nippon Columbia, also known as Denon, in the 1960s. The first commercial digital recordings were released in 1971

8. Quartz WristwatchReleased in 1969, the Seiko Astron was the world’s first quartz wristwatch. Quartz technology represented a substantial upgrade over old-fashioned mechanical watches

9. Flat-Panel Displaya pocket television released in 1982. The FD-210′s display was a paltry five centimeters, but the technology involved was impressive and paved the way for the home entertainment

10. RoboticsThe world's first android, DER 01, was developed by a Japanese research group,

The Actroid is a humanoid robot with strong visual human-likeness developed by Osaka University and manufactured by Kokoro Company Ltd

ASIMO - Advanced Step in Innovative MObilityhumanoid robot designed and developed by Honda

allowing for increased joint flexibility and a smoother, more human-like walking motion

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