Japanese inventions
25 entries in the Japanese Inventions compendium.
1segMobile TV service using one segment of ISDB-T.3LCDThree-LCD-panel technology for color projection, developed by Epson.AburasobaA dry ramen dish with soy sauce and lard.ActroidPioneering android with lifelike appearance and interactive abilities.AgarA seaweed-derived jelly used in food and microbiology.AIBOSony's robotic dog series, first mass-market entertainment robot.AirsoftA shooting sport using replica guns that fire plastic pellets.Airsoft gunLow-power air guns used for sport and training.Akai MPCA series of sampling and sequencing music workstations.Akaike information criterionAIC estimates relative information loss for model selection.Japanese landing craft carrier Akitsu MaruJapanese landing craft carrier sunk in 1944 with heavy loss of life.AmappoAinu poisoned crossbow trap for bear and deer.AmiiboNintendo's toys-to-life platform using NFC figurines and cards.Analog high-definition televisionAnalog HDTV systems preceded digital, with varying resolutions and standards.Android (robot)Humanoid robot or artificial being, often flesh-like.AnimeJapanese animation medium with global cultural impact.Archival DiscA long-term optical storage medium co-developed by Sony and Panasonic.AsahiflexFirst Japanese 35 mm SLR, introduced quick-return mirror.ASIMOHonda's humanoid robot that walked, talked, and inspired.Astron (wristwatch)First quartz wristwatch, unveiled in Tokyo on December 25, 1969.ATRACProprietary audio codec family developed by Sony for MiniDisc and beyond.AuthaGraph projectionAn approximately equal-area world map projection invented in 2009.Automated Meteorological Data Acquisition SystemJapan's high-resolution surface observation network since 1974.Automatic quartzSelf-winding quartz movements that generate their own electricity.Baloxavir marboxilAntiviral for influenza, first-in-class cap-dependent endonuclease inhibitor.
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