Patrick St. Michel
Robots Don’t Just Want to Be Your Helper, They Want to Be Your Friend
At the 2015 International Robot Exhibition in Tokyo, emotional robots were all the rage. What do we do with them?
What Japan's First Robot Wedding Was Like
If a robot can become part of your family, why can’t a robot start its own too?
Tokyo's Showa Kayo Is a Weird, Nostalgic Corner of Japanese Clubbing
With anti-dancing laws and Japanese economic decline, Showa Kayo Night is Tokyo's answer to "escapist clubbing."
Japan's Anime-Dance Scene Is Merging Pop Culture With EDM
"He has a Jersey Club take on the theme to popular anime Tora Dora."
We Saw Z-Machines, a Japanese All-Robot Band Sponsored by Zima
Some things are just so insane you have to see them for yourself.