International toy show in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan, Aug. 28 Kyodo - Video taken on Aug. 28, 2025, shows the Poketomo pocket-sized AI companions, which enable personalized voice-based conversations tailored to each user, exhibited by Japanese electronics maker Sharp Corp. at the International Tokyo Toy Show at the Tokyo Big Sight convention center. (Kyodo)

International toy show in Tokyo

International toy show in Tokyo

Photo taken on Aug. 28, 2025, shows the Poketomo pocket-sized AI companion, which enables personalized voice-based conversations tailored to each user, exhibited by Japanese electronics maker Sharp Corp. at the International Tokyo Toy Show at the Tokyo Big Sight convention center.

International toy show in Tokyo

International toy show in Tokyo

Photo taken on Aug. 28, 2025, shows the Poketomo pocket-sized AI companions, which enable personalized voice-based conversations tailored to each user, exhibited by Japanese electronics maker Sharp Corp. at the International Tokyo Toy Show at the Tokyo Big Sight convention center.

International toy show in Tokyo

International toy show in Tokyo

Photo taken on Aug. 28, 2025, shows the Poketomo pocket-sized AI companion, which enables personalized voice-based conversations tailored to each user, exhibited by Japanese electronics maker Sharp Corp. at the International Tokyo Toy Show at the Tokyo Big Sight convention center.

Mini solar power plant provides stable supply in insecure neighborhoods in DR Congo

STORY: Mini solar power plant provides stable supply in insecure neighborhoods in DR Congo DATELINE: July 15, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:30 LOCATION: GOMA, DR Congo CATEGORY: SOCIETY/TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the solar panels of Nuru in Goma, NE DR Congo 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (French): JONATHAN ALAIN BYAMUNGU, Co-founder of Nuru power plant 3. various of the Ndosho district in Goma, DR Congo 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Swahili): JUVENAL BIZIMUMGU, Miller and electricity user 5. various of the Ndosho district after dark in Goma, DR Congo 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Swahili): ANGELINA MUSOLE, Shopkeeper of Goma STORYLINE: The city of Goma in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) now has its own mini solar power plant at the initiative of a young Congolese. This power plant now supplies stable electricity to the city's Ndosho district, an insecure neighborhood after dark. The plant consists of 4,000 solar panels, each with a capacity of 335 watts. The company has also acquired solar inverters with a unit capacity of 50 kilo

KDDI develops teddy bear-shaped communication tool

KDDI develops teddy bear-shaped communication tool

KDDI Corp. unveils the "Comi Kuma" bears -- a communication tool in the shape of a teddy bear -- in Tokyo on March 29, 2016. The telecom company said the stuffed animal with 12 built-in censors and a Bluetooth module to work in sync with a smartphone, is suitable for use by young children and grandparents living apart to stay close to each other. If a user kisses a Comi Kuma bear, for instance, a corresponding image showing a bear kissing another bear will appear on the display in the ribbon worn by a bear belonging to another user. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo