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Women's Tour de France - Stage 5

Women's Tour de France - Stage 5

Cedrine Kerbaol (CERATIZIT - WNT PRO CYCLING TEAM), wearer of the women's Tour de France white jersey, on the podium in Albi, France on July 27 2023. Photo by Arnaud Bertrand/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Women's Tour de France - Stage 5

Women's Tour de France - Stage 5

Cedrine Kerbaol (CERATIZIT - WNT PRO CYCLING TEAM), wearer of the women's Tour de France white jersey, on the podium in Albi, France on July 27 2023. Photo by Arnaud Bertrand/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Women's Tour de France - Stage 5

Women's Tour de France - Stage 5

Cedrine Kerbaol (CERATIZIT - WNT PRO CYCLING TEAM), wearer of the women's Tour de France white jersey, on the podium in Albi, France on July 27 2023. Photo by Arnaud Bertrand/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Women's Tour de France - Stage 5

Women's Tour de France - Stage 5

Cedrine Kerbaol (CERATIZIT - WNT PRO CYCLING TEAM), wearer of the women's Tour de France white jersey, on the podium in Albi, France on July 27 2023. Photo by Arnaud Bertrand/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Women's Tour de France - Stage 5

Women's Tour de France - Stage 5

Cedrine Kerbaol (CERATIZIT - WNT PRO CYCLING TEAM), wearer of the women's Tour de France white jersey, on the podium in Albi, France on July 27 2023. Photo by Arnaud Bertrand/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Women's Tour de France - Stage 5

Women's Tour de France - Stage 5

Yara Kastelijn (FENIX-DECEUNINCK), wearer of the jersey of best climber of the women's tour de france, Albi stage in Albi, France onjuly 27, 2023. Photo by Arnaud Bertrand/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Women's Tour de France - Stage 5

Women's Tour de France - Stage 5

Yara Kastelijn (FENIX-DECEUNINCK), wearer of the jersey of best climber of the women's tour de france, Albi stage in Albi, France onjuly 27, 2023. Photo by Arnaud Bertrand/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Women's Tour de France - Stage 5

Women's Tour de France - Stage 5

Yara Kastelijn (FENIX-DECEUNINCK), wearer of the jersey of best climber of the women's tour de france, Albi stage in Albi, France onjuly 27, 2023. Photo by Arnaud Bertrand/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Women's Tour de France - Stage 5

Women's Tour de France - Stage 5

Yara Kastelijn (FENIX-DECEUNINCK), wearer of the jersey of best climber of the women's tour de france, Albi stage in Albi, France onjuly 27, 2023. Photo by Arnaud Bertrand/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kubota to enter farming "assist suit" market in 2016

Kubota to enter farming "assist suit" market in 2016

OSAKA, Japan - A woman wearing a prototype "assist suit" developed by Japanese agriculture equipment maker Kubota Corp. easily lifts a 20-kilogram container filled with apples during a presentation in Kyoto on Jan. 16, 2015. The suit can reduce the burden on a wearer when loading or unloading articles, by making use of motors.

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(2)Astro Boy's 'birthday' has robot makers eyeing big industry

(2)Astro Boy's 'birthday' has robot makers eyeing big industry

TOKYO, Japan - The Kanagawa Institute of Technology has developed a robotic suit (worn by a woman on the right) to help reduce the physical burden of nursing care. It involves an outfit in which air is injected using a small pump, enabling the wearer to lift a person out of bed with about half the amount of energy normally needed.

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ATOUN

ATOUN

ATOUN, a Nara City-based company, announced on April 3 its concept of developing a new wearable robot with enhanced software. ATOUN proposes a service in which the wearer of the robot can experience the movements of others by downloading their movement data to the robot. The company aims to realize the idea by 2030. The movements of a person wearing the robot will be uploaded to the cloud and stored as "activity data. (Photo taken on June 3, 2020, location unknown, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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Mr. Magorium'S Wonder Emporium (2007)

Mr. Magorium'S Wonder Emporium (2007)

Natalie Portman & Dustin Hoffman Characters: Molly Mahoney, the Composer, Mr. Edward Magorium, Avid Shoe-Wearer Film: Mr. Magorium'S Wonder Emporium (2007) Director: Zach Helm 16 November 2007 Date: 16 November 2007

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Mr. Magorium'S Wonder Emporium (2007)

Mr. Magorium'S Wonder Emporium (2007)

Dustin Hoffman Characters: Mr. Edward Magorium, Avid Shoe-Wearer Film: Mr. Magorium'S Wonder Emporium (2007) Director: Zach Helm 16 November 2007 Date: 16 November 2007

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Mr. Magorium'S Wonder Emporium (2007)

Mr. Magorium'S Wonder Emporium (2007)

Natalie Portman & Dustin Hoffman Characters: Molly Mahoney, the Composer, Mr. Edward Magorium, Avid Shoe-Wearer Film: Mr. Magorium'S Wonder Emporium (2007) Director: Zach Helm 16 November 2007 Date: 16 November 2007

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Mr. Magorium'S Wonder Emporium (2007)

Mr. Magorium'S Wonder Emporium (2007)

Dustin Hoffman Characters: Mr. Edward Magorium, Avid Shoe-Wearer Film: Mr. Magorium'S Wonder Emporium (2007) Director: Zach Helm 16 November 2007 Date: 16 November 2007

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Mr. Magorium'S Wonder Emporium (2007)

Mr. Magorium'S Wonder Emporium (2007)

Dustin Hoffman Characters: Mr. Edward Magorium, Avid Shoe-Wearer Film: Mr. Magorium'S Wonder Emporium (2007) Director: Zach Helm 16 November 2007 Date: 16 November 2007

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Mr. Magorium'S Wonder Emporium (2007)

Mr. Magorium'S Wonder Emporium (2007)

Natalie Portman & Dustin Hoffman Characters: Molly Mahoney, the Composer & Mr. Edward Magorium, Avid Shoe-Wearer Film: Mr. Magorium'S Wonder Emporium (2007) Director: Zach Helm 16 November 2007 Date: 16 November 2007

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Mr. Magorium'S Wonder Emporium (2007)

Mr. Magorium'S Wonder Emporium (2007)

Dustin Hoffman Characters: Mr. Edward Magorium, Avid Shoe-Wearer Film: Mr. Magorium'S Wonder Emporium (2007) Director: Zach Helm 16 November 2007 Date: 16 November 2007

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Mr. Magorium'S Wonder Emporium (2007)

Mr. Magorium'S Wonder Emporium (2007)

Dustin Hoffman & Natalie Portman Poster Characters: Mr. Edward Magorium, Avid Shoe-Wearer & Film: Mr. Magorium'S Wonder Emporium (2007) Director: Zach Helm 16 November 2007 Date: 16 November 2007

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Underwear that can measure, send health data developed

Underwear that can measure, send health data developed

A man (C) models a new type of underwear knitted from metallic textiles that can transmit health data to smartphones via wireless communication, while a member of the garment's development team explains the technology in the western Japan city of Osaka on Jan. 6, 2016. Developed by major underwear maker Gunze Ltd. in collaboration with NEC Corp., one of Japan's biggest electronics firms, the garment can measure its wearer's heart rate and the number of calories they consume, as well as the straightness of their back. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Underwear that can measure, send health data developed

Underwear that can measure, send health data developed

A smartphone shows the straightness of the back of the man in the background, who wears a new type of underwear knitted from metallic textiles that can transmit health data to smartphones via wireless communication, in the western Japan city of Osaka on Jan. 6, 2016. Developed by major underwear maker Gunze Ltd. in collaboration with NEC Corp., one of Japan's biggest electronics firms, the garment can also measure its wearer's heart rate and the number of calories they consume. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fujitsu's vital-sign sensing band shown in Tokyo

Fujitsu's vital-sign sensing band shown in Tokyo

A prototype of Fujitsu Ltd.'s vital-sign sensing band is shown in Tokyo on May 11, 2015, as part of its UBIQUITOUSWARE's Internet-of-Things solution series. The band can be used to detect a wearer's heat stress and monitor sudden changes in barometric pressures and motions. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Device unveiled to simulate visual anomalies of people with autism

Device unveiled to simulate visual anomalies of people with autism

Yukie Nagai, a specially appointed associate professor at the Emergent Robotics Lab at Osaka University's Graduate School of Engineering, explains how a head-mounted display device developed by her team enables the wearer to experience the world as seen by people with autism spectrum disorder during a press event on March 16, 2015, in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gear unveiled to simulate visual abnormalities of people with autism

Gear unveiled to simulate visual abnormalities of people with autism

A model demonstrates during a press event on March 16, 2015, in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, how a head-mounted display device developed by a team of researchers from Osaka University and the University of Tokyo enables the wearer to experience the world as seen by people with autism spectrum disorder. An example of the computer-processed visual image simulating abnormal perception in the disorder is projected on the screen in the background, shown with small dots in white and other colors. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kubota to enter farming "assist suit" market in 2016

Kubota to enter farming "assist suit" market in 2016

OSAKA, Japan - A woman wearing a prototype "assist suit" developed by Japanese agriculture equipment maker Kubota Corp. easily lifts a 20-kilogram container filled with apples during a presentation in Kyoto on Jan. 16, 2015. The suit can reduce the burden on a wearer when loading or unloading articles, by making use of motors. (Kyodo)

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Combining face mask and paper napkin for dining out

Combining face mask and paper napkin for dining out

Photo taken Aug. 7, 2020, in Tokyo shows a man drinking a glass of water while wearing a face mask with a paper napkin hanging over it. Italian restaurant chain operator Saizeriya Co. introduced the way of combining an existing mask and a regular paper napkin as a way of reducing the risk of coronavirus infections while dining out. Using the method, a mask is folded in half to expose the wearer's mouth and the napkin is hung from the mask so that users can access their mouth.

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Thai police's Hello Kitty armband

Thai police's Hello Kitty armband

Photo taken in Bangkok on Aug. 7, 2007, shows a bright pink armband with a Hello Kitty motif that Thai police prepared for officers to wear when they break rules. But the armband, designed to shame the wearer to help build discipline, was scrapped before one was ever given to an officer, possibly to avoid copyright issues.

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JTECKT Corp. develops "power assist suit"

JTECKT Corp. develops "power assist suit"

Photo shows the power assisting suit J-PAS developed by JTEKT Corp., a Toyota Motor Corp. unit, in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on May 29, 2018, which is due for launch in August this year. The 7-kilogram suit helps the wearer lift something weighing 20 kg by using the same power normally required for a 10-kg object. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JTECKT Corp. develops "power assist suit"

JTECKT Corp. develops "power assist suit"

A man wears the power assisting suit J-PAS developed by JTEKT Corp., a Toyota Motor Corp. unit, in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on May 29, 2018, which is due for launch in August this year. The 7-kilogram suit helps the wearer lift something weighing 20 kg by using the same power normally required for a 10-kg object. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Special bra to urge working women to go shopping

Special bra to urge working women to go shopping

Women's underwear maker Triumph International (Japan) Ltd. unveils in Tokyo on April 26, 2017, a special "Premium Friday Bra" linked to the recently launched government campaign urging people to leave work early on the last Friday every month to encourage spending. The company, which releases promotional bras twice a year, said the lingerie reflects how working women feel when they go shopping. The bras feature built-in purses in the cups and an alarm clock that sounds at 3 p.m. to remind the wearer to get out of the office and into the shops. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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(2)Astro Boy's 'birthday' has robot makers eyeing big industry

(2)Astro Boy's 'birthday' has robot makers eyeing big industry

TOKYO, Japan - The Kanagawa Institute of Technology has developed a robotic suit (worn by a woman on the right) to help reduce the physical burden of nursing care. It involves an outfit in which air is injected using a small pump, enabling the wearer to lift a person out of bed with about half the amount of energy normally needed. (Kyodo)

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