Ishiguro Hiroshi believes that there are two steps in creating robots that look like real humans. The first step is by capturing the typical characteristics of humans such as their expressions and body movements. The second step is by having a remote-control machine that would transfer human speech and movements to the robot.

Ishiguro sometimes sends his Geminoid HI to conferences abroad alone. He usually stays in Japan and controls it by using his computer. When it speaks, listeners feel as if he is really there. He has been working hard to build android robots to discover what it means to be human. It has also taught him interesting things such as how human brains work. For instance, the operator feels whenever someone touches the android.

Meanwhile, there are many other teams that have been creating robots such as the team from Osaka University. They have created a robot that reacts to different kinds of touch. For example, it quickly moves out of the way the second it feels that someone is about to slap it. Another person who builds a robot is Takahashi Tomotaka. He built a robot named Kirobo that was sent into space as a conversation partner for an astronaut. The robot had the ability to listen and answer questions.

In the past years, the number of people who have been traveling has been increasing. Because of that, the government, along with some experts, has been promoting ecotourism, which is also known as responsible traveling.

Ecotourism adopts practices that are more environment-friendly, protects the natural and cultural sites, and supports local communities. It aims to develop tourist attractions that benefit not only travelers but also the local people and the environment. In this way, they can ensure the development and sustainability of tourism in the long run.

Naturalists came up with a guide that would help travelers understand the importance of the environment and how people could contribute to protecting it. This guide opened up the minds of many tourists to be more careful about their actions. In addition to that, ecotourism provides job opportunities for local people. Also, it ensures that indigenous groups remain on their ancestral land to help them preserve their culture.

Property prices in Tokyo are being pushed to raise the bar because of labor shortage, high resource costs, and a sudden increase in easy-earned money. According to Real Estate Economic Institute, the prices for new condos in the greater Tokyo area averaged at around 2.87 million yen per 3.3 sq. meters. In the late 1980s, property prices increased during Japan’s asset bubble. It was the time when some condos are being sold for almost 1 billion yen. In 1990, the average price peaked at around 3.08 million yen before Japan’s asset bubble collapsed. After that, the prices decreased by half. However, low-interest rates and housing loans improved the demand for new condos. The collapse of the bubble would start the long period of slow wage growth and weakness in supply and demand.

The labor shortage in Japan is driving up personnel costs in construction companies. They also had to deal with the raw materials’ high costs. One of the reasons for pushing up the prices is the strong competition for land for construction purposes.

Furthermore, since 2013, the Bank of Japan has maintained a policy that enabled people to earn money easier. According to a chief economist, a lot of financing is flowing into real estate nowadays which will continue until 2021 and will be difficult for Bank of Japan to tighten its policy as the growth of global economy slows down.

Based on the financial report, the financial risk of real estate is still at the safe range, but it is getting closer to the range with higher financial risk. Nowadays, it is still being monitored to look for warning signs in real estate’s status.

Hayabusa was lost in space that is why the team continuously sent messages in the hope that they will answer despite the fact that there was no spacecraft in history that was able to communicate again after a long blackout. Finally, after 43 days, Hayabusa was able to communicate with the team again. However, the window of opportunity for re-entry had already passed. So, they had to stay in space for another three years.

Hayabusa experienced another problem, all of its four engines stopped. This made their trip back to earth impossible. Fortunately, they were somehow able to fix the engines which made Hayabusa start working again. Meanwhile, when they were finally close to the Earth, Hayabusa was badly damaged. On June 13, 2010, the capsule with its soil samples landed safely in the Australian desert.

Although Kawaguchi admits that the project had many risks and the success was a result of luck, he still believes that this was the “New Age of Exploration” into space in search of new knowledge and resources.

Curling is a popular sport that began from Scotland in the 1500s. It spread in other parts of Europe and North America in the 1800s and has become a popular sport worldwide.

A theater play called Sayonara features an android actress. In the story, the young girl is suffering from a serious disease that is why her family hired an android to keep her company. The viewers are aware that one of the actors is an android and that is being controlled by another actor. However, it looks as if it is real, so they almost forget that it was just an android.

Ishiguro Hiroshi is the great mind behind this invention. He always wanted to become an artist ever since he was a high school student and started building robots in his early 30’s. His first android was modeled on his four-year-old daughter, while his second android was built for an exhibition. Many people could not recognize that it was a robot because it looks so real. He had also created an android that was a copy of himself and speaks with his voice.

This type of robot has the ability to have a natural conversation with humans. However, not all people feel comfortable with it. In fact, some people find it “creepy”. According to Ishiguro, this creepiness is called the “uncanny valley” which he is trying to cross over to bridge the gap between robots and humans.

A study has found that artists have different brain structures compared to non-artists. A medical examination of the brain was done to 21 art students and 23 non-artist students. The results came across an area of the brain called the precuneus, an area where all of the art students had more grey matter. The precuneus is associated with creativity and visual imagery functions which make artists capable to manipulate, combine, and deconstruct visual images in their brain. It also suggests that an artist could possibly be born with a talent. However, it is not clear whether the artist’s environment and training could affect their abilities and talents.

In addition to that, the students who participated also completed a drawing task to check the connection between their performance and their brain’s grey and white matter. Scientists found out that the volume of grey matter, which is composed of nerve cells, and white matter, which is responsible for communication between the regions of the grey matter, are increased in the cerebellum and the motor area which are involved in routine actions and fine motor controls. However, according to Chris McManus, the author of the paper, it is not easy which part of an artist’s talent is learnt or achieved by birth so, further studies should be done to observe how they develop their drawings as they grow older.

Studies were also made to look over other creative people such as musicians who also have excellent creative processing in these areas. This is proof that the human brain is flexible to training and does not easily change. Also, experts can discover unlimited information on what the human brain can do.