It began as a series of innocent videos in Testok and became a global phenomenon: an Israeli young man named Or Leon traveling alone in Japan, began uploading a daily video where he just eats. Without planning it, his videos have become viral with hundreds of thousands of views and trend that is immediately clinging to other Tickets, including many Israelis who have begun to document their journey to Japan, but this time from a different angle: not only the food, but the feeling that the state itself has lived today in 2050.
The number 2050 has become a chosen scratch in content dealing with the future Japanese technology. The intention is not for a real future date, but the idea that Japan is already where the other countries of the world will be at least three decades. While we struggle with traffic jams, a slow light rail and queues for the box office, in Japan, the hotel robots are managing 500 km / h, and the commercials on the street break out like a science fiction movie. Here is a glimpse of the best technologies in Japan that shows how far we are far behind.
Robots in the lobby: The hotel that replaced the workers in Dinosaurs
In every visit to Japan, the Henn Na Hotel hotel cannot almost be missed. At the entrance, you will face you and Lucifer who will welcome you, identify you through cameras, issue an electronic key, and explain the hotel services. It is the first hotel chain in the world that is almost completely robotic.
Alongside the robots, interior recognition systems are also operating to open the doors, and help with sound that performs full control of lighting and merger. All this, of course, with the possibility of contacting a real person as needed – but in practice, most of the process occurs without human contact. Other hotels have already begun to stroke robots as rooms: they will reach your hotel door map, bring you shipping, towel, package and waving what you want from there.
Train without a rail: the next generation of transport
Japan’s public transport has always been considered a logistical wonder, but it is now a real technological jump. SCMAGLEV train-a combination of magnetic levitation with peak speed-is expected to reach 505 mph. This is what looks like a timely journey: a new line will connect Tokyo to the city of Nagoya in less than 40 minutes, with the train itself a few millimeters above the ground.
The cat left the wall: the 3D advertising signs
The Shinjuko neighborhood in Tokyo presents Cross Shinjuku Vision – a huge concave screen that transmits advertisements in a 3D effect without the need for glasses. The most famous animation that was screened was that of a huge cat that stretched out of the wall, was shocked by his tail – and it seemed to be going to tread on the passers -by. This is the next stage of digital advertising, and is also combined with tracking audience movement to create personalized advertising experiences.
Supermarket without a coupe
Anyone who enters one of the new “Saban Ilvan” stores in Japan may not pay attention to something important: there are no box office. In -depth cameras and sensors recognize the products the customer takes, and it simply leaves the store when the account is automatically charged with the app. The technology, developed in collaboration with Sony, also analyzes shopping habits, traffic loads and preferences to offer customized promotions. In Osaka, in the village of the Expo 2025, there will also be payment positions through interior identification.
Taxi without driver
Tokyo’s streets have already begun to prepare for an era when drivers will not be needed. Companies such as Tier IV autonomous robotx services have begun living experiments, with vehicles equipped with 8K cameras, Lidar sensors, and real -time management systems. Alongside this, artificial intelligence management systems operate to suit the traffic loads in real time.
The toilet that becomes a personal doctor
Japanese Toto has introduced a prototype to smart services that perform body secretion analysis and provide nutritional and healthy feedback. Services are able to recommend users, check sugar levels, and warn of early signs of health problems – and all without leaving the bathroom.
Also in the field of public services, Japan leads in innovation and cleanliness that are amazed by tourists from all over the world. At train stations, shopping centers and even public gardens, smart systems are installed that perform full cleaning and disinfection of the user -user. The cell door is automatically locked, incoming robotic cleaning arms, the toilet seat is washed and sinned, the floor is washed and dries itself – and all in less than a minute. This solution was born not only from Japanese adherence to hygiene, but also from the attempt to reduce physical contact and make the public experience as safe and pleasant as possible. This is a technology that continues to expand to other cities, and arouses worldwide interest.
Smart cities: not just Tokyo
At the same time as Tokyo, cities such as Osaka, Nagi and Fukuoka also present advanced urban technologies. Oska operates smart audience management systems with 8K quality cameras and traffic dispersion algorithms. Pokwoks are being examined to transfer medical equipment, and playing seismic sensors are working to identify high precision earthquakes.
The Japanese approach to innovation is different from the world: Japan releases experimental products for public use, checks their usability, and only then sneakers and dirty. For example, the rivals of the hospitality, the services of the toilet, and the street screens – all appeared in the field before receiving “final approval”. This method speeds up developments, but also requires high cultural openness to changes.
Behind the scenes are significant economic incentives. The government provides tax relief to companies that assimilate robots, and promotes defined areas as “technology depths” where accelerated development programs are operated. For example, the Pokoshima area was declared a robotic valley, and it attracts hundreds of stratales in the field of automation and artificial intelligence.
And what is expected in the near future? The Moonshot 2030 flagship program promises to deepen the introduction trend with huge investment in nanotechnology, consumable materials and wearable robotics. The goal is clear: make life – and especially aging – the sages, independent and effortless. Nursing robots, sensors that are healthy without feeling, and technologies that understand us even before we opened their mouths, will become part of the routine. In a world where many of the powers are still considering what the next step will be – Japan just continues to go. Quietly, efficiently, and enormous speed.