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Robots
Bring Me Some Coffee, Bot
5:28AM Brian Lam | Before email, newspapers used intern runners to courier things between departments. Less than 50 years later, we have robots to do their jobs. More »
Vehicles
11:45AM Damian Francis | Without meaning any disrespect to the workers at the Tsutsumi Manufacturing plant in Toyota City, watching them work as like watching the perfect ant farm. It’s rare to see such organisation in human activity. Although being that this is Japan (the Switzerland of the east perhaps) it wasn’t overly surprising. More »
Infiltrating Toyota’s Tsutsumi Manufacturing Plant
11:45AM Damian Francis | Without meaning any disrespect to the workers at the Tsutsumi Manufacturing plant in Toyota City, watching them work as like watching the perfect ant farm. It’s rare to see such organisation in human activity. Although being that this is Japan (the Switzerland of the east perhaps) it wasn’t overly surprising. More »
Vehicles
2:26AM Danny Allen | Jalopnik is all over this week’s SEMA car show in Vegas where Toyota and Microsoft are parading their crazy Tacoma All-Terrain Gamer concept. Four Xbox 360 Elites hooked up to four swing-out 24-inch Samsung LCDs? Check. Energy drink dispenser? You betcha. More »
Toyota’s Tacoma ATG: Gull Wings, Four LCDs, Xbox 360s
2:26AM Danny Allen | Jalopnik is all over this week’s SEMA car show in Vegas where Toyota and Microsoft are parading their crazy Tacoma All-Terrain Gamer concept. Four Xbox 360 Elites hooked up to four swing-out 24-inch Samsung LCDs? Check. Energy drink dispenser? You betcha. More »
Vehicles
11:06AM Damian Francis | The Tokyo Motor Show is still kicking on. It will be open to the public until November 4, but the media is well and truly done with it. Now that all the manufacturers have played their hands, and the shit (in some cases) has had time to settle after hitting the fan, it seemed like a good time to sit back and take stock on what eventuated from the 41st Tokyo Motor Show. More »
Tokyo Motorshow Wrap Up
11:06AM Damian Francis | The Tokyo Motor Show is still kicking on. It will be open to the public until November 4, but the media is well and truly done with it. Now that all the manufacturers have played their hands, and the shit (in some cases) has had time to settle after hitting the fan, it seemed like a good time to sit back and take stock on what eventuated from the 41st Tokyo Motor Show. More »
Science
Toyota Creates Flowers To Absorb Prius Manufacturing Emissions
4:53AM Adam Frucci | What do you do when the “eco-friendly” car you’re manufacturing is actually horrible for the environment to manufacture? Re-engineer nature, obviously! More »
Vehicles
12:21AM Jesus Diaz | I know the Toyota FT-EV is just an electric car prototype, but that doesn’t make me want it any less. It makes my previously favourite car cockpit look like a Ford Pinto. Zoom in. [El Mundo—Thanks Eduardo González]
Driving This Toyota Will Feel Like Flying A Spaceship
12:21AM Jesus Diaz | I know the Toyota FT-EV is just an electric car prototype, but that doesn’t make me want it any less. It makes my previously favourite car cockpit look like a Ford Pinto. Zoom in. [El Mundo—Thanks Eduardo González]
Vehicles
4:10PM Damian Francis | I’m sitting at AMLUX in Tokyo watching Toyota demonstrate the i-REAL personal mobility vehicle. Currently there is a Japanese women tearing around the room in one of these things. That’s right, she’s tearing it up. For those that used to compare the i-REAL to the Segway, consider the comparison dead. The i-REAL looks cooler and goes faster. And you sit in it rather than stand. More »
Test Driving The Segway-Killing Toyota i-REAL
4:10PM Damian Francis | I’m sitting at AMLUX in Tokyo watching Toyota demonstrate the i-REAL personal mobility vehicle. Currently there is a Japanese women tearing around the room in one of these things. That’s right, she’s tearing it up. For those that used to compare the i-REAL to the Segway, consider the comparison dead. The i-REAL looks cooler and goes faster. And you sit in it rather than stand. More »
Vehicles
4:30PM Damian Francis | That would be me signing off from the Tokyo Motor Show and Japan. I’ll be hopping on a flight to Sydney in a few hours time. Hope you all enjoyed the coverage of what was certainly a pretty damn cool motor show. Before I go though be sure to do two things.
1) Check out the news of the new Toyota FT-EV II here at SMH.com.au. I didn’t have enough time to write this up with the rest of the stories but it is certainly a great car and a good look at the future and Toby Hagon, who was on this trip with us thanks to Toyota, did a rather good write up as per usual. More »
Goodbye Tokyo Motor Show
4:30PM Damian Francis | That would be me signing off from the Tokyo Motor Show and Japan. I’ll be hopping on a flight to Sydney in a few hours time. Hope you all enjoyed the coverage of what was certainly a pretty damn cool motor show. Before I go though be sure to do two things.
1) Check out the news of the new Toyota FT-EV II here at SMH.com.au. I didn’t have enough time to write this up with the rest of the stories but it is certainly a great car and a good look at the future and Toby Hagon, who was on this trip with us thanks to Toyota, did a rather good write up as per usual. More »
Vehicles
4:00PM Damian Francis | Did you know that Japan has more vending machines than any other country in the world? I could be making that up but I’m sure I read it somewhere. Somebody correct me if I’m wrong – I do make a lot of things up. Anyway, on my royal tour of Japan promoting green energy, publicising poverty and celebrating my recent win in the Brazilian Grand Prix for Red Bull Racing I saw this. Now call me crazy, but THIS is crazy (and perhaps taking the idea of the vending machine one step too far)!
Damian Francis is the editor-at-large for Australian T3 and contributing technology editor for GQ Australia. He is in Japan as a guest of Toyota Australia.
Spotted – The Car Vending Machine At Toyota Mega Web
4:00PM Damian Francis | Did you know that Japan has more vending machines than any other country in the world? I could be making that up but I’m sure I read it somewhere. Somebody correct me if I’m wrong – I do make a lot of things up. Anyway, on my royal tour of Japan promoting green energy, publicising poverty and celebrating my recent win in the Brazilian Grand Prix for Red Bull Racing I saw this. Now call me crazy, but THIS is crazy (and perhaps taking the idea of the vending machine one step too far)!
Damian Francis is the editor-at-large for Australian T3 and contributing technology editor for GQ Australia. He is in Japan as a guest of Toyota Australia.
Vehicles
2:00PM Damian Francis | Not only did Lexus unveil its road going version of the LF-A supercar at the Tokyo Motor Show, it also had the race version and it looked like it was fresh off the race track. Take a look at the mud spots and gaffer tape! Unfortunately there was no way in hell that they would let me take it for a spin but some lucky British chap from Autocar in the UK did and the video is totally worth checking out. Enjoy the video after the jump. More »
Lexus LF-A Race Car On Show In Tokyo
2:00PM Damian Francis | Not only did Lexus unveil its road going version of the LF-A supercar at the Tokyo Motor Show, it also had the race version and it looked like it was fresh off the race track. Take a look at the mud spots and gaffer tape! Unfortunately there was no way in hell that they would let me take it for a spin but some lucky British chap from Autocar in the UK did and the video is totally worth checking out. Enjoy the video after the jump. More » 
