MEA & Japan

Voice2Face Technology by EmbodyMe Cashes in on Zoom Fatigue

25Oct

By Linda AshokNo Comments

MEA & Japan, Technology

Voice2Face Technology by EmbodyMe Cashes in on Zoom Fatigue

EmbodyMe, Inc., a Japan, Tokyo-based generative AI startup, just revealed that its Xpression camera app now features its new Voice2Face technology. Xpression camera is a real-time face-filtering programme that makes it simpler and more comfortable for users to be off camera while the app fully animates their appearance on the screen, making it ideal for use during video meetings, live streaming, and chatting. With the Xpression camera, users can add their animated facial expressions to any shot with a human face by simply staring at the screen or speaking into the microphone. CEO of EmbodyMe, Inc., Issay Yoshida, said that the new proprietary AI gives users even more flexibility. Users can let their voice drive their image on the screen to pace while on a video call. The facial features...

Google to Invest $690 Million in Japan, Informs Sundar Pichai

9Oct

By Linda AshokNo Comments

Business, MEA & Japan

Google to Invest $690 Million in Japan, Informs Sundar Pichai

Google set up its first overseas office in Japan in 2001, and ever since, Google has been actively working on the front to expand its far east market. Now on October 7, 2002, the CEO of Google, Sundar Pichai, announced that Google further plans to invest $690 Million in Japan through 2024 to capitalize on the expansion in the Asia-Pacific region despite macroeconomic uncertainty. Pichai announced the commitment in an exclusive interview with Nikkei and TV Tokyo in Tokyo, saying that Google will invest a total of 100 billion yen beginning this year and continuing for [the] three years until 2024. The corporation plans to use the funds to construct its first data center in Japan, invest in submarine cables, and train new employees. The facility is scheduled to go live in 2023, and Goog...

Israeli Biotech Startup Renewal Bio Creates Synthetic Embryo

26Sep

By Linda AshokNo Comments

MEA & Japan, Technology

Israeli Biotech Startup Renewal Bio Creates Synthetic Embryo

Renewal Bio, an Israeli biotech startup, wants to use the potential of cutting-edge stem cell research to help people live longer and better lives. Through this stem cell technology, the startup is on the mission to create synthetic embryos of people to harvest tissues for medical transplantations. In this research in stem-cell technology and artificial wombs, the founder of Renewal Bio and biologist at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Jacob Hanna, has started with mouse stem cells where he can form highly realistic-looking mouse embryos and keep them growing in an artificial womb for several days until they develop beating hearts, flowing blood, and cranial folds. As per Hanna's research published in the Cell journal, this is the first time an embryo at an advanced sta...

8 Well-Funded Stem Cell Startups are Manipulating your DNA

2Oct

By Linda AshokNo Comments

China, Europe, India, MEA & Japan, Technology, United States

8 Well-Funded Stem Cell Startups are Manipulating your DNA

Using stem cells or their derivatives, stem cell startups champion the production of regenerative medicine, also known as stem cell therapy, to promote the repair response of diseased, dysfunctional, or injured tissue. Instead of using donor organs in short supply, stem cells are used for stem cell therapy. In the laboratory, researchers cultivate stem cells to manipulate them into specific cell types like those found in the heart, blood, or nerve tissue, such as heart muscle cells. The manipulated cells are then injected directly into the target muscle with the degenerative condition to usher in new cell development. With the advancement in stem cell technology, several medical researchers, doctors, and scientists have established stem cell startups making an innovative impact globally,...

Israel HealthTech Startup Got your Heart in their Hands

18Aug

By Linda AshokNo Comments

MEA & Japan, Tech for Good, Technology

Israel HealthTech Startup Got your Heart in their Hands

In the first half of August 2021, an Israel healthtech startup, RealView Imaging, received the FDA 510(k) for its HOLOSCOPE-i holographic system, which provides realistic and spatially accurate 3D in-air holograms based on data received from standard CT scans and 3D ultrasound systems. With the HOLOSCOPE-i holographic system, physicians can view and interact with the hyper-realistic 3D holograms of patients to decide interventional procedures before hitting the operation theatre. According to CEO and co-founder of RealView Imaging, Shaul Gelman, there is rapid development in the space of hyper-realistic 3D holograms of human anatomy, advancing medical imaging for physicians to plan minimally-invasive procedures, which earlier exclusively relied on imaging technologies. In a press announ...

“Unite by Emotion” with Athletes at Tokyo Olympics 2021

19Jul

By Linda AshokNo Comments

Marketing, MEA & Japan

“Unite by Emotion” with Athletes at Tokyo Olympics 2021

I'mbesideyou Inc. to launch a unique sports campaign, "Unite by Emotion," to help the world visualize support and cheers for their favorite athletes. Earlier this year, the multimodal AI analytics and online communication firm founded by Shozo Kamiya raised ¥115,000,000 in seed funding from Beyond Next Ventures and Japan Finance. According to news syndication, the global "Unite by Emotion" campaign for Tokyo Olympic 2021 launches on July 23, 2021. People around the world can communicate their best wishes and cheers to their favorite athletes online. The campaign appears to be strategically designed to offset sports lovers unable to watch the Olympics in person. "Unite by Emotion" will allow people to visualize the cheers of people worldwide through Artificial Intelligence (AI). I'mbeside...

CEO Masaru Tange Gains 5,300% Stock value with 70% Pay Hike.

17May

By Linda AshokNo Comments

Business, MEA & Japan

CEO Masaru Tange Gains 5,300% Stock value with 70% Pay Hike.

Japan has always rocked the charts for something bizarre, and this time, it is Masaru Tange, the CEO of Shift Inc. Tange is in the news for whipping up a strategy that skyrocketed his company's stocks. No, he did not do it by underpaying his staff. As per the media, hehe has achieved a 5,300% gain in stock by increasing his staff's salary. Let's dig deeper. Are you feeling guilty for underpaying your staff? Do you think increasing your staff's salary can bolster your market value? Well, you should certainly calibrate your underpaid staff to the market rate, but not expect that to motivate the market to shower you with contracts—Masaru Tange's case is enterprise publicity. So here we are trying something untenable—not separating water from milk but iron filings from a stack of sawdust. Ma...