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Twitter Round Up: Japanese Product Innovations at SXSW 2015
Japan had a very strong showing this year at SXSW Interactive, from creative new prototypes by ad giant Hakuhodo to groundbreaking products by tech company Exvision, not to mention the startups from the University of Tokyo sent to participate through the Todai to Texas program.
Out of all these trade show and expo exhibitors, Hakuhodo Group’s SIX Inc. Japan has been named Best Bootstrap Company for Lyric Speaker, its next-gen speaker at SXSW Interactive’s 7th Annual Accelerator competition.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNDAValahqo
In addition, two Gold Lotus awards (AdFest) were given to Hakuhodo in the same week, one for Suntory Whisky Hibiki ‘Hibiki Glass’ in Outdoor TV, Electronic Poster & Video and the other for Hug Mart ‘Talkable Vegetables’ in Point Of Purchase (POP) Display.
Below is a round up of what SXSW attendees and the media were saying about Japanese innovations and products. Check it out!
Talkable Vegetables
Hakuhodo Inc.’s ‘Talkable Vegetables’ for Hug Mart takes a gold for Outdoor Lotus #ADFEST2015
— adobo magazine (@adobomagazine) March 20, 2015
Met the Talking Vegetables in person, so chatty! https://t.co/rfrznPS89e #SXSWTradeshow pic.twitter.com/7yx37kkEN5
— Entrepreneur (@Entrepreneur) March 15, 2015
Talkable Vegetables: Farmers talk to consumers when they touch supermarket produce: Ever wanted to hear vegeta… https://t.co/o2cKTV4EeN
— Entrepreneur (@Entrepreneur) March 16, 2015
You owe it to yourself to watch this video on talking vegetables. From SXSW @lauraentis https://t.co/12oSQlfbHU via @Entrepreneur
— Laura Entis (@lauraentis) March 15, 2015
Flying cars, unmanned road trips, talking vegetables, the Meerkat/Twitter battle: SXSW news you might have missed https://t.co/fXndcN6Frk
— Linda Lacina (@LindaLacina) March 15, 2015
Talking vegetables and more crazy products from the SXSW tradeshow! #sxsw https://t.co/rVz9rTbEr5
— Japan Trends (@JapanTrends) March 18, 2015
Memory Clock
Talkable vegetables https://t.co/JP49UhfWAj
— Design Made in Japan (@designmadeinjp) March 19, 2015
Postie & Smilfie Pod
#postie super cool messaging delivery at sxsw! pic.twitter.com/PbE7VPzEtR
— Mengmeng Chen (@mengmengdotchen) March 18, 2015
Cool selfie pod tech #smilfiepod #SXSW pic.twitter.com/i7u0teT4lj
— MissLA80 (@MissLA80) March 15, 2015
At #sxsw exhibit hall and #postie hasa cool booth! pic.twitter.com/uxeU0WR4tk
— AgencyRx (@AgencyRx) March 15, 2015
Memory Clock: Change Clock Faces with Your Memories. Post by @lnygrn. https://t.co/GmZCWtNsN4 #SXSW pic.twitter.com/GGxOrLX1p7
— ILLO (@illotv) March 17, 2015
Rice Code
Rice code turns landscape “drawings” (created by precise planting) into scannable QR codes for retail. #sxsw pic.twitter.com/dkUtaa5r2I
— Kat Murti (@KatMurti) March 16, 2015
#coolstuff #SXSW Rice Code plants different colors of rice to make a QR code & enable purchase. pic.twitter.com/1wcg5PFd2T
— Blue Water (@BlueWaterDC) March 15, 2015
iDoll
The “iDoll”, a palm-sized robot that can dance to music, greet and make jokes, and that’s programmable via app: https://t.co/CusblIxjn9
— Peter Bihr (@peterbihr) March 15, 2015
Lyric Speaker
How would you like a speaker that delivers dynamic #lyrics, graphic art on its transparent LCD? https://t.co/1I0IaB88Qs
— Stanley Goodner (@S_Goodner) March 25, 2015
This needs to happen now: Lyric IoT speaker – HomeTechTell https://t.co/DM9OY3UirR
— jscalone (@jscalone) March 26, 2015
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