Creating Contents for the Future

I met Tomoaki Kasuga, founder and CEO of Speecys Corp., and he says that he is hoping to start developing applications and contents in the U.S. for their humanoid robot  MI・RAI-RT. (MIRAI means the FUTURE in Japanese.) Kasuga-san, who used to work on the AIBO at Sony before starting his company, wants MI・RAI to always be connected to the network and become a "new medium." Whereas the TV uses a screen to transmit information, the robot will use it's hands and legs. He's hoping to get new ideas for content by having developers not just in Japan but in the U.S. as well.