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Japan Promises an Ultra-High-Tech 2020 Olympics

Posted by samzenpus on from the bring-on-the-robots dept.

jfruh writes "When Japan first hosted the Olympics in 1964, it was a platform for the country to showcase that it was a first-rate technical nation, with brand new bullet trains for visitors and the games broadcast in color via satellite for the first time. Japan's tech industry is already preparing for the 2020 Tokyo Games, with Japanese companies promising ultra-high-def TV, super-fast cell phone networks, and autonomous self-driving cars on the roads."

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  1. Get ready... by msauve · · Score: 5, Funny

    All events will involve Wii-motes.

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  2. Plenty of time by Impy+the+Impiuos+Imp · · Score: 5, Funny

    2020, wow! That's only 7 years away, can they get ready that fast?

    Well, I suppose if Chinese gymnasts not yet born can get ready by then, they can, too.

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