Japan's care technology market is already worth some $1.08 billion.
With some 22% of Japan's population over 65 and growing, the market will continue to grow.
Japanese universities are pitching in to meet the R & D demands.
Tokyo University of Science created a rubber and nylon muscle suit to help the elderly remain active by providing upper body support.
The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology has created a wheelchair that responds to oral commands like "forward" and "back," "right" and "left."
Kanagawa Institute of Technology has a full robotic suit for caregivers.
Sensors attached to the user's skin tells air pumps to kick in and provide support.
Universities, the public ones in particular, should be pitching in, and relying on robot support when needed, no?
So, if publich taxes go to support public research universities, how come the public still has to pay for what comes out of the university reasearch labs?
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