Tokyo Metropolitan University

In research that could have implications for sufferers of post-traumatic stress disorder, scientists have found it is possible to effectively erase memories of a traumatic event in fruit flies by keeping them in the dark for two days.

The Ikei Laboratory of the Tokyo Metropolitan University Graduate School of System Design is developing what it calls “virtual body technology” that allows a user to virtually walk in someone else's shoes.

The Gocen is a prototype scanning device that can play hand-written sheet music in real time.