Ibaraki Prefecture's Hokota City Releases "HUG Kumu" Child-Raising Support Application

2017.05.09

Hokota City in Ibaraki Prefecture has released a child-rearing support application. Child-rearing support with a smartphone, Hokota City provides an app to notify vaccination information, etc. - quoted from Ibaraki Shimbun Cross Eye-. The application provides notifications of vaccinations and health checkups according to the growth of the child, information on child-rearing events, and...

Nanit, a smart baby monitor device for infant sleep analysis

2017.04.28

There are quite a variety of smart baby monitors available, and I would like to introduce Nanit. This device is used by hanging it above the crib, for example. De...

Actility, an IoT-focused LPWAN provider, raises $75 million in funding

2017.04.26

This is a bit old news, but I'm clipping it because it's an interesting funding information. French IoT solutions company Actility raises a $75 million Series D roun...

Doctors in Ochanomizu, Tokyo, develop smartphone app that enables arrhythmia checks.

2017.04.22

Doctors give the impression of being very busy, but there is an amazing doctor...! Dr. Kensuke Igarashi, 31, a doctor who runs an internal medicine clinic in Ochanomizu, Tokyo, is a native of Takasaki City....

The Ultimate Childcare Support Measure? Okutama Town's Policy of Offering Houses for Free

2017.04.18

This is a bold move again...! Amazing town with "free house" and "7,020,000 yen for child-raising support" Brief summary A house with land will be given away free of charge if the applicant lives there for at least 15 years. Applicants must be a couple under 40 years old or under 50 years old and under junior high school age...

Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture, has created a "child-rearing textbook" for new fathers.

2017.04.16

PapaSmile's mission is to "make fathers' child-rearing more fun. Himeji City in Hyogo Prefecture has released a child-rearing textbook for new fathers. Himeji City has created a "child-rearing textbook" to support new fathers.

Hirato City, Nagasaki Prefecture, is now operating a one-coin service to watch over the elderly.

2017.04.15

The "One Coin Magokoro Service" was started in 2012 in Hirado City, Nagasaki Prefecture, and the number of those users has been increasing, so it is becoming more established. The fact that the fee has been reduced from 500 yen to 100 yen since April 2014 also seems to be significant. 10...

Atami City, Shizuoka Prefecture, releases "The Third Atami City Food Education Promotion Plan

2017.04.06

Atami City has released the "Third Atami City Nutrition Education Promotion Plan - Atami Hungry for Food". The keyword for nutrition education in Atami is "Hungry" "Atami Hungry" Nutrition Education Promotion Plan The definition of nutrition education is easy to understand Nutrition education means that each citizen should have a healthy diet throughout his/her life...

Food Education Initiatives in Chigasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture and Yamagata Prefecture

2017.04.01

In Chigasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture, and Yamagata Prefecture, the government is promoting dietary education. In the case of Yamagata Prefecture, it seems to be a part of local production for local consumption. The Second Chigasaki City Nutrition Education Promotion Plan Chigasaki City has published a document explaining the details of its efforts: "Everyone is healthy! Everyone smiles! Chigasaki Nutrition Education Pl...

Parents file lawsuit against Ota Ward, claiming unfairness of failing to get into preschool.

2017.03.30

BabyTech also covers childcare and healthcare policy initiatives in Japan and abroad under the category "Healthcare. In this issue, my editor-in-chief, a guardian in my hometown of Ota Ward, Tokyo, is suing the ward for "unfairly failing to get a preschool...

Fujieda City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Introduces "Mamafre," a Child-Raising Support App

2017.03.29

The government does this kind of thing too! Child-raising support site "Mama Fure Fujieda" - Smartphone application is born - is designed to provide information on government support and other systems and information that can be applied for use according to pregnancy, childbirth, and infant...

Nagaokakyo City, Kyoto Prefecture, which has implemented an initiative to watch over the elderly with Bluetooth.

2017.03.27

One year of a project in Nagaokakyo, Kyoto, to watch over the elderly using Bluetooth A management system using Bluetooth is provided free of charge for two years to people with dementia and elderly people living alone who have registered in advance. Receivers are installed at 38 locations in the city, including roads and stores...

Amazon.com CTO Werner Vogels talks about CTO roles

2017.03.24

I found this article POSTed in 2007 interesting and would like to summarize it for you. The Different CTO Roles - All Things Distributed Amazon.com's CTO ...

Healthcare App SidekickHealth Raises $1.5 Million in Funding

2017.03.20

According to Tech.eu, the healthcare app SidekickHealth has successfully raised $1.5 million in funding. What is SidekickHealth An app that provides personalized exercise programs. Although...

Swell," an app embedded in Facebook Messenger, reaches 2 million users.

2017.03.13

It was interesting to see how this could happen, so here it is. The original story is here. http://theheureka.com/startup-swell-replaced-app-chatbot-20170123 Start in Austria...

Starling" analyzes the words spoken to a baby wearing a smart device.

2017.03.12

This is a series of product introductions that were Finalists in the 2016 BabyTechAward. Starling won the Grand Prize in the Learning Product for Babies category. The winner is Starling, a learning product for babies....