Each week, we spotlight a cool innovation recommended by some of the industry's top tech writers. This week's pick is hyper-realistic masks.
A tiny Japanese firm that makes "super-realistic" face masks is seeing rising demand from the tech industry, said Kwiyeon Ha at Reuters. Created using a process that translates three-dimensional data from photographs, the plastic-and-resin masks "accurately duplicate an individual's face, down to fine wrinkles and skin texture." The maker, REAL-f Co., receives about 100 orders a year for the masks, which run about 300,000 yen, or $2,650.
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