'Star Trek'-style 'teleportation' the new thing in travel

ANA explores a new way to connect people without flying

20191003 Uchida's family

Kenji Uchida receives his daughter through an ANA Avatar Robot. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi) 

ERI SUGIURA, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO/OITA, Japan -- How might you feel if you wanted to go to Hawaii, could book a trip at home via a website and then instantly find yourself transported to a palm-fringed beach with blue sky and gentle breezes?

The technology is not quite there, yet. But the day of such "Star Trek"-style teleportation is drawing ever closer thanks to a project developed by ANA Holdings, Japan's biggest aviation group, that has the immodest aim of "transcending the limitations of the human body."

Sponsored Content

About Sponsored ContentThis content was commissioned by Nikkei's Global Business Bureau.