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Looking for a Ride Home? Why not try Mobility-as-a-Service

Looking for a Ride Home? Why not try Mobility-as-a-Service

As vehicle ownership falls and ride hailing and ride sharing services find increasing popularity, powerful forces are making themselves felt in commuter transport. However, recent developments are jus…

2019/03/13
AI-Based Security Cameras: Where Are You, and Where Have You Been?

AI-Based Security Cameras: Where Are You, and Where Have You Been?

Walking around in a train station or an airport, on public transport, shopping, or just popping into a store for a sandwich? Rest assured, you’re being watched. Security cameras are becoming ubiquitou…

2019/02/27
Driving a See-Through Car? Technology Assists Safer Driving

Driving a See-Through Car? Technology Assists Safer Driving

If you have ever driven, you will almost certainly have been gripped at one time or another by a sudden feeling of apprehension as another vehicle—a car, a motorcycle or even a bicycle—suddenly looms …

2018/11/28
AI Contributes to Cutting Car Accidents: Toshiba’s Image Recognition LSI

AI Contributes to Cutting Car Accidents: Toshiba’s Image Recognition LSI

An image recognition LSI indispensable for cars that don’t crash Figures from WHO* show that almost 1.25 million people die in car accidents every year. As more cars come onto the world’s roads, it’s …

2018/11/14
AI Tackles Video Analytics of Rugby Games

AI Tackles Video Analytics of Rugby Games

When Toshiba’s rugby team, the Brave Lupus aren’t busy taking on other teams, they are tackling a new project—one that involves high-level ICT technology. The goal is to combine audio-visual recogniti…

2018/08/22
Over 50 years with AI : Toshiba’s future eyes

Over 50 years with AI : Toshiba’s future eyes

More than a manufacturer, an AI pioneer The 1960s saw the first manned space flight was launched. In the same decade, Toshiba invented the world’s first letter sorting machine in 1967. With the abilit…

2018/04/02
What’s Next for a Japanese Rugby World Newly Armed with ICT?

What’s Next for a Japanese Rugby World Newly Armed with ICT?

Science and sport have long been allies—but achieving a really strong partnership is more difficult in some sports than others. That’s certainly true of rugby, where the number of players and the spee…

2018/04/02