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Getting the Best from Reliable Hardware with Software Defined, Part 1 -Redefine how Value is Created, Transform Product Creation

Getting the Best from Reliable Hardware with Software Defined, Part 1 -Redefine how Value is Created, Transform Product Creation

With a market capitalization of over $1 trillion*, Tesla is the frontrunner in the automotive industry. It has achieved this through innovation. In addition to their reliability as hardware, its cars …

2023/05/17
When designing a business, first design the future through people- and planet-centered Service Design

When designing a business, first design the future through people- and planet-centered Service Design

Today, technology is advancing at an exponential pace, and we face an increasingly complex social and business environment. In a world in which making products and services more sophisticated and mult…

2023/05/15
Building a quantum-secure future – Why the financial services sector need to upgrade their network infrastructure

Building a quantum-secure future – Why the financial services sector need to upgrade their network infrastructure

The arrival of powerful quantum computers promises to be a milestone moment, with the potential to disrupt computing as we know it. Many of the fundamental principles of cybersecurity we rely on will …

2023/05/08
Superconducting Motors are on the Flight Path to Carbon Neutral Planes, Part2 -The next step is to fly with them

Superconducting Motors are on the Flight Path to Carbon Neutral Planes, Part2 -The next step is to fly with them

The aviation industry aims to reduce CO₂ emissions from international flights by 15% from 2024 on, benchmarked against 2019, and to cut them to net zero by 2050. In Part 1 of this two-part article we …

2023/04/19
Superconducting Motors are on the Flight Path to Carbon Neutral Planes, Part1 – Breaking Down Barriers No One has Overcome, for the Future of Aircraft

Superconducting Motors are on the Flight Path to Carbon Neutral Planes, Part1 – Breaking Down Barriers No One has Overcome, for the Future of Aircraft

In October 2022, the International Civil Aviation Organization, the UN specialized agency that coordinates and develops international air navigation and travel, set new targets for reducing CO₂ emissi…

2023/04/07
How Do You Ensure the Quality of AI Systems?, Part 2 -Our mission to improve AI literacy

How Do You Ensure the Quality of AI Systems?, Part 2 -Our mission to improve AI literacy

The phrase “garbage in, garbage out,” GIGO, is a useful reminder that AI systems trained on low quality data will pick up unwanted features, resulting in poorly realized AI models.   In Part 1, we loo…

2023/03/23
How Do You Ensure the Quality of AI Systems?, Part 1　- Prepping Data, Ethics and the Law—Identifying the Key Concerns

How Do You Ensure the Quality of AI Systems?, Part 1　- Prepping Data, Ethics and the Law—Identifying the Key Concerns

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been a part of our collective vocabulary for a while now, and its technological advances are irreversible. We need to think deeply about these advances, on the assumpt…

2023/03/16
The story behind Toshiba’s multi-decade campaign to champion Japanese culture in the UK

The story behind Toshiba’s multi-decade campaign to champion Japanese culture in the UK

On display in The Toshiba Gallery of Japanese Art of London’s Victoria Albert (VA) museum, stands a suit of armour in Haramaki style. It’s an arresting sight; fashioned from deep blues, golds, and a …

2023/03/10
Toward Sustainable Electric Power Infrastructure, Part 2 -Toshiba’s Technology Makes the Difficult Possible, the Resolve of a Leading Company

Toward Sustainable Electric Power Infrastructure, Part 2 -Toshiba’s Technology Makes the Difficult Possible, the Resolve of a Leading Company

L. to R., Norimitsu Kato, Tomoya Onishi, Shuhei Takao, Toru Koike, Yuko Imazawa, Toshiyuki Uchii, Hideaki Shirai, Akihisa Mukaida In June 2022 torrential rains and flooding in southern China caused da…

2023/02/24
Toward Sustainable Electric Power Infrastructure, Part 1 -Can We Eliminate Greenhouse Gases from High-Voltage Power Transmission Equipment?

Toward Sustainable Electric Power Infrastructure, Part 1 -Can We Eliminate Greenhouse Gases from High-Voltage Power Transmission Equipment?

In summer 2022, for the first time in its history, London recorded a temperature of over 40-degrees Celsius. In Japan, torrential rains that trigger natural disasters are increasing in scale and inten…

2023/02/17