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An engineer in Provence picks up the gauntlet:　A global team takes on the future of energy

An engineer in Provence picks up the gauntlet:　A global team takes on the future of energy

Fusion power is the energy source that will create the future. Its potential has caught the eye of Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft, and Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, and both have made huge …

2022/10/05
Designing the future of energy – converting CO₂ from the villain to a new hero -The Start of the “Carbon Recycling” Era

Designing the future of energy – converting CO₂ from the villain to a new hero -The Start of the “Carbon Recycling” Era

Super-typhoons, record rainfall… It seems, in recent years, that the world has been thrown off-balance. News about climate change has become a permanent fixture. Extreme weather—floods, droughts, reco…

2022/09/30
Harnessing the Full Power of the Sun, Part 2 -Toshiba’s breakthrough toward realizing Electric Vehicles (EVs) that run without plug-in charging

Harnessing the Full Power of the Sun, Part 2 -Toshiba’s breakthrough toward realizing Electric Vehicles (EVs) that run without plug-in charging

As emphasized in Part 1, greenhouse gas emissions must be reduced to zero in order to curb the adverse effects of climate change. About a quarter of greenhouse gas emissions come from generating elect…

2022/09/21
Harnessing the Full Power of the Sun, Part 1 -What exactly is “transparent Cu₂O,” the material poised to dominate the next-generation solar cell market?

Harnessing the Full Power of the Sun, Part 1 -What exactly is “transparent Cu₂O,” the material poised to dominate the next-generation solar cell market?

In order to curb the negative effects of climate change—we must develop new technologies that enable the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to zero. A powerful method for achieving this goal is shi…

2022/09/14
Toshiba’s young engineers: Tackling climate change with abundant water resources

Toshiba’s young engineers: Tackling climate change with abundant water resources

Sweltering heat and torrential rain. Extreme weather events across the globe, triggered by climate change are being countered with efforts to reduce and control greenhouse gas emissions. Nonetheless, …

2022/09/07
Leafony, a platform aiming to democratize IoT, that enables everyone to easily utilize small coin-size IoT devices.

Leafony, a platform aiming to democratize IoT, that enables everyone to easily utilize small coin-size IoT devices.

We have become use to remotely setting our air conditioner with an app, and arriving home to a comfortable temperature. Connecting things like home appliances to the internet opens up possibilities, a…

2022/08/29
Toshiba’s young engineers: Broad knowledge as the key to value creation

Toshiba’s young engineers: Broad knowledge as the key to value creation

We can safely drink tap water at any time. When it gets dark, lighting brightens things up. When it is cold, the air conditioner brings warmth with the touch of a switch. When we want something, it is…

2022/08/22
From grams to tons, the world’s most effective CO₂ recycling technology: Reflects lessons learned from failure

From grams to tons, the world’s most effective CO₂ recycling technology: Reflects lessons learned from failure

Atmospheric CO₂ levels are the highest in 2-million years. As greenhouse gases accumulate, climate change is triggering rising sea levels, heat waves and torrential rain. In response, countries worldw…

2022/08/08
The Climate Crisis Reaches a Watershed: Initiating moves to make CO₂ a resource

The Climate Crisis Reaches a Watershed: Initiating moves to make CO₂ a resource

Heavy rain, heat waves, drought—the August 2021 report from Working Group 1 of the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) found that, “Human-induced climate change is already…

2022/08/01
The future of medicine set into motion by the Yamagata Model, a new cancer treatment technology: Taking on the challenge of global standardization of heavy ion therapy equipment

The future of medicine set into motion by the Yamagata Model, a new cancer treatment technology: Taking on the challenge of global standardization of heavy ion therapy equipment

“Music plays in the treatment room, and it is a relaxing environment. If nobody had told me, I wouldn’t have known I was being irradiated. There’s no pain and the irradiation time is short, so I’m gla…

2022/07/20