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Power Semiconductors Support a Once-in-a-Century Revolution in Automobiles

Power Semiconductors Support a Once-in-a-Century Revolution in Automobiles

As we experience more sudden heavy rains, intensifying typhoons and hurricanes, and extended, ever hotter heat waves, climate change is bringing drastic changes to our daily lives. The cause lies in t…

2024/07/11
Transforming mobility in the tough environment of mines -Advancing electrification that contributes to carbon neutrality

Transforming mobility in the tough environment of mines -Advancing electrification that contributes to carbon neutrality

As demand for minerals grows worldwide, so too are concerns about decarbonization in the mining sector. One way forward is to bring electrification to vehicles, including dump trucks, and other mining…

2024/05/14
What is the secret to widely, quickly, and easily introducing AI?　-Make video analysis more accessible

What is the secret to widely, quickly, and easily introducing AI?　-Make video analysis more accessible

Security cameras are everywhere, part of our everyday life: in the stores we visit, in the buildings where we work, in the transportation systems we use to move around. Their video data is not used on…

2024/04/18
Innovative reactors build on lessons learned from the Fukushima Daiichi accident -Questioning the myth of safety while aiming to coexist with local communities

Innovative reactors build on lessons learned from the Fukushima Daiichi accident -Questioning the myth of safety while aiming to coexist with local communities

There is a global movement to rethink stable energy supply. One factor in this is Russias invasion of Ukraine, but alongside geopolitical risk, the role of energy in addressing carbon neutrality is al…

2024/02/13
A Blue Ocean Strategy Protects Infrastructure -Securing the world’s bridges with the power of digital technology

A Blue Ocean Strategy Protects Infrastructure -Securing the world’s bridges with the power of digital technology

In October 2021, the Biden administration signed a $1 trillion infrastructure investment bill that put a strong emphasis on rebuilding roads and bridges. Aging infrastructure is something Japan also h…

2023/12/06
Toshiba’s Journey from Research to Commercialisation of Quantum Technologies

Toshiba’s Journey from Research to Commercialisation of Quantum Technologies

“Quantum is no longer the future, we can and should be using it today. QKD is the ultimate way to protect our data and will play a pivotal role in creating the next generation of internet that is quan…

2023/11/07
A Player in the Shadows that Maintains Local Power Grids – An Evaluation Technology that Advances Microgrids

A Player in the Shadows that Maintains Local Power Grids – An Evaluation Technology that Advances Microgrids

If we are going to achieve carbon neutrality, countries around the world need to adopt solar power and other renewable energy sources as a matter of urgency. Central to this is the microgrid, a small-…

2023/10/09
Creative Thinking Realizes a New Normal and the World’s Most Accurate AI, Part2 -Reducing AI training data while improving performance

Creative Thinking Realizes a New Normal and the World’s Most Accurate AI, Part2 -Reducing AI training data while improving performance

AI-based image recognition is already part of our lives. What is not often realized is that to get it to work with a high degree of accuracy requires extensive training with large volumes of data. Thi…

2023/08/23
Creative Thinking Realizes a New Normal and the World’s Most Accurate AI, Part 1 -AI Image Recognition No Longer Needs Huge Volumes of Training Data

Creative Thinking Realizes a New Normal and the World’s Most Accurate AI, Part 1 -AI Image Recognition No Longer Needs Huge Volumes of Training Data

The market for AI is expanding rapidly in Japan. Some predict that by 2025, it will swell to 1.9 trillion yen, about double the FY 2020 level, as AI is increasingly used to solve social issues. In Mar…

2023/08/09
Market Dominant Toshiba’s Ceramic Balls: Driving Electrification of Mobility with AI Quality Inspection System

Market Dominant Toshiba’s Ceramic Balls: Driving Electrification of Mobility with AI Quality Inspection System

The more people use electric vehicles (EVs), the closer we get to carbon neutrality, and thankfully, sales for these vehicles have been growing worldwide in recent years. One issue that can occur with…

2023/07/19