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A Star is Born. What’s Happening on the Front Lines of Fusion, the “Dream” Energy Source

A Star is Born. What’s Happening on the Front Lines of Fusion, the “Dream” Energy Source

What would it be like to create an artificial “sun” on Earth? What seems like a distant dream of the future, a project too fanciful to comprehend, is in fact already underway. It comes in the form of …

2020/05/13
An Algorithm Originated from Quantum Computer Research: A New Hero in Combinatorial Optimization

An Algorithm Originated from Quantum Computer Research: A New Hero in Combinatorial Optimization

The construction of logistics networks, the relieving of traffic congestion, the discovery of new drugs… What if we told you that these and other social solutions across a variety of fields, could be …

2020/02/12
An Aging Population, an Aging Infrastructure: How Structural Health Monitoring Combats Both of These Social Issues

An Aging Population, an Aging Infrastructure: How Structural Health Monitoring Combats Both of These Social Issues

Some may know of what is referred to as the “economic miracle” in Japan, wherein Japan experienced a period of rapid economic growth after World War II. As “miraculous” as this period was, it seems no…

2020/01/15
Spot Welding Inspection Robots Spark a Revolution in the Automotive Industry

Spot Welding Inspection Robots Spark a Revolution in the Automotive Industry

A single automobile consists of 30,000 or more individual parts. Every vehicle also has 4,000 – 5,000 places where the parts, such as metal plates, are spot welded together. Spot welding is a welding …

2019/12/25
Instant Voice-to-Text! Transforming Work Styles with the Power of AI

Instant Voice-to-Text! Transforming Work Styles with the Power of AI

We are fast approaching a time where more people can live beyond a hundred years old. At the same time, however, there are labor shortages due to low birthrates and an aging population. RPA (Robotics …

2019/12/11
What’s Happening on the Front Lines of Weather Radar Technology

What’s Happening on the Front Lines of Weather Radar Technology

Summers in Japan have always been hot, but recently it feels like the dial has broken, the temperature rises and rises every year. And it’s not just the heat. There’s also what are called “guerrilla r…

2019/10/30
The ABCs of Semiconductor Development – a Lesson from a Toshiba Engineer –

The ABCs of Semiconductor Development – a Lesson from a Toshiba Engineer –

“I’ve loved playing with parts from broken PCs and appliances ever since I was a child. You could say that semiconductors were my toys. I enjoyed finding electronic devices and taking them apart to se…

2019/10/23
Pinpoint Irradiation on Tumor – Opening Up New Possibilities in Cancer Treatment

Pinpoint Irradiation on Tumor – Opening Up New Possibilities in Cancer Treatment

Cancer. It’s one of the most frightening words in any language, a diagnosis none of us want to hear.But in its various forms it’s the biggest killer in many of the world’s countries. In the US it hits…

2019/09/04
Harnessing the Power of Renewable Energy—Electricity and Energy Storage

Harnessing the Power of Renewable Energy—Electricity and Energy Storage

From the threat of natural disasters to climate change, there are many good reasons behind today’s calls to step up use of renewable energy. But power generated by the sun and wind is volatile, interm…

2019/08/21
A Lightweight and Flexible Solar Panel — The Future of Solar Energy?

A Lightweight and Flexible Solar Panel — The Future of Solar Energy?

What do you think when you hear the term “solar energy”? Most of you will think of wide-open spaces, packed to the edges with giant solar panels, and you’d be right—for now. We’re here to tell you tha…

2019/08/07