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Will Virtual Power Plants Herald a New Era of Business?

Will Virtual Power Plants Herald a New Era of Business?

Virtual Power plants (VPPs): What lies beyond the frontier You may have heard of virtual reality, but what about virtual power plants, or VPPs? A recent buzzword in the energy industry, they function,…

2020/01/29
IT for IP: Japan Patent Office’s Advanced Machine Translation System Supports Companies in Promoting Intellectual Property Strategy

IT for IP: Japan Patent Office’s Advanced Machine Translation System Supports Companies in Promoting Intellectual Property Strategy

In our highly competitive globalized economy, a successful intellectual property (IP) strategy rests on making sure that other countries know what patents you have approved, and getting information on…

2020/01/08
Introducing AI into Electricity Load Forecasting: Deep Learning Optimizes Power Plants’ Operation

Introducing AI into Electricity Load Forecasting: Deep Learning Optimizes Power Plants’ Operation

In 2017, Toshiba Corporate RD Center’s system engineering laboratory won the top prize in the 1st Electricity Load Forecasting Technology Contest organized by Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc…

2019/11/13
Exploring the Secrets of Engineering and Maestro through Motion Capture

Exploring the Secrets of Engineering and Maestro through Motion Capture

“I think I’ve become pretty good, but there’s always someone better. I want to see how high I can go.” At the National Skills Competition held in Japan, young people working in all kinds of skilled j…

2019/10/02
Toshiba’s Energy Solutions in Africa

Toshiba’s Energy Solutions in Africa

With help from strong demographic tailwinds and advances in capital formation, Africa is heading toward a brighter future. However, there’s still a long way to go in turning potential into performance…

2019/09/18
“Mother Ganges”: Reviving India’s Lifeline Through Technology

“Mother Ganges”: Reviving India’s Lifeline Through Technology

River Ganges: The lifeline of India If early settlements and modern civilizations have anything in common, it’s their proximity to water. From Mesopotamia that flourished around the Tigris and Euphrat…

2019/07/03
Zero Electrical Resistance: Turning Dreams into Reality

Zero Electrical Resistance: Turning Dreams into Reality

In 2013, the Higgs boson came into our collective consciousness—even the least scientific-minded of us—when it won the Nobel Prize in Physics. Though its existence had been theorized since 1964, it wa…

2019/06/05
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
Toshiba Delivers the Goods: Supports Russian Post’s Expansion Plans

Toshiba Delivers the Goods: Supports Russian Post’s Expansion Plans

In Moscow, all roads lead to Vnukovo—for mail anyway. As the main sorting center for international mail and parcels arriving in Russia and for domestic mail and parcels making its way to and from the …

2019/02/20
From Japan to the World: The Story of Toshiba’s Electric Locomotives

From Japan to the World: The Story of Toshiba’s Electric Locomotives

Our modern world relies on complex, ultimately global logistics—a jigsaw puzzle of all kinds of transportation systems. But there is one mode of transport that stands out for its unrivaled ability to …

2019/01/23