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1/9/11
Humanoid Robot Motion Software

Advanced Industrial Science and Technology Institute (AIST) announced that Humanoid Research Group of AIST had developed new software, "Chorenoid", to directly generate and edit the whole-body motion of a humanoid robot...(read more).

12/1/10
Successful Demonstration of New Principle of Organic Solar Cells Operation

Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) announced on November 24, 2010 that AIST successfully demonstrated operations of a new type of organic photovoltaic devices (solar cells organic) using optical absorption due to charge transfer between the different organic molecules....(read more)

11/17/10
Light on new photosensitive film generates kinetic energy!
RIKEN has announced that its researchers have successfully developed a revolutionary new polymer film that changes shape upon irradiation with UV and visible light.....(read more)

10/21/10
Cooperative Activities Agreement Between NEDO and the World Bank New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) announced today that NEDO and the World Bank singed an agreement on the implementation of cooperative activities in the field of energy and environmental technology in October 21, 2010. (read more)

10/7/10
Tidal Power Generation
Nova Energy, an entrepreneurial company based in Hyogo Japan, developed tidal power generation systems and started its trial testing off the coast of Awaji City in the first half of the year 2010....(read more)

9/30/10
High Performance Ferrite Magnet Motor Developed - No Rare-Earth Required
New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) has announced that the organization, working together with a group of School of Information Science, Hokkaido University, successfully developed a newly structured rotor segment type of axial-gap motor for use of hybrid electric vehicles .....(read more)

9/28/10
Holographic Display

National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) has announced that the institute successfully developed the electron holography method stereoscopic technology which enables the ultimate viewing zone angle of 15 degrees and 4 cm diagonal display size color video display..... (read more)

9/21/10
Humanoid Robot HRP-4
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) has announced that Kawada Industries, Inc. and AIST have jointly developed a platform for working humanoid robot: HRP-4 (below "HRP-4"). Kawada Industries developed the hardware of HRP-4 while AIST was in charge of control software development for the humanoid robot....(read more)

9/20/10
New Abrasive Material
NEDO announced that a team of Ritsumeikan University, Admatechs, Crystal Optics, and Kokonoe Electric working on a NEDO's project of "Development of alternative materials for rare metals" ( a part of rare earth) has successfully developed new materials and technologies to reduce the consumption of cerium....(read more)

9/9/10
Saving Heavy Rare Earth Element Dysprosium
The National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) announced that its Magnetic Materials Center developed a method for increasing the coercivity of neodymium magnet powder without using dysprosium (hereinafter, Dy). ..(read more)

9/7/10
Soft Touch Panel
Human Media System Laboratory of University of Electro-Communications is developing a soft tactile touch-panel using a system which consists of a camera, polarizer film, transparent elastic medium, and a flat panel display with a computer...(read more)

9/7/10
Voice and text translation in 21 languages on iPhone
Japan National Institute of Information Communications Technology (NICT) has announced that it's brought voice and text translation in 21 languages on iPhone. The press release says,......(read more)

9/7/10
iCubeSpace
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology of Japan (AIST) announced iCubeSpace, a system which enabled an operator to feel and touch to control a virtual obstacle on 3D display panel. According to the spokes person on the TV news, ...(more)

8/27/10
HyperOffice
情報通信分野では、クライアント・サーバー、シンクライアント、SaaS, SaaP、等パソコンを自社内或いは仮想社内ネットワークに接続してサーバとの間で情報のやり取りや、作業を行う事を前提とした、様々な言葉が創出されてきた。　今、旬の言葉やクラウドコンピューティングということだろうか。　自分のパソコンには特別なソフトを持たなくとも、ネットワークの先に有るサーバーに接続することにより、・・・(続く）

7/15/10
Close-Fitting Walking Aid
This tool seems to be easy to use and better fit to human body, although the bear body of the tool look too mechanical. Wearing a jacket and pants over the tool is looking natural. Technology evolves every day...(more)

7/1/10
Glasses-Free Tabletop 3D Display Technology

The National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) announced that its Universal Research Center in Keihannna Research Labs developed a novel table-style 3D display called "fVisiOn". According to the news release, the 3D display floats virtual 3D objects on a blank flat tabletop surface like a centerpiece and allows......(more)

6/14/10
Communication Technology for Monitoring Power Generation of Solar Panel
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology of Japan (AIST) announced that its collaboration research team has developed a communication technology which uses the direct current (DC) power line ......(more)