“Autonomous vehicles (AVs) represent a major innovation for the automotive industry, but their potential impact with respect to timing, uptake, and penetration remains hazy. While high levels of uncertainty currently surround the issue, the ultimate role that AVs could play regarding the economy, mobility, and society as a whole could be profound.” (Mc Kinsey)
Blood_donor_card_japan (By 四葉亭四迷 CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons)
“Despite the fact that the Japanese live longer than nearly anyone else, the country’s healthcare system is ailing. Healthcare spending as a percentage of GDP has more than doubled since 1990, and is now greater than the OECD average. Experts say by the year 2030, costs could reach as high as 20% of GDP. The country’s rapidly ageing population and a preference by patients for hospital treatment over home-based care add further pressures to an already overburdened system.
The government of Japan has been examining ways of making the system more cost-effective by studying programmes relating to wellness, disease prevention, treatment and early detection. In this regard, the European Business Council in Japan (EBC) and the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ) have collaborated on the Health Policy White Paper 2015, containing a series of 41 topic areas and covering nearly 200 recommendations for improving the Japanese healthcare system.“ (Source: EUROBIZ Japan)
The Paris Air Show 2015 (Le Bourget) has just ended! Again, it has been a major attraction for the Aerospace business in Europe and worldwide. Of course, we were there!
ANALYSIS: Paris air show 2015 order tracker (Source: Flightglobal.com)
SIAE 2015 AIRBUS vs BOEING
SIAE 2015 Order values by Manufacturer (Flightglobal)
Hereunder we post a few interesting things/videos/planes which we saw, recorded or noted on site:
1) MRJ First Taxiing June 8, 2015
MRJ (Mitsubishi Regional Jet) has successfully marked a first taxiing test at the Nagoya Airport on June 8, 2015 by Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation (MITAC) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI).
Besides the 70-seat and 90-seat models being tested now, Mitsubishi Aircraft is planning to add a 100-seat version. So far, 400 units (purchase options included) have been sold.
A mock up was shown in the MRJ chalet at the Bourget show. The following video was shown by Mitsubishi Aircraft at the GNIC symposium.
Check out the following video:
2) The US-2 from ShinMeiwa
The US-2 is an Amphibian Aircraft for Sea Search & Rescue, Maritime Patrol, Emergency Transportation and even Fire Fighting! ShinMeiwa was present at the Bourget on the shared SJAC booth.
Check out the following video:
3) The A380 demo flight at the Bourget show
“Ten years after the A380’s quietly impressive airborne choreography wowed the crowds at its Le Bourget debut, AIRBUS continues to insist that a commercial breakthrough for the world’s largest airliner is on the horizon, even if it now concedes its flagship is not going to transform long-haul flying in the way the world’s first jumbo jet, the Boeing 747, did in the 1980s. However, with airlines and passengers having had plenty time to get used to the ultra-large airliner and no orders for the type for many months, even Airbus’s modest targets could be ambitious.” (Source: Flightglobal.com)
Check out the following video:
4) Miscellaneous FLYING DISPLAYs (GBMC hand-made Videos by M. Motoko Huysveld)
You will find, among the following videos, Flying Displays of Airbus Military A400M, Dassault Falcon 8X, Dassault Rafale, AIRBUS A380, Helicopter NH90 Caiman as well as Acrobatics / Extra Aircrafts !!
Tomy Co introduced a conversation robot jointly developed with NTT Docomo Inc. that it claims can hold “natural” conversations with people.
“We want to develop toys that are not only for play, but also for jumping into people’s everyday lives to make them more convenient,” said Tomy COO H.G. Meiji.
The robot, Ohanas, is scheduled for release on Oct. 1 (in Japanese only) and converses with help from a cloud-based conversation database that Docomo calls the “natural-language dialogue platform,” the two firms said.
“The SES project has featured major changes over the last year. Perspectives from major players around the industry provide an in-depth look at this herculean effort to bring the technologically progressed air transportation system that the Eurozone needs to manage the existing and projected growth in air travel.” (Avionics Magazine)
Airbus_A380_blue_sky (By Flickr user Axwel [CC BY 2.0] via Wikimedia Commons)
“Paris Air Show is the undisputed queen of the air shows. The most venerable – the first was staged in 1909 – it is also by far the largest, with over 2,200 exhibitors and almost 140,000 professional visitors turning up to the 2013 event. The week-long bonanza – with four trade days – is not to everyone’s taste. Its sheer scale and location – on a business airfield in a down-at-heel suburb north of the city, often gridlocked during the week – mean getting into and around the show can be difficult. Humidity and frequent downpours can add to the discomfort. However, there is no doubt that the biennial event remains the place to meet and be seen for anyone in the aerospace industry.” (source: Flightglobal.com)
The city of La Rochelle in France has just hosted, in the context of the EU experiment “Citymobil 2″, a fleat of fully automated and electric vehicles with the aim of transporting city passengers and of checking the ” social acceptability” of the project. 14.661 journeys were counted on board of six minibuses operated without drivers during a period of over 4 months in La Rochelle (France). 100% Electric (EVs), these vehicules are 5 m long and 1.5 m wide and can carry up to 10 people. Their speed in public areas may not exceed 15 km/h and has even been reduced to 8 km/h in order to avoid incidents in this seaside touristic town. There were however no collisions/accidents during the test period!
These automated buses, built by the French manufacturer Robosoft, are connected to monitoring systems and are equipped with an advanced GPS system as well as a laser mapping system for localisation and movement control. To detect obstacles at front and on the side (bicycles, walkers, starting cars …), laser and ultrasound devices are used.
Read more(Article and Video in French from “Actu Environnement”) at:
“Toshiba, Honda and Sekisui House Bring the Future to the Present with a Real-World Smart Home”
The three companies created together a newly-built, fully livable, two-household model home that envisions a lifetime of comfort and sustainability, and embodies the goal of a zero carbon emission lifestyle by the year 2020. This model home is being used to test and verify technologies for future lifestyles by putting them into practical use.
MAGLEV (Magnetic Levitation) Train Applications are being developped, tested and slowly implemented in China and in Japan. What about one day a MAGLEV service speeding at an average speed of 500 km/h and linking Paris – Brussels – Berlin – Warsaw – Moscow – Pekin – Osaka – Tokyo in one day, competing with airplanes?
Find out more in this paper (in French) of Pr Jean Englebert:
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