Category Archives: Technology

May 18, 2015

“Fujisawa” or PANASONIC’s take on a green town

By GBMC

 

Fujisawa green town (© Getty)

Fujisawa green town (© Getty)

 

Japan is investing in a greener future, and electronics giant Panasonic is leading the way with its ‘smart town’, called Fujisawa.

The environmentally-friendly town was launched at the tail end of last year and, since then, the houses have been occupied with residents who are all keen to do their bit for the environment.

Fujisawa’s price tag is around £320 million. The town will have 1,000 solar-powered homes, along with electric cars and bikes that can be used by the community.

Around 3,000 residents are expected to move in by 2018. Alongside being eco-friendly, the project has also been carefully engineered to protect it against natural disasters.

Read more from:

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/gul/japan-to-build-green-town/ar-BBjLLot

 

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May 15, 2015

Production Honda Jet is ready !!!

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HondaJet makes maiden flight from Sendai to Tokyo !!!

https://youtu.be/oxhYtp6NMuw

Honda Motor Co.’s first jet plane made its maiden flight Thursday 23/04/2015 !!!

The seven-seat aircraft took off from Sendai and landed at Tokyo’s Haneda airport Thursday afternoon.

The company is in line to obtain final approval for the plane from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and plans to start deliveries to U.S. customers later this year.

Read more from:

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/04/23/business/corporate-business/hondajet-makes-maiden-flight-sendai-tokyo/

For the first time at EBACE2015, experience a production HondaJet!

The European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (EBACE), May 19–21, 2015, in Geneva, Switzerland, is Europe’s premier business aviation gathering. This year, a production HondaJet will be showcased for the first time in Europe!!!

“Visit our exhibit to experience the best-in-class performance, comfort and efficiency that make the HondaJet unique. We look forward to seeing you at Booth Z140 and at the Static Display” (Honda Aircraft)

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May 11, 2015

Are Japanese MAGLEV (Magnetic Levitation) Trains the next thing?

By GBMC

 

 

Japanese MAGLEV (Magnetic Levitation) Trains

Japanese MAGLEV (Magnetic Levitation) Trains

 

Why MAGLEV?

Magnetically levitated (MAGLEV) trains are considered as a future application of HTS development. To understand why, we must look briefly at the history of the railroads. The development of trains and rails began in the early 1800s. The modern conventional train is no faster (~110 mph) than those of the late 1890s. So conventional trains have reached the end phase of their development.

France, Germany, and Japan have developed “high-speed” or “bullet” trains capable of speeds of 150-180 mph. This improvement in speed is based upon improved rails and controls. However, this technology has also reached the end phase of its development. One limiting factor for these trains is the expensive and time-consuming maintenance of the rails. So it is the mechanical friction between train wheels and metal tracks that limit this technology. This leads us to the development of the magnetically levitated (no friction) trains.

Read more from:   http://www.lanl.gov/orgs/mpa/stc/train.shtml

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The Chuo Shikansen MAGLEV Project from JR Tokai – JR Central

While its fastest bullet trains can cut the transit time from Tokyo to Osaka from about 6 hours by car to about 2 hours and 20 minutes by bullet train, JR Tokai is dreaming of a next generation maglev system that could go even faster, completing the 500+ kilometer (310+ mile) journey in under an hour.

The Chuo Shinkansen Maglev, a $90B USD Project: a superconducting magnetically levitated (SCMaglev) train design (a type of electrodynamic suspension Maglev), which travels along a U-shaped track at speeds of up 505 km/hr (311 mph).

Read more from:

http://www.dailytech.com/Japanese+Maglev+Train+Begins+Full+Speed+Testing+at+310+mph/article33281.htm

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Want to see what it feels like in such a train (at 500 km/h)?

Check the following demo video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDmH7dfpl0Y

 

 

 

 

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April 27, 2015

Production Honda Jet is ready !!!

By GBMC

 

HondaJet makes maiden flight from Sendai to Tokyo !!!

https://youtu.be/oxhYtp6NMuw

Honda Motor Co.’s first jet plane made its maiden flight Thursday 23/04/2015 !!!

The seven-seat aircraft took off from Sendai and landed at Tokyo’s Haneda airport Thursday afternoon.

The company is in line to obtain final approval for the plane from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and plans to start deliveries to U.S. customers later this year.

Read more from:

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/04/23/business/corporate-business/hondajet-makes-maiden-flight-sendai-tokyo/

 

For the first time at EBACE2015, experience a production HondaJet!

The European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (EBACE), May 19–21, 2015, in Geneva, Switzerland, is Europe’s premier business aviation gathering. This year, a production HondaJet will be showcased for the first time in Europe!!!

“Visit our exhibit to experience the best-in-class performance, comfort and efficiency that make the HondaJet unique. We look forward to seeing you at Booth Z140 and at the Static Display” (Honda Aircraft)

More details from:  https://www.hondajet.com/Event?eventName=ebace

 

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April 20, 2015

England (UK): Hitachi named preferred supplier of AT300 trains !

By GBMC
AT300 trains (Hitachi Ltd)

AT300 trains (Hitachi Ltd)

Hitachi Rail Europe Ltd. has been named the preferred supplier of 29 trains for a key intercity route operated by First Great Western in the southwest of England. Read more from:

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/business/AJ201503240056

 

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April 20, 2015

Back to the future? Belgian Beer made from bread!

By GBMC

 

Babylone Beer

Babylone Beer

 

A small Brussels-based brewery has embarked on a project to make beer from leftover bread, harking back to antiquity, when bread was the main ingredient, rather than barley. This is “Belgian Tech”!

Read more from:

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/04/19/world/babylonian-brew-belgian-makes-beer-bread/?utm_source=digg#.VTQwqOnGPIV

 

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April 13, 2015

Renewable energy projects in Japan

By GBMC
Sakurajima solar plant

Sakurajima solar plant

 

Many local areas in Japan have natural features making them well suited for power plants using renewable energy such as solar, wind and biomass. A growing number of new facilities have been starting operations all over Japan. Here are three examples of them. (source: The Japan News / Yomiuri Shimbun)

Read more from:  http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0002043826?utm_source=digg

 

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April 7, 2015

Japanese real-time speech translation technology

By GBMC
Japanese real-time speech translation technology

Japanese real-time speech translation technology

“The Japanese Internal Affairs Ministry wants to provide real-time machine translation services at sightseeing, shopping and medical venues to help visitors who may feel hesitant about coming to Japan because of the language barrier.

The ministry’s vision reflects the government’s tourism goal, which is to raise the annual number of inbound travelers to 20 million by 2020, from 13 million in 2014.

It is planning to allocate ¥1.38 billion in fiscal 2015 to improve the overall quality of real-time speech translation technology and increase the available languages to 10 or more, including Thai, Vietnamese and Indonesian, to cover 90 percent of the tourists who come to Japan.

The plan to host the Olympics has no doubt increased the urgency of the project, because public and private entities alike have started working together on it on an “all-Japan basis.” (Japan Times)

Read more at:  http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/03/31/reference/translation-tech-gets-olympic-push/#.VRu8nunGPIX

 

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March 30, 2015

Japanese High Tech Industry Challenges

By GBMC
HIgh Tech Industry Challenges

HIgh Tech Industry Challenges

” This is a critical time for Japan’s high-tech industry, and it’s only through leveraging core strengths to facilitate differentiation and implementing a strategy that harnesses group-level synergies, that the industry will be able to reinvent itself at speed and at scale to once more achieve global preeminence. ” (Accenture)

For more details, check: http://www.accenture.com/us-en/Pages/insight-highlights-communications-japanese-consumer-electronics.aspx?c=glb_acnemalert_10001787&n=emc_0215&emc=20757712:emc-031215

 

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March 30, 2015

Corporate News: Hitachi’s rail business expansion in Europe

By GBMC
Hitachi's trains (source: Hitachi.com)

Hitachi’s trains (source: Hitachi.com)

 

Hitachi Ltd’s has agreed to buy the rail signaling business of Italy’s Finmeccanica SpA in its largest overseas purchase ever. It will boost the company’s European manufacturing base, following its previous rail business expansion in the UK.

Read: “Hitachi trains push into Europe to challenge Siemens, Alstom”

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/02/25/business/corporate-business/hitachi-trains-push-into-europe-to-challenge-siemens-alstom/#.VPMeqOk3PIU

Read:  “Hitachi agrees to buy two Finmeccanica rail businesses”

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/02/24/business/corporate-business/hitachi-nears-%c2%a5250-billion-purchase-of-italys-finmeccanica-rail/#.VPMeNOk3PIU

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