The Japanese startup PD Aerospace is developing a reusable space plane that will use a combination of jet engines and a rocket motor to take customers to space by as early as 2023.
A Japanese team is testing a small prototype space elevator. The pair of satellites will be released from the ISS and a container acting like an elevator car will be moved on a cable connecting the satellites using a motor.
The roads will generate energy through a series of solar panels that are installed underneath the surface of the streets.
Fourth industrial revolution driven by robots is shaping urban spaces and urban life in response to opportunities and challenges in economic, social, political and healthcare domains.
Shimizu, the architectural and contracting company, is ready to trial three different autonomous construction robots.The robots will be used to fill the gap of the generation of Japanese workers entering retirement.
The bacteria i. sakaiensis has proven to be more efficient than a fungus that is contributing to the natural biodegradation of PET.
The Cray XC50 supercomputer's mission is to advance nuclear fusion research and development.
Nissan will begin testing its Easy Ride self-driving taxi service in Yokohama, Japan in early March in hopes of launching the full service by the start of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
The overall goal of the high-rise, dubbed W350, is to help realize an environmentally conscious city of wooden buildings that would transform Tokyo into a “forest.”
Device displays electrocardiogram recorded by skin sensor, holds promise for home healthcare applications.
Erica, a lifelike android designed to look like a 23-year-old woman, may soon become a TV news anchor in Japan.
It may not be long before humans coexist with robots. So let’s take it positively and move forward.
Dozens of cities and towns in Japan have quietly shifted from traditional utility-based grid power system to a more local, resilient model of generating and storing power where it is used.
Robots designed to look after children are being introduced in Japanese nurseries.
Researchers at Osaka University have developed a prototype robot with a double swing arm mechanism and hydraulically powered 'hands'.
