It seems that sugar may be the missing ingredient for building rechargeable batteries that are more robust, cheaper, and capable of storing more energy. Researchers at the Tokyo University o... Read more
Your rooftop farm is cute and all, but this garden in a box could be the true solution to growing produce in urban environments. Short on space but hankering for some fresh vegetables? The $... Read more
RESEARCHERS have developed a robot that can beat humans at rock-paper-scissors every damn time. Naturally it’s a Japanese invention. The robot was developed by scientists at the Sensor... Read more
This talk marks the moment an innovation paradigm crossed the chasm to become an early adapter paradigm. Climate change did it 40 years ago… over the next 3-5 years End of Growt... Read more
The reversals have gripped Japan with a sense of national angst over its future A few years ago, the densely built-up coastal region around this port was called Panel Bay because of its conc... Read more
There could also be civil applications for the new method Scientists at Northwestern University, Illinois, have outlined a new method for detecting electromagnetic radiation at the high ener... Read more
DALIAN, Liaoning – Government incentives are important to pave a low-carbon road for economic growth, and the corporate sector should be the main player through technological improveme... Read more
This technology puts wind cost below coal and nuclear without subsidies Necessity, as we’ve all been told can sometimes be the mother of invention. In Japan, there is a necessity for a power... Read more
Image via Wikipedia It is the Achilles’ heel of 3-D television: the clunky glasses that viewers must wear to see images pop out in 3-D. But Rieko Fukushima, a researcher at Toshiba, develope... Read more