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Designing Trains That Blend Seamlessly into Daily Life

"Subways are highly public by nature, so it's not a priority to stand out but to simply match with urban needs": These words describe Hitachi's new Series 3000 of train, which are being used in Miyagi Prefecture's Sendai City's Namboku Subway Line, winning the 2024 Good Design Award in the proces...
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Hitachi Social InnovationDesign & User experienceMobilityLifestyle

The People of Hitachi: "Bringing Change to Society via the World of the Ultra-Microscopic" as the Challenge of a Researcher

The kid who used to gaze at the stars in the night sky with a telescope in hand is now using an electron microscope to unravel the mysteries of a world so minuscule that no one has ever seen it before. At such a small size, this is the atomic level—the smallest unit of matter. And he, as a world ...
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Hitachi Social InnovationMeasurement & AnalysesMaterials science & Production engineeringManufacturing

A Vacuum Cleaner for the Circular Economy

One of the core ideas that will enable us to reach a truly sustainable society is the “circular economy” - a concept in which products are repeatedly recycled to eliminate waste. Hitachi’s stick cleaner, designated the PV-BH900SK, is one such product developed to be recyclable. The key to its suc...
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Hitachi Social InnovationDesign & User experienceLifestyleCircular economy

Working Hand in Glove with Technology

Passing on the skills of experienced workers to the next generation has long been a challenge for manufacturers. To solve this problem, a team at Hitachi R&D is developing a glove called “FREEDi”. The glove uses multiple built-in sensors to monitor the movement, finger pressure and noises when a ...
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Hitachi Social InnovationDesign & User experienceMeasurement & AnalysesSoftware & SystemsManufacturingFREEDi

Introduction of "Common Ground," with a Case Study: What It Is and How it Connects the Digital and Physical

Kyoso-no-Mori is a Hitachi, Ltd. research and development site in Kokubunji City, just outside of Tokyo. Situated in a vast and thriving forest, this site is the place of research and initiative to implement "Common Ground," a concept aimed at people and robots possessing a common understanding. ...
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Hitachi Social InnovationSoftware & SystemsDesign & User experienceUrbanPublic sectorInnovation ecosystemCyber-physical system

Supporting the Supply of Energy in Times of Disaster with EV Batteries

Reimagining electric vehicles (EVs), which are a means of transport and haulage, as “moving storage batteries” to be used in times of disaster… this is a new social system being designed by Toshiomi Moriki, a researcher of Hitachi. In the past, the word “design” focused on the design of visible o...
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Hitachi Social InnovationDigital service platformsEnergyMobilityElectricity & PowerPublic sector

AI Presenting Decarbonized Future Scenarios: For Use in Policymaking

In response to heat waves, torrential rains, and worsening global warming, the Japanese government set a goal in October 2020 to achieve “carbon neutrality”—the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to essentially zero—by 2050. Prefectures and municipalities around Japan are also declaring themse...
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Hitachi Social InnovationAI & Data sciencePublic sectorDecarbonizationCarbon neutralSustainability

Hitachi's Head of Design on the Relationship Between Social Innovation and Design

Even before the concept of “Design Thinking” was well known, Hitachi, Ltd. had been working on designs with designers collaborating with researchers. In fact, Hitachi's design department was established in 1957, and at that time, it was rare to have a design department within a company. The role ...
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Hitachi Social InnovationDesign & User experienceDesign thinking

The Metaverse: Supporting Social Infrastructure by Reproducing Railway Tracks and Trains

If you shake your game controller in a live music venue reproduced in a virtual space, your avatar also shakes a penlight. When most people hear the "metaverse," they probably imagine someone wearing a head-mounted display (or goggles) and attending an event in a virtual space. You can see a perf...
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Hitachi Social InnovationAI & Data scienceSoftware & SystemsControl systems & MechatronicsMobilityManufacturingGenerative AIMetaverse

What Are “Designed Cells” and Why Are They Attracting Attention?

Hope always exists for better treatments for people suffering from cancer or other intractable diseases. In the spotlight as a therapy that might be able to realize these hopes is gene and cell therapy. This treatment involves cells specially designed to have functional enhancements and then intr...
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Hitachi Social InnovationLife sciencesHealthcareDesignCellBackcasting R&DSociety with 100-year active life

The Present and Future of “Quantum Computers”

In recent years, the term "quantum computer" is being used more and more. If commercialized, quantum computers will be able to perform calculations that far exceed the processing speed of conventional computers and are expected to revolutionize the development of new drugs and other products. But...
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Hitachi Social InnovationBackcasting R&DDigital technologies・people and society evolve togetherSilicon Quantum ComputerQuantum computer

The People of Hitachi: A researcher's ambition to create happiness in the workplace

"Happiness improves personal productivity, and this also has a direct connection to the economy," says Kazuo Yano, Fellow at Hitachi. Kazuo is also the chairman of the board and CEO of Happiness Planet, Ltd., a venture company established and invested by Hitachi. Happiness Planet, Ltd. provides a...
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