Backcasting R&D

Identify essential social issues and create breakthrough technology that bring the innovation in the future society

Starting from what is a worldwide issue -the global agenda- we engaged in discussions with external experts in international institutions and universities, with customers, and with start-ups and have embraced as the next society:
•Environmentally neutral society
•Society with 100-year active life
•Digital technologies, people and society evolve together
Without being distracted by the immediate issues, we identify the essential social issues that need to be solved by backcasting from the next society, and create innovative breakthrough technologies that bring about changes in the industrial structure.

The next society

Environmentally neutral society

Understanding and controlling the appropriate flow of things, materials and energy

Society with 100-year active life

Understanding, maintaining and improving cell function

Digital technologies, people and society evolve together

Improving judgment and creativity of people and society

Hitachi × Experts from leading academic institutions × Startups × Customers

Creation of breakthrough technologies

Environmentally neutral society

Arrival of a hydrogen-based society where carbon-neutrality is achieved/Progressing circular economy leading to zero waste and a complete recycling-based society

Society with 100-year active life

Eradication of cancers with biomedical technlogy/Freedom in workstyle enables by evolution of AR/VR

Digital technologies, people and society evolve together

Wide range of automated operations enabled by advances in AI/Acceleration of technology development cycle by quantum computers

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