NIKKEI Monozukuri November 2007

Cover Story
The Creative Brain - Innovation Comes From a Combination of Experience and Motivation

Introduction: Brain Scientist Kenichiro Mogi Talks about the Brain and Innovation
Experimental Portion : This is How We Created. Toshiba, Chiba Institute of Technology, Matsushita Electric Industrial, Taku Satoh Design Office, NSK, Kobe Steel, TOTO, Hakugen
Practical Portion : This is How We Create. Toyota Motor

Interview

Yoshimitsu Kobayashi: President and Chief Executive Officer, Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation/Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation

The Exquisite "X"

Using Three Different Types of Sound Waves to See Clearly Under the Sea

Sites in Figures

Making the Business Process More Efficient and Related Issues

Breaking News

Highly Efficient Steam Electric Generator for Small to Medium-Sized Factories - Kobe Steel Moves Towards a Screw- Type That Does Not Require a Decompression Valve
Newly Coming Electroless Plating,Using Supercritical Fluids or Nanotechnology
Yamaha Motor Develops Magnesium Die-Cast Technology for Manufacturing Large-Scale Thin-Walled Components
Honda Develops New Models for its “Fit” Auto Line-Up
Siemens PLM Software Completes “Homework” Set 5 Years Ago with a Version of Teamcenter That Covers a Wide Range of Businesses

Detailed Reports

Can a Five-Axis Control MC Be Used? The Technology Gap and the Awareness Gap between Japan and Germany

Mechatronics Course - The Plan to Develop a Tea- Serving Automaton

(Part 8)Concept Design for the Controls (3)

The Art of Visualization

(Part 8)VM Implementation To Achieve Visualization of the Manufacturing Site (2)

Basic Geometric Tolerance

(Part 8)Positioning Tolerance II

Global Plant Safety

(Part 8)Measures for Risk Assessment and Risk Reduction for Production Facilities (2)

Talking about Manufacturing in English

(Part 8)Production of Many Models in Small Quantities

SME Relay

Torigoe Plastic Industry/Kitai Sangyo

From the Nikkei Monozukuri Blog

Where Have We Lost Out as a Result of the Advances in Digital Technology?

How to Select and Buy Low-Priced Parts in China

The Seals That Sadly Lacked Adhesive Strength - The Pitfalls That Hide Behind Simple Parts

The Master

Lots of Patients Too Join in the Revelry

Frank Opinion

New Products are Basically Unfinished - Let’s Delve into the Meaning of “Finishing”

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Nikkei Electronics Asia (monthly)

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In-depth Articles from Nikkei Electronics Asia

Cover Story SSDs Challenge HDDs, but Quality a Problem

Solid-state drives (SSD) using NAND Flash memory are beginning to show up in a variety of equipment as storage devices. Prices are dropping as semiconductor technology continues to evolve, accelerating adoption of the drives, but manufacturers must also deal with eroding quality.

Analysis Expanded Use of Silicon Tuners Transforms Tvs

With analog television broadcasting slated for the axe in about two years in Japan, TV broadcast tuners are evolving rapidly, replacing old radio frequency (RF) analog circuits with new integrated circuits (IC) called silicon tuners. Signal demodulators are evolving with them, and by tracing the direction of their evolution it is possible to delineate the shape of tomorrow's TV.

Convenience Stores Lead in Energy Conservation

Convenience store franchises are moving to slash energy consumption following the revision of the Japanese Act on the Rational Use of Energy, and are rapidly becoming showcases for cutting-edge energy-conservation technology. The technologies honed here will spread to other firms in the distribution industry, office buildings and more, eventually worldwide.