NIKKEI Monozukuri May 2009

Cover Story
Time to Focus on Human-Resources Development

Part 1: Guidelines for the Near Future
Part 2: Environments and Mechanisms that Encourage Learning
Part 3: Drawing Out the Mindset to Take up Challenges

Interview

Sadayuki Sakakibara, President,CEO and COO, Toray Industries, Inc.

The Exquisite "X"

What are the Secrets of Being Able to Use Something Long and Lightly?

Sites in Figures

The Real Power of Engineers

Breaking News

Honda and Two Other Companies Develop Brain-Machine Interface Technology Enabling Control of a Robot
Korea’s Manufacturing Sector Tries to Woo Japanese Engineers
Sagawa Express Moves towards Developing a Service that Integrates All Handlings of Its Recall-Related Business
Japan Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (JAMA) Presents the Effectiveness of 3D Annotated Model
High-Speed Processing of Molds Using 5-Axis Machining CAM
Small- and Medium-Sized Manufacturers Set up a Council for Obtaining Certification for Elevator Safety

The Plan to Develop a Tea- Serving Automaton - Detailed Design Edition

(Part 14) Improved Design for the Arm Portion

Toyota-Style Human Resources Development

(Part 14) Management and “Kaizen” in Order to Maintain High Quality - Employees’ State of Mind Also Plays a Hidden
Part in Deterioration

Practicing Modular Design

(Part 2) Advanced Examples in Modular Design

Winning Design

(Part 2) Winning Over Your Goals

Points of Factory Safety

(Part 14) Installation Methods of Safety Barriers and Related Equipments

SME Relay

Chuo Chemical Co., Ltd. Preparing Metal Cleaning Products According to Application
Asahi Kinzoku Kogyo Co., Ltd. Uses Progressive Pressing for the Vertical Cross-Section Punching Process

The Master

Making Airplanes All-Electric

Accident Investigation

Reducing Road Accidents by Using Drive Recorders

Documentary - R&D

ICI Design Institute’s “SME Unique Product Challenge”
(Part 2)The First Product Went and Died

Frank Opinion

Aomori Prefecture’s Sanhachi Region Kills “Three” Birds with One Stone through Cooperation between Industry, Academia, and Government

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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.