A research team of Dr. Tomoaki Mashimo, Associate Prof. of Department of Mechanical Engineering at Toyohashi University of Technology, and Dr. Fumiya Iida, a reader in robotics of the department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge, has successfully developed a leech-shaped robot, “LEeCH”, which can climb vertical wall. LEeCH?Longitudinally Extensible Continuum-robot inspired by Hirudinea, […]
Structure of Electrolyte Controls Battery Performance
The research team at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Information Engineering, Toyohashi University of Technology has reported that adding water into electrolyte improves the function of vanadium oxide, which is one of positive electrode material in calcium-ion batteries. Although water in electrolytes is known to produce many negative effects, it has now been found […]
Wrap An Electrode Material For Li-Ion Battery Into The Inner Spacing Of Carbon Nanotube
Researchers at the Toyohashi University of Technology have demonstrated the electrochemical performance of lithium ion batteries (LIBs) using phosphorus-encapsulated carbon nanotube electrodes, in which red phosphorus with considerable high capacity is introduced into the inner spacing of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) with a tubular structure. The electrodes indicated an improvement in the electrochemical reactivity of red […]
Revolutionizing Electronics Using Kirigami
A research team in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Information Engineering and the Electronics-Inspired Interdisciplinary Research Institute (EIIRIS) at Toyohashi University of Technology has developed an ultrastretchable bioprobe using Kirigami designs. The Kirigami-based bioprobe enables one to follow the shape of spherical and large deformable biological samples such as heart and brain tissues. In […]
First Step Toward Practical Application Of Holographic Memory With Magnetic Assist
In recent years, due to technology such as the Internet and 8K broadcasting, more and more information has been distributed across the world. Along this trend, there is a demand for an innovative storage method for storing large volumes of data at ultra-high recording density and at ultra-high speed. Magnetic-holographic memory meets this demand. This […]
Smooth Propagation Of Spin Waves Using Gold
Assistant Professor Taichi Goto at Toyohashi University of Technology elucidated the noise generation mechanism of the spin wave (SW), the wave of a magnetic moment transmitted through magnetic oxide, and established a way to suppress it. The large noise generated by SWs traveling through magnetic oxides has presented a significant obstacle to its applications. However, […]
Success In Recognizing Digits And Monosyllables With High Accurary From Brain Activity Measurement
A Japanese research collaborative has developed a technology that can recognize the numbers zero to nine with 90 percent accuracy using electroencephalogram (EEG) readings while the subject utters the numbers. Furthermore, the technology can also recognize 18 types of Japanese monosyllables from EEG signals with 60 percent accuracy, demonstrating the possibility of an EEG-activated typewriter […]
Development Of A New Thermoelectric Material For A Sustainable Society
Thermoelectric materials, which can directly convert thermal energy into electrical energy (Seebeck effect), can be effectively used for the development of a clean and environmentally compatible power-generation technology However, these materials are not commonly used for practical applications as they mostly include toxic and/or expensive elements. Recently, researchers at the Materials Function Control Laboratory at […]
Can The Brain Feel It? The World’s Smallest Extracellular Needle-Electrodes
A research team in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Information Engineering and the Electronics-Inspired Interdisciplinary Research Institute (EIIRIS) at Toyohashi University of Technology developed 5-μm-diameter needle-electrodes on 1 mm × 1 mm block modules. This tiny needle may help solve the mysteries of the brain and facilitate the development of a brain-machine interface. The […]
Can Robots Recognize Faces Even Under Backlighting?
Vision-based face detection and recognition is one of the most rapidly growing research areas in computer vision and robotics and is widely used in several human related applications. However, vision-based face detection and recognition has been shown to be effective only under normal illumination conditions. In developing an algorithm for face detection and recognition, it […]