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JAPAN WUT PODCAST 172 "MECH JANITORS"


ON PODCAST 171

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Would you inject artificial blood if your life depended on it? Would you put your children on a self-driving bus? Can you trust AI CEOs that love being part of the World Economic Forum?

Show Notes

WEIRD CORNERS

Clinical trial on artificial blood cells to begin in Japan

Common wild amphibians banned from Yahoo auctions

Train travels all day long with corpse aboard in Tokyo area

SOCIETY 5.0

JR West now has giant robots performing maintenance work via VR-goggled operators

Utilizing AI to realize demand forecasting and plan optimization for the global manufacturing supply chain

Prime Minister Kishida announces that autonomous driving will be implemented at 10 locations, eliminating the need for a driver

Self-driving buses move smoothly through tunnels in Hokkaido's Kamishihoro town

Kawasaki City to begin demonstration experiment of self-driving buses that cross prefectural borders, the first in Japan, from January next year, aiming for "driverless" by 2027

Tier IV, whose president is an autonomous driving engineer, is ranked "No. 1 in Japan" in fundraising! Survey conducted from January to June 2024

Nissan-backed China's self-driving WeRide applies for IPO in U.S.

Denso-affiliated J-QuAD sees second consecutive quarterly profit increase due to "special demand" caused by autonomous driving development?

Toyota's research and development expenditure hits record high of 1.3 trillion yen! Will it be used for "Autonomous Driving" and "Woven City"?

NEXCO Central conducts demonstration experiment of self-driving snowplow on Shin-Tomei Expressway


SUPPLY CHAIN WARS

Chinese takeover of European seaports: EU turned a blind eye on security risks for years, experts say - Follow the Money - Platform for investigative journalism

Linked by Russia, North Korea and Belarus vow ‘new era’ of bilateral ties

Japan devising support plan on trade, decarbonization for Central Asia

Uber, China’s BYD, form partnership to deploy 100,000 EVs in EU and Latin America

Taiwan is readying citizens for a Chinese invasion. It’s not going well.

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