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About Elements
Creating technology to support society
for a beautiful future
TANAKA is a precious metals specialist that excels at delivering innovation to the world that brings value to society. “Elements” is an online media circulated by TANAKA Precious Metals that focuses on technology and sustainability information in line with the business and values of the company. It provides hints for creating a better society and prosperous earth for the future in response to the rapid paradigm shift of the modern world.
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Innovation
Articles featuring innovation for creating the future of society and industry
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INNOVATION WORLD FESTA 2023
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Australian Startup Mimics Trees to Make Cheaper Green Hydrogen
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AI Energy Crisis Boosts Interest in Chips That Do It All
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What’s Next for Power Electronics? Beyond Silicon
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TANAKA Reception Party in San Francisco 2019 Report “TANAKA and the Evolving Semiconductor Industry”
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How data centres and new power semiconductor technologies can support decarbonization
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Diamond-based electronics could help power your laptop one day — as researchers claim hardest semiconductor holds key to carbon-neutrality in energy market
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Apple and Tesla Veterans Aim to Help Japan Design AI Chips
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Application and Value of Optimal Precious Metals in Surgery and Medical Treatments that are Gentle on the Patient
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Why Making Computer Chips Has Become a New Global Arms Race
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AI chip built using ancient Samsung tech is claimed to be as fast as Nvidia A100 GPU — prototype is smaller and much more power efficient but is it just too good to be true?
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Solid-state batteries: inside the race to transform the science of electric vehicles
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SEMICON West 2017 Report “The key to Miniaturization”
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Brilliant Labs’s Frame glasses serve as multimodal AI assistant
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How some automakers are still pushing ahead for a hydrogen-powered future
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A robot surgeon is headed to the ISS to dissect simulated astronaut tissue
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SEMICON West 2016 Report “Future is Flexible”
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A tiny radioactive battery could keep your future phone running for 50 years
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Amazon to generate hydrogen on-site with Plug Power’s electrolyzer system
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Space Mining’s Best Prospect Is VC Money, Not Asteroid Gold
Introducing articles about TANAKA featured in the Japanese edition of Business Insider, the largest news site in North America
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This Japanese precious metal manufacturer is leading the development of metal plating for smartphone connectors
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The creation of a new high-entropy alloy is opening up possibilities in manufacturing, from 3D printing to paste-like inks
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