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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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Technology
Articles related to technological progress and trends
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Gold with a modified shape supports simple diagnostic methods
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Four-legged dog robots could one day explore the moon
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Turning waste heat into energy
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A Robot Is Helping Reforest The Amazon
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Future Power Generating System using Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
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Is lithium America’s next gold rush?
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A step forward in the quest to replace silicon with 2D chips
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Researchers create breakthrough spintronics manufacturing process that could revolutionize the electronics industry
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Oh God… OpenAI Is Working on a Humanoid Robot
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A New Smart Necklace Could Help Smokers Avoid Relapse and Quit Tobacco for Good
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Electric vehicle batteries could get big boost with new polymer coating
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Mit 3D-printed revolving devices can sense how they are moving
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This vibrating magnetic pill could one day help measure your guts
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Scientists Create Shape-Shifting Robot That Can Melt Through Prison Bars
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Lithium-sulfur batteries are one step closer to powering the future
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Space mining startups see a rich future on asteroids and the moon
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What is machine perception? How artificial intelligence (AI) perceives the world
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These powerful solar panels are as thin as a human hair
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The newest robot dog can scale walls and ceilings
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Self-driving cars are turning into hyperlocal weather stations
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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