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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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Technology
Articles related to technological progress and trends
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Contribution: Current State and Future Outlook of Brazing
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Tesla AI chief explains why self-driving cars don’t need lidar
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Intel sees bright future for “silicon photonics”
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No batteries, no sweat, wearable biofuel cells now produce electricity from lactate
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What’s next after mmWave networks? – Madden
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The Challenges of TANAKA Precious Metals
– Strategy for Rapid Expansion in Automobiles and Semiconductors(4)-
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Global chip shortage affects more than cars
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Huge potential for electronic textiles made with new cellulose thread
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The Challenges of TANAKA Precious Metals : Episode 3
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Mars Rover tires to become available for use on Earth
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The Challenges of TANAKA Precious Metals : Episode 2
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Commercial battery cells that can monitor their own chemical and thermal state
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Role of exciton lifetimes in enabling highly efficient organic solar cells
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Ultra-long-life “nano-diamond battery” produced from nuclear-waste
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Reviewing recent advancements in the development of neuro-inspired computing chips
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A brain-inspired architecture for human gesture recognition
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MIT CSAIL teams propose grippers with a humanlike sense of touch
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Can “NVIDIA + Mercedes” stop Tesla’s monopoly?
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3GPP completes latest 5G NR spec with Release 16
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The five: robots helping to tackle coronavirus
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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