Friday, August 17, 2012

Science View - 2012/03/04





Mar. 4, Sun. 0:10 - 0:40 (UTC) etc.

Bioimaging: Changing the Future of Medicine
J-Innovators:A bicycle wheel-hub specialist, Takaji Nakano
Michelle meets takumi, Takaji Nakano
Nakano's automatic tire-pumping hub caps

J-Innovators:
A bicycle wheel-hub specialist, Takaji Nakano

Today's Takumi, Takaji Nakano, has been making bicycle wheel hubs for sixty years, and, due to competition from overseas, his is the last remaining specialist hub-making company in Japan. Why has Nakano alone been able to survive? The answer lies in energetic product development. His bicycle wheel hubs refill tires with air automatically while the bike is being ridden! You'll never have to fumble with a bicycle pump again! But how does it work? We introduce an innovator who works from a cyclist's own viewpoint. You don't want to miss this!
A robotic arm that moves in response to brain signals
Science Watcher, Katsuyuki Sakai

Science News Watch:
A robotic arm that moves according to the user's own brain signals

Science Watcher Katsuyuki Sakai focuses on a robotic arm. Professor Toshiki Yoshimine's team at Osaka University has managed to get robotic arms that are designed to respond to brain waves of paralyzed patients, and recreate human actions with 60 to 90 per cent accuracy. Professor Sakai is himself a neuroscientist. He says the team has found a practical application for research on how the signals in the brain's motor cortex are linked to body movement. It's exciting to think of the patients this technology might help in the future!
Lighting up early stage cancer
The signal pattern of cellular slime mold
The fluorescent proteins of the Cameleon-Nano change color according to the concentration of calcium ions

The Leading Edge:
Bioimaging: Changing the Future of Medicine

Do you know the term bioimaging? It is a technique for observing living cells by making them shine or light up, and people are saying that it will change the face of medicine. In surgery, for example, doctors can remove cancer cells much more easily when they are lit up. Bioimaging is also leading to rapid advances in our understanding of the mechanisms behind cancer, Alzheimer's, and other pathological conditions. This new understanding should help find these conditions earlier than ever before. Japanese bioimaging technology is at the global forefront. Tune in and see for yourself!



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