Science View - 2012/09/20

Sep. 20, Thu.
New Wind Turbine Technologies
J-Innovators:Curved-surface Printing Technology
Reporter Michelle Yamamoto with J-Innovator Koji Muraoka
A photo printed on a mobile phone cover

J-Innovators:
Curved-surface Printing Technology

Printing onto the surface of 3D objects! Today, we introduce an innovator who has made that possible. The results are amazingly clear even on curve corners and other complex shapes. The technology can print on anything from mobile phones to even the frames of glasses. Previous technologies suffered from distortion around curves and that made it hard to achieve quality results. Now, thanks to this innovator's device, superb printing is available for every shape of surface. It can even be used to print on circuit boards and semi-conductors. So, how is it done? Michelle Yamamoto finds out about a technique that has expanded the possibilities of printing.
Science Watcher Eiji Mizushima
The Japanese gecko was thought to be a species native to Japan but we now know that it was probably introduced.

Science News Watch:
Is the Japanese Gecko an Introduced Species?

Science watcher Eiji Mizushima focuses on news that the Japanese gecko might well be a species not native to Japan. Up until now, Scientists thought the species was native to Japan, but new DNA analysis by a group at the University of Hyogo has cast doubt on that assumption. The group has pointed out that the gecko is absent from poetry and other writings in Japan until the end of the 12th century. But how and when did the gecko arrive in Japan? Dr. Mizushima reports on one of his favorite kinds of stories, one where scientific progress overturns longstanding assumptions about the world.
Rena Yamada with Science Watcher Eiji Mizushima
Yuji Oya of the Kyushu University Research Institute for Applied Mechanics in front of a floating wind turbine platform.
Members of a research group on new wind turbines discuss the solution to a problem.
The new wind-lens turbine

The Leading Edge:
New Wind Turbine Technologies

A Japanese research group is working on a new technique that could triple the output of wind power generators. Called the wind-lens turbine, it gathers the wind in a way similar to the way a lens concentrates light. But what exactly is a wind-lens turbine? It's simpler than you think, but you'll have to tune in to find it out. Tests using the turbines have already started out at sea in preparation for future widespread use. Effective use of wind around Japan's coast could even potentially provide more energy than Japan currently uses. Tune in to find out about the latest developments in this cutting edge technology.

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