Science View - 2012/11/01

Nov. 1, Thu.
The Amazing World of Dolphins and Whales
J-Innovators:A Cart that Moves Without a Motor
Reporter Michelle Yamamoto meets this week's J-Innovataor, Shigeharu Ikeda (left)
The motor-less industrial cart developed by Shigeharu Ikeda

J-Innovators:
A Cart that Moves Without a Motor

The largest producer of automobile transmissions has come up with a unique type of industrial cart that can move automatically, without a motor! The cart is currently used on the company's factory floor. Surprisingly, the technology used in this high-tech cart took inspiration from a mechanical doll made 200 years ago in Japan. When the inventors of the cart saw the doll move, they were sure they could use the same technology in their own factory. Since the introduction of the carts, the company has been able to reduce operating costs, increasing their competitive edge. Michelle Yamamoto reports on this new energy-saving industrial cart.
John Gathright
A device that produces methane gas from raw waste

Science News Watch:
Turning Waste into Energy

Hybrid and electric cars are becoming more and more commonplace. But a new breed of cars powered by even newer technologies may be arriving on your streets soon. Science watcher John Gathright picks up on a news story about a car that runs on methane. But it doesn't use just any ordinary methane, it's methane from a surprisingly familiar waste product. Professor Tatsuya Hasegawa and his team at Nagoya University have developed a technique to extract methane from the waste product with sponges. How do the sponges work, and what produces the methane? You'll have to tune in to find out more about this new technology that is already being used in India.
An experiment to determine if Nakku the beluga whale can remember the names of things.
Rubbing is a mode of communication among dolphins

The Leading Edge:
The Amazing World of Dolphins and Whales

Dolphins and beluga whales are known for their intelligence. Their brains are the second largest relative to body mass in the animal kingdom behind humans. Recent research has focused on three abilities: Mimicking human speech, remembering the names of things, and engaging in playful physical contact with each other. But the intelligence of dolphins and belugas whales isn't the only thing that's amazing about them. They are also capable of emitting ultra-high frequency signals that help them avoid obstacles, find their prey and even find out how big their prey is. A new kind of sensor inspired by this ability has even found its way into commercial fishing. Tune in to find out just how amazing dolphins and belugas are.

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