List of disaster articles
Developed a sensor that uses the sense of smell of mosquitoes and applied it to disaster robots, such as the University of Tokyo
Professor Shoji Takeuchi (Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo) and Nobuo Misawa, a researcher at the Kanagawa Academy of Science and Technology, collaborated with Sumitomo Chemical on the tactile sensation of mosquitoes […]
University of Tsukuba, Joso City, etc. Conducted drone verification experiment in case of flood
University of Tsukuba, Joso City, Ibaraki Prefecture, Geospatial Information Authority of Japan, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism collaborated to prevent flooding in the Kinugawa River on September 2016, 9 using a drone […]
Obtained a patent for a visualization system for inundation conditions using a car Fukuoka Institute of Technology
Professor Yuji Matsuki of the Department of Electronic and Information Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Fukuoka Institute of Technology has developed a system that can visualize the inundated area of the tsunami in real time. […]
Construction of image recognition system to support search activities in the disaster area Tohoku University and Shinshu University
A group of Tohoku University and Shinshu University has image recognition that supports the discovery of objects from images taken by remote-controlled robots used for search activities, etc. […]
World Impact Assessment World Congress Held for the First Time in Japan
The 36th International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA), in which Professor Takehiko Murayama of the Department of Integrated Science and Engineering, Faculty of Environment and Social Sciences, Tokyo Institute of Technology was involved in planning and management […]
Developed a new blood relationship test method that can understand even "second cousin" Kyoto University
Until now, the research group of Professor Keiji Tamaki of the Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, has been able to determine only parents, children, and siblings using the DNA of oral cells […].
Direct observation by aircraft with the aim of improving the accuracy of typhoon prediction Nagoya University and others
The Flying Body Observation Promotion Center attached to the Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University is planning to proceed with direct observation of typhoons using aircraft in a five-year plan from FY2016 […]
Bunkyo Gakuin University Cooperation with Bunkyo Ward, such as disaster response to foreigners
On June 6, Bunkyo Gakuin University will conclude an "Agreement on Mutual Cooperation in the Event of a Disaster" with Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo.A large-scale disaster has occurred […]
Development of new evaluation method for nuclear facilities, improvement of safety in consideration of changes over time Tokyo City University
The research team of Hitoshi Muta et al., Department of Nuclear Safety Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo City University, has conducted various activities over time in safety-related systems of nuclear facilities […].
Developed a robot that can distinguish voices in debris, Kyoto University, etc.
A snake-shaped robot that can hear the small voices of survivors left behind under a building that collapsed due to an earthquake is a research group at Kyoto University and Tohoku University […]