Woodgrain phones. What a concept!
Remembering the Sharp Touch Wood phone
PopSci's 'Wonders Of The Year 2020' (from 2011)
People had lofty ambitions for the future in 2011? How did they pan out?
Black holes, lasers, and quantum computing
Out of the void, into computing.
The radioactive boar-pigs of Fukushima
Piggin’ hell!
Hospitals in Osaka, Japan are struggling with new COVID-19 wave
It’s not looking good for Japan right now.
The internet cafe refugees of Japan
Shiho Fukada’s three-part documentary is based on his portrait series, Japan’s Disposable Workers. This video looks at workers known as Net Cafe Refugees.
Fugaku: Japan's new next-gen supercomputer
The government aim to start using Fugaku in 2021. Back in 2009, I started working at Fujitsu in Stevenage, UK. 10 years later and they’re helping to make a supercomputer for Japan. Together with the RIKEN research institute, they are developing a new supercomputer for the nation. The name Fugaku was announced on 23rd May …
Dr James Allison and Tasuku Honjo win Nobel Prize for their work in cancer immunotherapy
James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo shared the Nobel prize for their efforts ‘harnessing the cancer patient’s own immune system to destroy tumours’.