Movie Archive

No. 23, August 2011

FEATURE

Designing robots for dangerous activities

Shigeo Hirose at the Tokyo Institute of Technology describes their approach for creating practical robots for doing work too hazardous for humans.

No. 22, May 2011

FEATURE

Unprecedented insights into the mysteries of materials and dynamics in the Earth’s deep interior.

Since it is not possible to access and bring up materials from depths greater than 200 km, the deep Earth is still largely uncertain.
Here, Kei Hirose describes the development of the experimental device called laser-heated diamond-anvil cell using a pair of single crystal diamonds, which generates the high-pressure and -temperature conditions that exist inside the Earth.

No. 21, March 2011

FEATURE

In search of new functional materials

An interview with Hideo Hosono of the Frontier Research Center to hear more about his research on new functional materials.