NEC and Keio AI Center have developed a technique that turns ordinary smartphone video into a high-fidelity 3D model in as little as one minute. By pairing Gaussian splatting with its own AI, NEC cut generation time to one-tenth and taught the system to erase workers caught on camera. Commercial launch is targeted within fiscal 2027.
Keio University reports up to four years of follow-up on four patients given iPS-derived cells for spinal cord injury: no tumors, no serious harm. What it means, and how Japan's path compares to the US and Europe.
Japan's iPS cell therapy already treated fresh spinal injuries. Now a Keio University team is preparing a trial for the far harder chronic phase, where more than 100,000 patients have long been told regeneration simply isn't possible.
The pygmy sweeper glows blue from its belly, yet a full read of its 625-million-letter genome turns up no gene for the light-making enzyme. A Japanese team has now confirmed, at the genome level, that the fish runs entirely on a protein stolen from its prey, the only known case of its kind, with possible payoffs for oral protein drugs.
Light travels faster through air than glass. By hollowing out the core, OKI, Lightera and Keio University demonstrated a world-first wideband single-fiber bidirectional link. Commercialized, it could cut network power by up to 90 percent. We unpack the race, where Microsoft is already in via its Lumenisity buy, as AI devours electricity.