Technology List of Japanese inventions and discoveries




1 technology

1.1 audio technology
1.2 batteries
1.3 calculators
1.4 cameras
1.5 chindōgu
1.6 domestic appliances
1.7 electronics
1.8 game controllers
1.9 printing
1.10 robotics
1.11 space exploration
1.12 storage technology
1.13 television
1.14 textiles
1.15 timekeeping
1.16 transport
1.17 weapons
1.18 wireless transmission
1.19 writing , correction implementations





technology


airsoft
airsoft originated in japan, spread hong kong , china in late 1970s. inventor of first airsoft gun tanio kobayashi.


blue laser
in 1992 japanese inventor shuji nakamura invented first efficient blue led.


japanese typewriter
the first typewriter based on japanese writing system invented kyota sugimoto in 1929.


jōmon pottery
the jōmon pottery (縄文式土器, jōmon-shiki doki) type of ancient pottery made during jōmon period in japan. term jōmon (縄文) means rope-patterned in japanese, describing patterns pressed clay. pottery vessels crafted in ancient japan during jōmon period accepted oldest pottery in japan. bits of pottery discovered in cave in northwest coast of modern-day kyushu date far 12,700 bce in radiometric dating tests. believed many jōmon pottery made earlier date. however, due ambiguity , multiple sources claiming different dates based on different dating techniques, difficult sure how far jōmon pottery made. sources claim archaeological discoveries far 14th millennium bce.


ks steel
magnetic resistant steel 3 times more resistant tungsten steel, invented kotaro honda.


mkm steel
mkm steel, alloy containing nickel , aluminum, developed in 1931 japanese metallurgist tokuhichi mishima.


neodymium magnet
neodymium magnets invented independently in 1982 general motors (gm) , sumitomo special metals.


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qr code
the qr code, type of matrix barcode, invented denso wave in 1994.


tactile paving
the original tactile paving developed seiichi miyake in 1965. paving first introduced in street in okayama city, japan, in 1967. use gradually spread in japan , around world.

audio technology

sony discman d121



compact disc player
sony released world s first cd player, called cdp-101, in 1982, using slide-out tray design compact disc.


physical modelling synthesis
the first commercially available physical modelling synthesizer yamaha s vl-1 in 1994.


commercial digital recording
commercial digital recording pioneered in japan nhk , nippon columbia, known denon, in 1960s. first commercial digital recordings released in 1971.


karaoke
there various disputes first invented name karaoke (a japanese word meaning empty orchestra ). 1 claim karaoke styled machine invented japanese musician daisuke inoue in kobe, japan, in 1971.


portable cd player
sony s discman, released in 1984, first portable cd player.


perpendicular recording
perpendicular recording first demonstrated in late nineteenth century danish scientist valdemar poulsen, first person demonstrate sound recorded magnetically. there weren’t many advances in perpendicular recording until 1976 when dr. shun-ichi iwasaki (president of tohoku institute of technology in japan) verified distinct density advantages in perpendicular recording. in 1978, dr. t. fujiwara began intensive research , development program @ toshiba corporation resulted in perfection of floppy disk media optimized perpendicular recording , first commercially available magnetic storage devices using technique.


digital audio tape recorder
heitaro nakajima resigned post head of nhk s technical research laboratories , joined sony. 4 years earlier @ nhk, nakajima had commenced work on digitization of sound , within 2 years had developed first digital audio tape recorder


vowel-consonant synthesis
a type of hybrid digital-analogue synthesis first employed casiotone keyboards in 1980s.

batteries

lithium-ion battery
akira yoshino invented modern li-ion battery in 1985. in 1991, sony , asahi kasei released first commercial lithium-ion battery using yoshino s design.

calculators

pocket calculator
the first portable calculators appeared in japan in 1970, , marketed around world. these included sanyo icc-0081 mini calculator , canon pocketronic, , sharp qt-8b micro compet . sharp put in great efforts in size , power reduction , introduced in january 1971 sharp el-8, marketed facit 1111, close being pocket calculator. weighed 1 pound, had vacuum fluorescent display, , rechargeable nicad batteries. first pocket-sized electronic calculator busicom le-120a handy , marketed in 1971.

cameras

digital single-lens reflex camera
on august 25, 1981 sony unveiled prototype of first still video camera, sony mavica. camera analog electronic camera featured interchangeable lenses , slr viewfinder. @ photokina in 1986, nikon revealed prototype analog electronic still slr camera, nikon svc, first digital slr. prototype body shared many features n8008.
portapak
in 1967, sony unveiled first self-contained video tape analog recording system portable.

chindōgu

chindōgu japanese art of inventing ingenious everyday gadgets that, on face of it, seem ideal solution particular problem. however, chindōgu has distinctive feature: attempting use 1 of these inventions find causes many new problems, or such significant social embarrassment, has no utility whatsoever. thus, chindōgu described unuseless – is, cannot regarded useless in absolute sense, since solve problem; however, in practical terms, cannot positively called useful. term chindōgu coined kenji kawakami.


domestic appliances

bladeless fan
the first bladeless fan patented toshiba in 1981.


electric rice cooker



electric rice cooker
invented designers @ toshiba corporation in late 1940s.


rfiqin
an automatic cooking device, invented mamoru imura , patented in 2007.

electronics

sony u-matic cassette recorder tape



glass integrated circuit
shunpei yamazaki invented integrated circuit made entirely glass , 8-bit central processing unit.


plastic central processing unit
shunpei yamazaki invented central processing unit made entirely plastic.


microprocessor
the intel 4004 regarded first commercially available microprocessor. first known advertisement 4004 dated november 15, 1971 , appeared in electronic news. microprocessor designed team consisting of american engineers marcian hoff, stanley mazor , federico faggin , japanese engineer masatoshi shima.


parametron
eiichi goto invented parametron in 1954 alternative vacuum tube. japanese computers used parametrons until superseded transistors.


quantum flux parametron
eiichi goto invented quantum flux parametron in 1986 using superconducting josephson junctions on integrated circuits improvement on existing parametron technology.


videocassette recorder
the first machines (the vp-1100 videocassette player , vo-1700 videocassette recorder) use first videocassette format, u-matic, introduced sony in 1971.


radio-controlled wheel transmitter
futaba introduced fp-t2f in 1974 first use steering wheel onto box transmitter. ko propo introduced ex-1 in 1981 integrated wheel pistol grip trigger acting throttle. became 1 of 2 types of radio controlled transmitters surface use.

game controllers

d-pad
in 1982, nintendo s gunpei yokoi elaborated on idea of circular pad, shrinking , altering points familiar modern cross design control of on-screen characters in donkey kong handheld game. came known d-pad . design proved popular subsequent game & watch titles. particular design patented. in 1984, japanese company epoch created handheld game system called epoch game pocket computer. featured d-pad, not popular time , faded. intended compact controller game & watch handheld games alongside prior non-connected style pad, nintendo realized gunpei s design appropriate regular consoles, , nintendo made d-pad standard directional control hugely successful nintendo entertainment system under name +control pad .


motion-sensing controller
invented nintendo wii, wii remote first controller motion-sensing capability. candidate time s best invention of 2006.

printing

3d printing
in 1981, hideo kodama of nagoya municipal industrial research institute invented 2 additive methods fabricating three-dimensional plastic models photo-hardening thermoset polymer, uv exposure area controlled mask pattern or scanning fiber transmitter.


hydrographics
hydrographics, known variously immersion printing, water transfer printing, water transfer imaging, hydro dipping, or cubic printing has fuzzy history. 3 different japanese companies given credit invention. taica corporation claims have invented cubic printing in 1974. however, earliest hydrographic patent filed motoyasu nakanishi of kabushiki kaisha cubic engineering in 1982.

robotics

android


der-01, japanese actroid (an android intended visually similar humans)



the world s first android, der 01, developed japanese research group, intelligent robotics lab, directed hiroshi ishiguro @ osaka university, , kokoro co., ltd. actroid humanoid robot strong visual human-likeness developed osaka university , manufactured kokoro company ltd. (the animatronics division of sanrio). first unveiled @ 2003 international robot exposition in tokyo, japan. actroid woman pioneer example of real machine similar imagined machines called science fiction terms android or gynoid, far used fictional robots. can mimic such lifelike functions blinking, speaking, , breathing. repliee models interactive robots ability recognise , process speech , respond in kind.


karakuri puppet
karakuri puppets (からくり人形, karakuri ningyō) traditional japanese mechanized puppets or automata, made 17th century 19th century. word karakuri means mechanisms or trick . dolls gestures provided form of entertainment. 3 main types of karakuri exist. butai karakuri (舞台からくり, stage karakuri) used in theatre. zashiki karakuri (座敷からくり, tatami room karakuri) small , used in homes. dashi karakuri (山車からくり, festival car karakuri) used in religious festivals, puppets used perform reenactments of traditional myths , legends.


robotic exoskeleton motion support (medicine)
the first hal prototype proposed yoshiyuki sankai, professor @ tsukuba university. fascinated robots since in third grade, sankai had striven make robotic suit in order “to support humans.” in 1989, after receiving ph.d. in robotics, began development of hal. sankai spent 3 years, 1990 1993, mapping out neurons govern leg movement. took him , team additional 4 years make prototype of hardware.

space exploration

interplanetary solar sail spacecraft
ikaros world s first successful interplanetary solar sail spacecraft launched jaxa on 21 may 2010.

storage technology

betamax (top) , vhs (bottom) tapes respectively created japanese companies sony , jvc.



blu-ray disc (alongside other nations)
after shuji nakamura s invention of practical blue laser diodes, sony started 2 projects applying new diodes: udo (ultra density optical) , dvr blue (together pioneer), format of rewritable discs become blu-ray disc. blu-ray disc association founded massachusetts institute of technology alongside 9 companies: 5 japan, 2 korea, 1 netherlands , 1 france.


compact disc (also dutch company philips)
the compact disc jointly developed philips (joop sinjou) , sony (toshitada doi). sony first publicly demonstrated optical digital audio disc in september 1976. in september 1978, demonstrated optical digital audio disc 150 minute playing time, , specifications of 44,056 hz sampling rate, 16-bit linear resolution, cross-interleaved error correction code, similar of compact disc introduced in 1982.


digital video disc (also netherlands company philips)
the dvd, first developed in 1995, resulted cooperation between 3 japanese companies (sony, toshiba , panasonic) , 1 dutch company (philips).


flash memory
flash memory (both nor , nand types) invented dr. fujio masuoka while working toshiba c. 1980.


betamax
betamax analog videocassette magnetic tape marketed consumers released sony on may 10, 1975.


vhs (video home system)
the vhs invented in 1973 yuma shiraishi , shizuo takano worked jvc.


video tape recorder
norikazu sawazaki invented first video tape recorder in 1953, prototype helical scan video tape recorder. in 1959, toshiba released first commercial helical scan video tape recorder.

television

all-electronic television
in 1926, kenjiro takayanagi invented world s first all-electronic television, preceding philo t. farnsworth several months.

textiles

automatic power loom
sakichi toyoda invented numerous weaving devices. famous invention automatic power loom in implemented principle of jidoka (autonomation or autonomous automation). 1924 toyoda automatic loom, type g, automatic high-speed loom featuring ability change shuttles without stopping , dozens of other innovations. @ time world s advanced loom, delivering dramatic improvement in quality , twenty-fold increase in productivity.


vinylon
the second man-made fiber invented, after nylon. first developed ichiro sakurada, h. kawakami, , korean scientist ri sung-gi @ takatsuki chemical research center in 1939 in japan.

timekeeping

a seiko quartz wristwatch using chronograph function (movement 7t92).



automatic quartz
the first watch combine self-winding crystal oscillator timekeeping unveiled seiko in 1986.


myriad year clock
the myriad year clock (万年自鳴鐘 mannen jimeishou, lit. ten-thousand year self-ringing bell), universal clock designed japanese inventor hisashige tanaka in 1851. belongs category of japanese clocks called wadokei.


quartz wristwatch
the world s first quartz wristwatch revealed in 1967: prototype of astron revealed seiko in japan, in development since 1958. released public in 1969.


spring drive
a watch movement first conceived yoshikazu akahane working seiko in 1977 , patented in 1982. features true continuously sweeping second hand, rather traditional beats per time unit, seen traditional mechanical , quartz watches.

transport

aircraft carrier
hōshō world s first purpose-built aircraft carrier completed. commissioned in 1922 imperial japanese navy (ijn). hōshō , aircraft group participated in january 28 incident in 1932 , in opening stages of second sino-japanese war in late 1937.


a bullet train in tokyo, 1967



bullet train
the world s first high volume capable (initially 12 car maximum) high-speed train japan s tōkaidō shinkansen, officially opened in october 1964, construction commencing in april 1959. 0 series shinkansen, built kawasaki heavy industries, achieved maximum passenger service speeds of 210 km/h (130 mph) on tokyo–nagoya–kyoto–osaka route, earlier test runs hitting top speeds in 1963 @ 256 km/h.


electronically-controlled continuously variable transmission
in 1987, subaru launched justy in tokyo electronically-controlled continuously variable transmission (ecvt) developed fuji heavy industries, owns subaru.


hybrid electric vehicle
the first commercial hybrid vehicle toyota prius launched in 1997.


hydrogen car
in 2014, toyota launched first production hydrogen fuel cell vehicle, toyota mirai. mirai has range of 312 miles (502 km) , takes 5 minutes refuel. initial sale price 7 million yen ($69,000).


kei car
a category of small automobiles, including passenger cars, vans, , pickup trucks. designed exploit local tax , insurance relaxations, , in more rural areas exempted requirement certify adequate parking available vehicle.


spiral escalator
mitsubishi electric unveiled world s first practical spiral escalator in 1985. spiral escalators have advantage of taking less space conventional counterparts.

weapons

fire balloon
a fire balloon, or balloon bomb, experimental weapon launched japan 1944 1945, during world war ii.


katana



katana
the katana originated in muromachi period (1392–1573) result of changing battle conditions requiring faster response times. katana facilitated being worn blade facing up, allowed samurai draw blade , slash @ enemy in single motion. previously, curved sword of samurai worn blade facing down. ability draw , cut in 1 motion became increasingly useful in daily life of samurai.


shuriken
the shuriken invented during gosannen war concealed weapon, purpose of distracting target.

wireless transmission

meteor burst communications
the first observation of interaction between meteors , radio propagation reported hantaro nagaoka in 1929.
yagi antenna
the yagi-uda antenna invented in 1926 shintaro uda of tohoku imperial university, sendai, japan, collaboration of hidetsugu yagi, of tohoku imperial university. yagi published first english-language reference on antenna in 1928 survey article on short wave research in japan , came associated name. however, yagi acknowledged uda s principal contribution design, , proper name antenna is, above, yagi-uda antenna (or array).

writing , correction implementations

model b in pink



correction tape
correction tape invented in 1989 japanese product manufacturer seed. alternative correction fluid.


gel pen
the gel pen invented in 1984 sakura.


rollerball pen
the first rollerball pen invented in 1963 japanese company ohto.




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