This blog post examines the legal and ethical issues surrounding liability and punishment standards in the event of an autonomous vehicle accident. February 23, 2016. This was the day Google’s self-driving car under development in San Francisco, USA, was involved in its first accident and became liable for it. This occurred because the self-driving car misjudged whether an oncoming...
This blog post examines how Surrealism began with Dadaism and expanded into the realms of the unconscious and dreams. Surrealist Expression To briefly describe Surrealist expression, it can be defined as a style that expresses what transcends reality. This style is characterized by exploring the surreal world—the unconscious, dreams, and fantasies—free from the constraints of reality...
This blog post examines the balance between privacy protection and crime prevention amid the advancement of driverless car technology. Driverless cars are vehicles that operate autonomously without driver input once a destination is set. Unlike current cars, these driverless vehicles are integrated as part of the transportation system rather than operating independently. In other words...
What is the proper attitude for appreciating dance? This blog post discusses the mindset and approach needed to truly understand and feel dance. Like other arts, dance is an extroverted activity in that it expects a response. That is, dancers create works intending to convey their own realizations to the audience and share the inspiration they have experienced. At this point, dance...
This blog post examines how the gratuitous dispositions of the decedent and the statutory inheritance rights of heirs play a role in the fair distribution of inherited property. Under the private property system, anyone can freely dispose of their property. While there are various methods of disposing of property, gratuitous dispositions like donations require special attention. This is...
In this blog post, we explore what inorganic engineering is as a field of study and examine its relevance to advanced industrial materials, focusing on inorganic compounds and metal oxides. A few years ago, I came across a post on an internet site by a student hoping to enter the Department of Inorganic Engineering. I naturally assumed it was about inorganic materials engineering and...
This blog post explores how wood is utilized across various industries through environmental materials science and its contributions to protecting ecosystems. What materials have been used the longest and most widely throughout human history? Probably stone and wood. Wood, in particular, is not only crucial for construction and civil engineering but also a vital resource as the material...
In this blog post, we explore what a robot’s degrees of freedom are and how they enable precise movement in complex environments. The Relationship Between Robot Movement and Degrees of Freedom On March 11, 2011, a major earthquake in Japan caused a nuclear fuel leak at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant. Workers entered the plant to prevent further leakage and lower the temperature of...
This blog post explores robot autonomy, emotion, and ethical relationships with humans, examining the ethical issues arising from technological advancement. Today, robotics technology is utilized across diverse fields such as healthcare, manufacturing, and education. This technological advancement is significantly transforming our daily lives, with robots increasingly becoming entities...
This blog post examines the impact of rapid urbanization on the environment and explores sustainable development solutions to address it. We consider the balance between environmental protection and urban development. Thanks to the advancement of highly developed science and technology, humanity now lives with unprecedented comfort and convenience. The days of the so-called “fear of wild...