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NEC Corp. said Thursday it has agreed to acquire Danish information technology company KMD for about ¥136 billion. The Japanese company expects the deal to reinforce its IT business in Europe. The acquisition is expected to be completed by the end of February next year, ...
Seven-Eleven tries out a store in Tokyo with unmanned payment system
Major convenience store operator Seven-Eleven Japan Co. has launched an experimental outlet in Tokyo with an unmanned payment system and facial recognition technology. The facial recognition system was developed by technology giant NEC Corp. Seven-Eleven Japan plans to open such outlets in locations where customers can ...
2020 Tokyo Olympics chiefs unveil pioneering face-recognition security system
Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic organizers are confident that security for the games will run smoothly and effectively after unveiling a pioneering face-recognition ID system Tuesday. The technology, which will be provided by NEC Corp. and used at the Olympics and Paralympics for the first ...
Japan's Epsilon-3 rocket successfully places private NEC satellite into orbit
An Epsilon-3 solid fuel rocket successfully placed an Earth observation satellite into orbit Thursday morning, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said. The rocket carrying the ASNARO-2, a small radar satellite developed by NEC Corp., lifted off from the Uchinoura Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture at ...
NEC aims to develop cancer drugs using artificial intelligence
NEC Corp. said it will develop cancer drugs using artificial intelligence, aiming to put new vaccines using peptides into practical use within the next eight years as key substances in next generation immunotherapy. A peptide is a short chain of amino acids with an enormous ...
Government to back AI technology development in medical, production sectors
The government plans to promote the development of artificial intelligence technology in cooperation with other entities for use in medical, manufacturing and other sectors to mitigate the expected labor shortages that will result from an aging society, officials said Friday. The public-private initiative will involve ...
New plastic resembles Japanese lacquerware; NEC says suitable for high-end cars
NEC Corp. said Wednesday it has co-developed a plastic that mimics Japanese lacquerware and may be suitable for use in luxury car interiors. NEC developed the bioplastic in collaboration with the Kyoto Institute of Technology and Yutaro Shimode, a lacquerware artist, using cellulose resin produced ...
NEC develops way to ID everyday objects
Envision a container filled with tens of thousands of metal screws made from the same mold. Is it possible to tell one from another? Yes, with NEC Corp.'s "fingerprint of things" technology — a new development in the field of forensic authentication. "Our company has been ...
Major computer makers, including Fujitsu Ltd. and NEC Corp., are enhancing their services for Big Data, meaning data collected very rapidly in large volumes from a variety of sources. Because Big Data services are seen as limitless and expected to achieve high growth, the companies ...
NEC plans service for monitoring kin living apart using special robot and cloud
NEC Corp. said Monday it will start a new service that will allow family members living apart to watch over each other utilizing a small robot and cloud computing technology. The 24-cm-tall robot weighing 1.3 kg is equipped with a camera, microphone and sensor so ...
The newest technologies showcasing the potential of intelligent transport systems (ITS) will be on view to the public starting Thursday as part of an ongoing conference in Tokyo. The exhibition under the 20th ITS World Congress at Tokyo Big Sight in Koto Ward features ideas ...
