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Mitsubishi Electric’s new camera-based technology to help prevent automobile accidents
Mitsubishi Electric today announced a ground-breaking announcement in the realm of automotive safety. Mitsubishi Electric developed revolutionary technology enables the detection of serious physical conditions experienced by drivers while driving. The technology estimates the pulse rate, changes in blood pressure, and other biometric data, collected through a contactless Driver Monitoring System (DMS) camera that is…
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Mitsubishi Electric’s 200Gbps EML chip will enable data centers to realize up to 800Gbps/1.6Tbps
Mitsubishi Electric announced today that it has developed a 200Gbps electro-absorption modulator laser diode (EML) chip. The new chip doubles the speed of the company’s existing 100Gbps EML chip thanks to a proprietary hybrid waveguide structure. Support for coarse wavelength division multiplexing of four wavelengths realizes 800Gbps transmission using four chips or 1.6Tbps using eight…
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Mitsubishi Electric to Ship Samples of new Thermal-diode Infrared Sensor Capable of Measuring Temperatures up to 200°C
Mitsubishi Electric will begin shipping samples of a new thermal sensor capable of measurements up to 200°C on February 1, 2023. Mitsubishi Electric’s existing MelDIR, launched in 2019, measures temperatures from -5°C to 60°C for applications including heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC), security, people counting, and smart buildings. The new MelDIR -MIR8060B3 uses advanced…
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Mitsubishi Electric to Ship Samples of Tunable Laser-diode Chip for Optical-fiber Communication
Mitsubishi Electric announced today that it will begin shipping samples of its new tunable laser-diode chip for use in optical transceivers of optical-fiber communication systems on October 1. The new chip is expected to help increase the capacity of digital coherent communication as well as reduce the size of optical transceivers. Data communication volume is…
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Mitsubishi Electric Develops World’s First Laser Communication Terminal Integrating Space Optical Communication and Spatial Acquisition
Mitsubishi Electric announced today that it has developed the prototype of what is believed to be the world’s first optical receiver for use in laser communication terminals (LCTs), that integrates space optical communication using laser beams and a function to detect the direction of received beams in the 1.5-μm band, a general-purpose band used for…
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Mitsubishi Electric develops technology for 3D printing of satellite antennas in the vacuum of outer space
Mitsubishi Electric has developed an on-orbit additive-manufacturing technology that uses photosensitive resin and solar ultraviolet light for the 3D printing of satellite antennas in the vacuum of outer space. Spacecraft antenna designs are challenging due to their conflicting requirements for high gain, wide bandwidth, and low weight. High gain and wide bandwidth necessarily require a…
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Mitsubishi Electric to Launch MELSOFT Gemini 3D Simulator on April 28
Mitsubishi Electric announced today that on April 28 it will launch the MELSOFT Gemini” 3D simulator. The simulator will expedite the design and construction of production facilities by using digital space to simulate and verify envisioned production operations in a 3-dimentional environment. By connecting to a variety of software and factory devices, MELSOFT Gemini will…
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Mitsubishi Electric Completes Initial Verifications of QZS-1R Satellite which support society with centimeter-level high-precision positioning
Mitsubishi Electric has completed initial verification of the functions and performance of equipment aboard the QZS-1R satellite, which the company built and delivered to the Cabinet Office of Japan. The satellite is now in quasi-zenith orbit as the successor to the original Michibiki Quasi-Zenith Satellite (QZS-1). With Quasi-Zenith Satellite System Services also having completed testing…
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Mitsubishi Teaching-less Robot System Technology Programs Robots To Work As Fast As Humans
Mitsubishi Electric announced today it has developed a teaching-less robot system technology to enable robots to perform tasks, such as sorting and arrangement as fast as humans without having to be taught by specialists. The system incorporates Mitsubishi Electric’s Maisart AI technologies including high-precision speech recognition, which allows operators to issue voice instructions to initiate…
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Mitsubishi Electric Develops World’s Smallest Antenna Prototype for High-precision Satellite-based Positioning in Four Frequency Bands
Mitsubishi Electric has developed a prototype of the world’s smallest antenna for high-precision satellite-based positioning in four frequency bands used by the world’s main satellite-positioning systems and positioning-augmentation services. The antenna’s two folded linear elements are wired three dimensionally and symmetrically on each of four molded-resin layers, which are perpendicular to the module’s horizontal surface.…
