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Nikkei BP Technology Awards 2008 – the Grand Prize Goes to "Establishment of Human iPS Cells"Nikkei BP Technology Awards, established to contribute to the country's technological development and marking the eighteenth this year, honors excellent technologies in the fields of electronics, information and communications, machine systems, construction, healthcare/biotechnology, and ecology that will bring impact to industries and society as a whole. The awardees were decided among technologies developed during the year of 2007 by our reviewing committee (Chairman: Shoji Tanaka, Vice President, <Grand Prize> • Establishment of Human iPS Cells <Section Prizes> Electronics • Organic EL Technology that Overcame TV-specific Issues and Realized Commercialization of an 11-inch TV Screen • Bioplastic with Heat Radiation Performance Information and Communications • World's Fastest Vector-type Supercomputer SX-9 • PlaceEngine, the Location Estimation Technology Using Beacon Signals at Wireless LAN Access Points Machine Systems • Polylactic Acid "Stereo PLA" with Enhanced Heat Resistance • Manufacturing of Large-Diameter SiC Single-Crystal Wafer with Few Internal Defects Construction • Construction Technology of E-Defense and Full-scale Vibration Tests Using E-Defense • Practical Application of Large-diameter Curved Pipe Roof Construction Method that Links Two Tunnels Underground Healthcare/Biotechnology • Genetically-Modified Human Serum Albumin Ecolog • Innovative High-speed Processing Technology for Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic • Triple-type Thin Film Solar Cell Achieving High Conversion Efficiency with Triple Silicon Layers For further details, please contact: |
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