As athletes gain ever greater ability, their gymnastic feats – executed at high speed – are rapidly becoming more complex. In an increasing number of cases, the judges, who must make their assessments visually, are hesitant to decide on a score. Fujitsu’s 3D sensing and AI technologies facilitate instant, accurate decisions by these judges.

In addition to providing support for judges’ decisions, the company is developing training applications and ways to provide digital content for spectators. As a technology that brings people together and provides a better overall experience, it was highly evaluated for creating new potential for the practical use of AI. Fujitsu has established an open innovation model platform based on this technology and intended to achieve the goals of SDG 3 (“Ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all at all ages”) via expanding applications into the health promotion and healthcare fields. Moreover, credit was given to the multifaceted potential for future applications, including the creation of new value in collaboration with partners in diverse fields. In addition to the possibilities for making use of this technology in a wide range of fields such as health promotion, healthcare and industrial fields, as well as in the transmission of traditional culture, it is expected that it will contribute to the creation of high value-added markets through reducing the time required to create new games and animated movies, cutting production costs through the secondary use of real data.

With the expansion of markets for wearables and for IoT applications in factories, agriculture and medical care, there is an increasing number of applications that require compact batteries for use in restricted spaces but also in challenging new environments. To meet these market needs, Murata has developed a battery that, while providing the same voltage as a conventional lithium-ion battery, offers the highest capacity in the industry. Its structure and exceptional heat resistance, unequaled by conventional batteries, mean that it can be combined with other electronic components and even surface-mounted.

This battery is compact and offers both high capacity and high performance under grueling conditions. Moreover, compared to a conventional lithium-ion battery, it excels in safety and durability. Furthermore, it is expected to facilitate the manufacture of smaller, more reliable wearable devices, which hitherto have been difficult to produce, and to contribute the betterment of society by meeting the diverse requirements of IoT – including those related to the emerging market for hearables such as wireless earphones, which must perform for many hours while ensuring high safety.