Topics
1. New Personal Mobility (OmniRide)
(1) Outline
- New Personal Mobility Invented by Prof. Hoshino of Faculty of Engineering
- Financial Support – Nagano Prefecture, Cabinet Office, University internal funding
- Fabrication – Collaboration with local industries
- Exhibition – G7 Transport Minister Conference at Karuizawa,
science festival for children - Achievements – Test Ride by over 3,000 persons,Distance travelled over 150 km
(2) Future Plan
- Nursing care equipment – Collaboration with local small to medium enterprises
- Personal mobility in entertainment or sight seeing facilities
![Minister Dobrindt (Germany) at G7 con. in Karuizawa](https://www.sus.ac.jp/wp-content/themes/main/images/english/topic/topic1_1.jpg)
![Chino children festival](https://www.sus.ac.jp/wp-content/themes/main/images/english/topic/topic1_2.jpg)
![Development of wheelchair for care](https://www.sus.ac.jp/wp-content/themes/main/images/english/topic/topic1_3.jpg)
2. Communication Technology (LPWA (Low Power Wide Area) Field Tests)
(1) Outline
- Current Trend: Transmission of large volume data
– Transmittable only for short distance - Present Point of View:Transmission of small volume data
– Transmittable for long distance
(2) Present Status and Future Plan
- Chino-Shi: Constant monitoring of climber’s position
- City Office: Large receiver antenna
- Climber: Small transmitter
- Suwa University: Collaborating with City Office project
- Field test of agricultural IoT: Monitoring environmental data
![Agricultural facilities](https://www.sus.ac.jp/wp-content/themes/main/images/english/topic/topic2_1.jpg)
![Position detection](https://www.sus.ac.jp/wp-content/themes/main/images/english/topic/topic2_2.jpg)
3. Agricultural Application of Opt-Technology
(1) Plant growth promotion by light wavelength conversion + Solar power generation
- Photovoltaic greenhouses with semi-transparent semiconductor
- Field test: In collaboration with Fruit Tree Cultivation Test Site (Nagano Pref.)
- Development of a high-efficiency semi-transparent organic photovoltaics
(2) UV radiation effects on prevention of pests and diseases
Field test of UV irradiation for prevention of powdery mildew in collaboration with neighboring farmers
![Growth promotion plus solar power generation test](https://www.sus.ac.jp/wp-content/themes/main/images/english/topic/topic3_1.jpg)
![Fruit tree cultivation test site](https://www.sus.ac.jp/wp-content/themes/main/images/english/topic/topic3_2.jpg)
![UV irradiation test site](https://www.sus.ac.jp/wp-content/themes/main/images/english/topic/topic3_3.jpg)
4. Application of AI Technology
(1) Promotion of AI technology in Suwa University of Science
- Examples of AI application research in Suwa
- Health control by means of AI using blood flow rate
- Optimization of gear shape with use of AI
- Application of AI to Personal authentication
- Quality judgment of agricultural crop cultivation
- Collaboration with local industry for use of AI
(2) Diversification of AI technology for local industry engineers
![with loCollaboration cal industry](https://www.sus.ac.jp/wp-content/themes/main/images/english/topic/topic4_1.gif)
![AI application research in Suwa](https://www.sus.ac.jp/wp-content/themes/main/images/english/topic/topic4_2.jpg)
![Lecture course for local industry engineers](https://www.sus.ac.jp/wp-content/themes/main/images/english/topic/topic4_3.jpg)
5. Big Data collection and utilization of atmospheric information of a town
(in collaboration with Social Computing Laboratory, NAIST Collaborative Graduate Program in Design, Kyoto University)
(1) Outline
- Background
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: Information on a town is useful in various
fields – Tourism, architecture, urban planning, real estate area.: Collection of information on a town including
impressions and feelings is a laborious work to collect on a large scale.
(2) Present Status and Future Plan
- Present
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: The street walking event “100ninmap project”
was conducted and atmosphere information on Kyoto was gathered through SNS data.
- Future
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: Utilizing collected information in tourism and real estate fields
: Exploring possibilities such as town walking events in Nagano prefecture
![100ninmap project](https://www.sus.ac.jp/wp-content/themes/main/images/english/topic/topic5_1.jpg)
![100ninmap project](https://www.sus.ac.jp/wp-content/themes/main/images/english/topic/topic5_2.jpg)