2017

2017 Vol.66 No.1（January）

Understanding the Essence of FinTech and Leveraging It for Innovation in Finance

From the Editor

Blockchain is Here for the Enterprise: The Hyperledger Project

Digital-driven Financial Innovation and Hitachi’s Involvement

FinTech Accelerating with Growing Digitalization

Creating Blockchain-driven Financial Services and Business Models

Work on the Potential and Challenges of Blockchain Technology

Work on Applying AI to Financial Institutions

Creating New IoT-driven Insurance Services

Development of Financial Solution Concepts through Collaborative Creation with Customers

Convenient Cash Card Services in the Era of Mobiles and Smartphones

New Branch Strategies for Branch Styles that Adapt Flexibly to Customer Needs

Proposal to Financial Institutions for New Contract Customer Acquisition Support Using Human Networks

Digital Innovation Platform and Its Application for Financial Services

Development of New Enterprise Applications to Achieve Financial Innovation

2017 Vol.66 No.2（February）

Use of Advanced Technologies to Develop Railway Systems for the World

Railway Systems Supporting the Next Generation of Transportation

Development of Class 385 Semi-customised/Standard Commuter Rolling Stock for Global Markets

Obtaining Operational Authorisation for a European Standard Railway Signalling System in the UK

Driverless Systems: Cutting-edge Technology for Smart Transportation

Daegu Urban Railway Line 3 Monorail System in South Korea

Real-time, Multi-route First-arriving Train Information System Adapted to Diverse Transportation Modes

Battery-powered Drive Systems: Latest Technologies and Outlook

Using People Flow Technologies with Public Transport

Development of Emergency Train Travel Function Provided by Stationary Energy Storage System

Development of Rolling Stock Inverters Using SiC

Development of Liquid Cooling System with Integrated Traction Converters and Auxiliary Power Supplies for 200-km/h Commuter Trains

Improving Onboard DS-ATC Equipment Functions in Response to Shinkansen Service Expansion

2017 Vol.66 No.3（March）

Seeking a “Sense of the Near Future” in Cities

Building Systems that Satisfy the Diverse Spatial Requirements of Global Markets

Hitachi’s Core Concept for Elevator and Escalator Products and Services, and Concept Model

Group Control Elevator with Destination Floor Reservation System for Easier Movement in Buildings

Rapid, Low-cost Elevator and Escalator Modernization Services that Ensure Safety and Security

Responding to Widespread Disasters in Japan

Development of Ultra-High-Speed Elevator that Achieved the World’s Fastest Elevator with a Speed of 1,200 m/min

Development of Elevators for the Chinese Market

New Globally Standardized Machine-room-less Elevator

R&D of Elevator for Large Skyscrapers

Remote Maintenance System and New Maintenance Service for Elevators Enabled by New IoT Service Platform

Customer Collaborative Creation Activities in Front-line Sales Work

Proof of Concept Tests with EMIEW 3 Humanoid Robot

2017 Vol.66 No.4　Hitachi Technology 2017（March）

Becoming an Innovation Partner for the IoT Era through the Advanced Social Innovation Business

Hitachi’s Collaborative Creation with Customers-based Work on Energy Solutions to Boost Business in North America

Image Analysis System Using Cameras to Detect Deviations in Worker Activities and Signs of Failures in Production Line

Customer Service Robot, EMIEW3 Edges Closer to Commercialization after PoC Testing : Service Robotics System Moves Closer to Becoming a Reality

Global Deployment of Financial Innovations Based on Digitalization and FinTech : New Initiative Launched by Establishment of Financial Innovation Laboratory in North America

Creating Value through Connected Technology: Hitachi’s IoT Platform Lumada, for a Smart Society : Bringing about a Worldwide Digital Transformation

Future of Hitachi AI - Aiming for Rapid Advances through Collaborative Research into Versatile Intelligence with Kyoto University

Energy Solutions

Industry & Distribution

Building Systems

Railway Systems

Urban Solutions

Security Technologies for Social Infrastructure

Financial Systems

Public Sector Systems

Healthcare Systems

Control System Platform

Industrial Products & Equipment

Measurement & Analysis Equipment

Semiconductor Manufacturing & Inspection Equipment

Electronic Systems & Equipment

Construction Machinery

High Functional Materials

Automotive Systems

Consumer Appliances

Collaborative Creation with Customers

Technology Innovation

Exploratory Research

2017 Vol.66 No.5（May）

An Era that Demands the Ability to Respond to Global Environmental Problems

Solving Environmental Issues through Collaborative Creation in Social Innovation Business

Realizing Carbon Reduction through Energy Solutions and Ultra-high-efficiency Products

Tackling Global Environmental Challenges through Technology and Business

Microgrid Market in the USA

Next-generation Energy Solutions Aimed at Symbiosis with the Global Environment

5-MW Downwind Wind Turbine Demonstration and Work Toward Smart Operation Control

Real-time Output Control System for Large-scale Photovoltaic Power Plants

Work on Supervisory Control and Monitoring Systems in the Transmission and Distribution Sectors

Working Toward Energy Solutions to Meet Increasingly Diverse Challenges

Achieving the Highest Level of Safety in a Nuclear Power Generation System

IoT Platform-driven Maintenance Digitalization

Environmentally Conscious Industrial Products for the Social Innovation Business

Technology for Reducing the Environmental Impact of Motors and Improving Their Reliability

New Energy-saving Air Compressors

IoT-compatible Equipment and Business Development for the Industrial Sector

2017 Vol.66 No.6（August）

Society 5.0: Aiming for a New Human-centered Society

Future Vision for a Super Smart Society that Leads to Collaborative Creation

Open Innovation to Take on Social Issues around the World

New Intellectual Property Supporting Digital Transformation

A View from the WEF Annual Meeting 2017 at Davos

Customer Co-creation to Deliver Innovation in the Digital Era

Creating Innovation through the Digitalization of Ekimachi Spaces

Infrastructure Operation and Maintenance Solution Utilizing IoT

Social Reforms Accelerated by Data Distribution

Innovative Technology for Digital Solutions that Combine OT and IT

R&D Strategy for Using AI and Analytics to Accelerate System Evolution

Digitization of Field Asset Visual Inspections

Cloud Service Based on OSS

Establishing an Innovation Ecosystem for a Human-centric Society

CMOS Ising Computer to Help Optimize Social Infrastructure Systems

Thermoelectric Modules that Exploit Unutilized Heat for Revolutionizing Energy Conversion

Simple Cancer Screening Based on Urinary Metabolite Analysis

2017 Vol.66 No.7（October）

Changing Technology while Protecting Unchanging Values

A Strong, Resilient, and Sustainable World

Public–Private Cooperation Aiming for Water Safety, Resilience, and Sustainability

The Impact of Drought on Africa

Overview of Water Environment Solutions and Future Prospects

Water Transmission and Distribution System Solutions for Regional Coordination and System-wide Optimization of Water Supplies

Monitoring and Control Systems for the IoT in the Water Supply and Sewerage Utilities

Maintenance Support Technology for Water Supply and Sewerage

Supervisory and Control Technologies for Reducing Environmental Load in Sewerage Systems

Service Solution for Water Supply and Sewerage Based on Public–Private Partnership

Work to Date and Future Plans for Water Treatment and Production Worldwide

Disaster Management and Security Solutions to Usher in the IoT Era

IoT-era Area Security for Social Infrastructure

Area Security Solutions and Advanced Firefighting Command Systems

Enhancements to Resilient Functions for Preventing and Minimizing Disasters

Video Analytics Technology for Disaster Management and Security Solutions