Abstract:
A movable finger for prostheses, having a base a first intermediate portion connected to the base, a second intermediate portion connected to the first intermediate portion, and a fingertip connected to the second intermediate portion. The prosthesis further includes a first intermediate portion bending mechanism for actuating an actuator disposed in the base to pull a first wire to turn an eccentric member, a second intermediate portion bending mechanism for pulling a second wire wound around a pulley disposed as a movable pulley in the first intermediate portion by the eccentric member, whereby the pulling and bending of the second intermediate portion is by a third wire connected to the pulley, and a fingertip bending mechanism for pulling and bending the fingertip by a fourth wire connected to the first intermediate portion, whereby the pulling and straightening is by a fifth wire.
Abstract:
A current collector included in a fuel cell, the fuel cell including a membrane electrode assembly including a solid polymer electrolyte layer and a pair of electrode layers formed to sandwich the solid polymer electrolyte layer, the current collector stacked on each electrode layer, and a gas flow path for supply of a gas to each electrode layer, the current collector including a metal porous body which is stacked on the electrode layer, has a flowing gas supplied to the electrode layer, and is rendered conducting to the electrode layer, and the metal porous body including an electrically conductive layer containing electrically conductive particles fixed to a corrosion-resistant and water-repellent resin at least on a side of the electrode layer.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for producing a reactive silicon group-containing organic polymer having a reactive silicon group represented by the following Formula (1), the method including reacting an unsaturated group-containing organic polymer with a silylating agent in the presence of a group 8 metal catalyst and a co-catalyst containing a carboxylic acid compound having a carbon-carbon double bond at an α-position carbon, —SiRaX3-a Formula (1) [in the Formula (1), R is a monovalent organic group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms and represents an organic group other than a hydrolyzable group, and X represents a hydroxyl group, a halogen atom, or a hydrolyzable group; a is an integer from 0 to 2; when a is 2, R groups may be the same as or different from each other, and when a is 0 or 1, X groups may be the same as or different from each other.]
Abstract:
A method may produce a perovskite-type ceramic compact including a perovskite-type ceramic having an alkaline earth metal element, at least one element selected from Ti, Zr, and Hf, and O. Such a method may include a contact reaction process in which a precursor compact including singly a gel including water and an oxide of at least one element selected from Ti, Zr, and Hf, and a liquid containing a hydroxide of the alkaline earth metal element are brought into contact with each other.
Abstract:
There is provided an item detection device that detects an item to be loaded and unloaded and includes an image acquisition unit acquiring a surrounding image obtained by capturing surroundings of the item detection device, an information image creation unit creating an information image, in which information related to a part to be loaded and unloaded in the item has been converted into an easily recognizable state, on the basis of the surrounding image, and a computing unit computing at least one of a position and a posture of the part to be loaded and unloaded on the basis of the information image.
Abstract:
Provided is a magnetic storage device 10 comprising: a magnetoresistive element 11 having a structure in which a recording layer 13 that includes a first magnetic layer, a tunnel barrier layer 14, and a reference layer 15 that includes a second magnetic layer are laminated; and a control unit 12, wherein the in-plane shape of the recording layer 13 is such that a rectangle circumscribing the in-plane shape and having the smallest area has a short side and a long side which have mutually different lengths, and at the time of writing to the recording layer 13, the control unit 12 applies a voltage pulse to the magnetoresistive element 11 while applying an effective magnetic field in the direction of the short side in the plane of the recording layer 13.
Abstract:
This battery pack comprises: an electric circuit element part which is for use in assessment of a plurality of secondary batteries and which is disposed so as to be connectable to the plurality of secondary batteries; and a switching part connected to the electric circuit element part and to the plurality of secondary batteries and configured so that the impedance characteristics of the entirety of the battery pack can be switched between when the electric circuit element part is used and when the electric circuit element part is not used.
Abstract:
A flexible sensor includes a main substrate having flexibility, a transistor over the main substrate, a support substrate over the transistor, wherein the support substrate has flexibility and at least an outer surface of the support substrate comprises a material having electric insulation, and a variable resistance part over a first surface which is an upper surface of the support substrate, in which a resistance value of the variable resistance part changes according to strain of the variable resistance part.
Abstract:
A hydrogen production system includes a hydrogen production facility and a management server. The management server includes an operation plan creation unit and an operation plan output unit. The operation plan creation unit creates an operation plan for the hydrogen production facility. The operation plan output unit outputs data including the operation plan created by the operation plan creation unit. The operation plan creation unit creates an operation plan for the hydrogen production facility including a demand response possible amount for each unit time based on a demand response consideration for each unit time determined in advance.
Abstract:
An apparatus and method capable of accurately estimating a participant's muscle state are provided. In order to solve this problem, a muscle state estimation device 1 for estimating the state of a participant's muscles is provided. The muscle state estimation device 1 comprises a circumference sensor 2 that measures the circumference of the muscle, a myopotential sensor 3 that measures the electric potential generated by the activity of the muscle and a muscle state estimation unit 4 that calculates the muscle state such that an evaluation function, of which variables are the deviation of the circumference measured by the circumference sensor 2 from the circumference model that defines the relationship between the muscle state and the circumference and the deviation of the electric potential measured by the myopotential sensor 3 from the muscle tension model that defines the relationship between the muscle state and the electric potential, is minimized.