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May 12, 2020hightech
The World’s First Automated Driverless Railway Opened in Kobe in 1981

When we think of automated driving, it is self-driving cars that first spring to mind. However, in Japan, where the railway network covers the whole country, automated driverless railways have recently become a hot topic.

May 7, 2020hightech
Teaching of a Samurai Engineer 9: Cookies and sessions, part 3 (Implementation: sessions)

Last time, we looked at implementation of cookies. This time, I’ll write about implementing sessions. As I wrote in my 7 th article, ‘Cookies and sessions, part 1 ’, sessions have various implementations such that just calling them sessions broadly is confusing, so for this text, ‘session’ will refer to the use of session functions offered by PHP.

Apr 28, 2020hightech
The Eyes of the World are on the Innovative Engines, Glamorous EVs, and eVTOL Aircraft of Japan’s Automakers

Mazda, Famed for the Rotary Engine, Have Developed a New Innovative Engine

This writer is in love with the two-seater convertible Mazda MX-5 Miata (which is called the Mazda Roadster in Japan). Though it can only seat two people and cannot carry much luggage, I drove the original model for nearly 30 years.

Apr 21, 2020hightech
Developers Summit 2020: A Report from one of Japan's Largest Engineer Events

The annual winter Developers Summit, one of Japan’s largest engineer events, was held February 13th and 14th 2020. This year, those two days saw 120 sessions in six tracks, with over 4,000 engineers in attendance.

Apr 14, 2020hightech
Evolving Japanese Cooking Utensils: Automatic Cooking is the Norm

Vital Cooking Appliances for the Busy Household

Japanese home-cooking, from an international perspective, has an image of highly refined cuisine. In fact, cooking that much on a daily basis requires a great deal of time, so commercially available seasoning that can give a full flavor, packets of ready-cut vegetables, and frozen food are commonly used.

Apr 7, 2020hightech
Teaching of a Samurai Engineer 8: Cookies and Sessions, part 2 (Implementation: Cookies)

Last time, we mostly looked at the difference between cookies and sessions (relating to PHP-provided sessions.
This time, let’s go a bit heavy on the code, and learn about things to watch out for during implementation.

Mar 31, 2020hightech
Artificial Intelligence and RPA Business Skills to Learn in Japan

The age of Artificial Intelligence and RPA (i.e Robotic Process Automation) has finally reached Japan in full force.

Mar 17, 2020hightech
Introduction to Monitoring with Zabbix #3 - Hosts and host groups

In the last column, I explained open-source consolidated monitoring system Zabbix’s external and internal monitoring functions and its other monitoring functions. In this installment, we’ll look at hosts and host groups, which contain monitoring items.