Recent research in Tokyo on cyborg technology to restore human bodily functions that decline with aging. The technology developed to eliminate industrial waste from the Earth’s environment. Similarly, artificial hibernation will be among 25 areas the Japanese government aims to support.
Tokyo invites research proposals in these selected areas and support will be provided for up to a decade. The support is backed by a budget of 100 billion yen ($921 million) for the first five years according to a government source.
The program aims to attract research and development from Tokyo and abroad. This is a demonstration of Tokyo’s enthusiasm in promoting ambitious scientific efforts to address major issues. These include the declining birthrate and aging population as well as the development of new industries around the technology these efforts create.
Cyborg Technology
The program will seek to materialize cyborg technology that will replace human bodily functions using advanced robotics or living organisms by the year 2050.
The program will seek to address the country’s growing labor shortage by completely automating work. Also to eliminate the need for human intervention in agriculture, forestry, fisheries and construction sites by the year 2040.
Technology To Save The Planet
All emissions and waste generated from industrial activities are planned to be recycled by 2050. This will be an effort to find a balance between environmental restoration and the development of humanity at large. The government aims to help eliminate pollution on earth by 2050 by developing technology to collect and recycle ocean plastic.
The program draft sets out 25 areas for candidate projects in the topics of the declining birthrate and aging population, environmental conservation and frontier development using cutting edge science and technology.
The 25 projects areas have individual deadlines to achieve their goals from the year 2035 to 2060.
Projects are ranked in order of priority and the Japanese government plan to invite the submission of proposals at the end of this year.
Future Nobel Prize
New industrial fields will be tapped into based on technical innovation, including the development of digitization and artificial intelligence. Japan aims to develop an AI robot system to automatically detect Nobel Prize-worthy scientific discoveries by 2050.
Japan also aims to establish artificial hibernation technology by 2050 with the aim of applying a mechanism of hibernation for humans and animals. Periodic hibernation is believed to help our society achieve greater longevity, among other benefits.
