Macnica (hereinafter referred to as Macnica) is a total service/solution provider in semiconductors, networks, cybersecurity, and AI/IoT (Head office location: Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture, President: Kazumasa Hara, capital: 11,194 million yen) has established BRAIN AI Innovation Lab. (hereinafter referred to as BRAIL) as an organization to combine brain science and AI, create new added value through open innovation, and promote its social implementation. We are pleased to announce.

Digitalization is progressing worldwide, and in Japan, a scenario such as the "2025 cliff" is expected. AI is expected to be used as one of the key technologies to realize digital transformation.

Until now, Macnica has been able to discover cutting-edge technologies from around the world faster than anyone else, provide them to customers, and provide implementation support using our advanced technical capabilities. In particular, in the field of AI, we established the specialized organization AI Research & Innovation Hub (ARIH) in December 2019 to connect cutting-edge technology and intelligence and create a happy future society for people around the world. Our mission is to create. Since our establishment, we have researched more than 600 papers, and based on that knowledge, we do not limit ourselves to just researching the implementation of complex AI technology for various social issues, but we go to the field and have conducted more than 300 implementations so far. We have supported projects such as

BRAIL, which will be launched this time, will incorporate the new technology of "brain science" in addition to the activities and achievements of ARIH to further enhance the value created by AI. BRAIL conducts industry-academia collaboration with various product partners both in Japan and overseas, as well as academic organizations such as universities and research institutes. Through this open innovation, we will not only share ideas and methods of using brain science, but also share knowledge based on cutting-edge research, and develop and operate new services for social implementation.

In the future, we believe that the information generated from brain activity will provide new value to society. For example, I believe the following could actually happen.

Example 1: Healthcare domain: By visualizing sensibility and mind and knowing one's own condition, it is possible to provide timely mental care that is close to people.

Example ② Utilization of human resources: Improve productivity by incorporating craftsmanship into AI and increasing the reproducibility of tacit knowledge possessed by humans.

Example 3: Marketing: By seeing the true needs and latent awareness of customers, we can contribute to the creation of truly necessary products by leading to the planning of new products or improvement of existing services.

In this way, by providing new connections between people's sensibilities, minds and things, and society, people will have more opportunities to create creative value, and we will move toward the realization of an even more prosperous society. BRAIL will focus on the new value brought about by brain science, and through collaboration with partners, will promote development and proposal activities aimed at accelerating the digitalization of society.

At Macnica, we will introduce the book BRAIL with the article ``What is "BrainTech"? We are planning an online event to explain ``. Please take this opportunity to participate.

• Date: Thursday, August 26, 17:00-18:00
• Location: Online
• Organizer: Ledge Co., Ltd.

(Details will be published separately on the website soon.)

Value provided by BRAIL

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