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■Special feature□ Making your car more comfortable

　In preparation for the new era of automobiles represented by CASE and MaaS, there is a movement towards the recent advancement in the performance of driving support technology and the release of driving through autonomous driving technology. The value of cars is once again attracting attention.
　Against this background, this issue focuses on the latest technologies that improve the value of cars as ``comfortable and safe transportation spaces.'' Please take a look.

[Summary/Outlook]
　・Efforts to improve comfort in mobility and future prospects
　・Motion sickness modeling research for comfortable vehicles

[Latest technology that provides comfort and peace of mind]
　・Development of water- and oil-repellent skin material considering the durability of automobile seats
　・Lexus LM UMU partition glass
　・In-vehicle occupant sensing technology (Wi-Fi^TMformula and load detection formula)
　・Non-contact biometric authentication technology and its usage examples that create a smart and enriched mobility life
　
[Future technology with an eye on autonomous driving, car sharing, etc.]
　・Toyota Boshoku's efforts to become an interior space creator
　・Study of unrestrained heart rate detection method using transmitted waves

[Analysis/evaluation technology]
　・Car driving research using near-infrared imaging device fNIRS
　・Relationship between driver alertness and thermal comfort due to temperature changes in the vehicle interior, and the possibility of its application

■Hot Topics - A collection of trending topics

　・Development of non-platinum oxygen reduction catalyst using blue pigment and application to the automobile field
　・Small-angle neutron scattering to solve technical issues in the 21st century automobile industry
　　─Aiming to observe products as they really are─
　・Implementation and commercialization of airgel in automobiles
　・Development of door closing sound that feels high quality
　・Research on driving characteristics evaluation using driver models and driving operation data
　・Building a GUI automatic verification system using image processing

■ Serialized articles

　・Technology window: Molding simulation technology for press parts for automobiles
　　　　　　　Susumu Takahashi (Nihon University)

　・Super world: Succeeded in improving the performance of iron-based catalysts for hydrogen production by controlling interatomic distances
　　　　　　　Mr. Yuki Sugawara (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Institute of Chemistry and Life Science)

　・Spotlight: Introduction to the development of small fuel cell buses
　　　　　　　         Mr. Nobuhiko Okawa and Mr. Kazuya Yoneda (Tokyo R&D)
　　　　　　　
　・Standardization activity report: Introduction of elemental committee activities
　　　　　　　         Mr. Norio Omori (Daihatsu Motor)　　　

　・Craftsmanship: Interview with Suzuki's Minoru Suzuki "A craftsman of sheet metal who imagines and hammers out three-dimensional shapes"
　　　　　　Mr. Masanori Saneyoshi (Hino Motors)

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