<Main features>

• Advanced sensing and ultra-low power edge AI technology captures invisible information and signs of anomalies anywhere on Earth.
• Ultra-wide area sensing network technology utilizing LEO satellites will enable information to be collected from all over the globe.
• Predictive analysis technology is used to capture signs of anomaly events and communicate them to people to encourage behavior change. It also helps reduce damage and improve productivity.
• Originally developed ultra-compact high-peak-pulse laser makes it possible to detect invisible aerosol particles, leading to atmospheric monitoring such as air pollution and disastrous fire.
• By recognizing complex events with edge AI and converting them into semantic information, it can be compressed into the amount of information that can be transmitted over ultra-wide sensing networks.

<The Sony Group internal and external collaboration>

• Join research in the area of “Innovative smart agriculture”, “Regenerative agriculture”, “Blue carbon sensing” at the Social Innovation Division for Planetary Boundary of Hokkaido University
• Natural Disaster Sensing Solution* (early detection of forest fires) in the Kingdom of Thailand demonstration.
  *Experiment in progress

<Future direction>

We will promote the development of a system that can capture data from sensors on a global scale, even in environments where there is no communication infrastructure, such as at sea or in mountains. Along with new sensing technologies, such as soil moisture sensors and atmospheric sensors, we will also promote the verification of communication technologies using satellites. With the aim of solving social issues such as food shortages caused by climate change and realizing a system for detecting signs of natural disasters such as tsunamis, floods, and wildfires, we will accelerate fieldwork for social implementation of the technology by deepening cooperation with domestic and overseas companies and research institutions.