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Last month there was RIKEN Open Day, where RIKEN opens its doors to the general public. They prepared various talks on some of the research that is done here and let you have a look at a lot of the fun labs with fancy equipment. So I took the chance to see the RI-beam factory …
This week we are looking at… 変電(へんでん): electricity transformation 設備(せつび): facility, equipment Related to the “electricity transformation facility” is the transformer: 変電器, where 器(き） describes some sort of machine or device. The electricity transformation equipment can include a transformer, but doesn’t have to. Several things fall under this term: power rails, transformers, all kinds of …
I’m trying to learn some Kanji while I’m here, so I decided to take pictures of more or less useful things to understand. The first one is good to know in case of a fire or other emergency in a building. It’s an “evacuation passageway”： 避難（ひなん）： refuge, shelter, evacuation (the first kanji means “avoid”, the second …
Welcome to RIKEN ー 理化学研究所へようこそう RIKEN is a large research institute in Japan. Its main campus is located in Wako-shi, a little north of Tokyo. Some of its achievements include two Nobel prizes, the creation of element 113 and the SPring-8. It also celebrates its 100th anniversary and is selling these adorable Hello Kitty RIKEN scientist. …