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Launching Mirai Zukan, our features section: illustrated, easy-to-follow guides to how technology is changing society

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Arterect Inc. has launched Mirai Zukan, a features section on our website. It explains how technology is changing society through illustrations, diagrams and commentary from an AI guide.

About Mirai Zukan

Under the theme "the future starts with knowing", Mirai Zukan looks at the changes technology brings through familiar angles: everyday life, work, cities, Japanese technology and Japan's growth strategy. Specialist topics are explained scene by scene with illustrations and diagrams, with sources for each.

Features now available

  • Japan's 17 strategic growth fields: 17 fields covered in 51 articles with diagrams
Japan’s 17 strategic growth fields: an existing illustration from the AI and semiconductor feature, exploring how technology supports society.
Japan’s 17 strategic growth fields: an existing illustration from the AI and semiconductor feature, exploring how technology supports society.
  • Everyday life in 2035: homes, shopping and mobility, seen through small everyday scenes
Everyday life in 2035: an existing feature illustration that connects future technology with familiar scenes such as food and shopping.
Everyday life in 2035: an existing feature illustration that connects future technology with familiar scenes such as food and shopping.
  • The future of work: what to hand to AI and what to decide yourself, seen through moments at work
The future of work: an existing feature illustration accompanying questions about what to delegate to AI and what people should decide.
The future of work: an existing feature illustration accompanying questions about what to delegate to AI and what people should decide.
  • A walk through the future city: the systems that support a city, from the station to the harbour and the riverside
A walk through the future city: an existing feature illustration about the systems that support safety and everyday life.
A walk through the future city: an existing feature illustration about the systems that support safety and everyday life.
  • Japanese technology, beyond the lab: materials, robotics and space, from how they are made to how they are used
Japanese technology, beyond the lab: an existing feature illustration tracing materials and other technologies from production to use.
Japanese technology, beyond the lab: an existing feature illustration tracing materials and other technologies from production to use.

The features are written in Japanese.

Learn with the AI guide

The AI guide Mirai explains each field through short explanations, analogies and points to keep in mind. Screenshot of the published Japanese feature.
The AI guide Mirai explains each field through short explanations, analogies and points to keep in mind. Screenshot of the published Japanese feature.

Looking ahead

Our aim is to make intelligence part of the foundations of society, and alongside our AI research and development we also work in education. We will keep adding features to Mirai Zukan and bring technology a little closer to everyone.

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