In the large-scale national research project "Moonshot Research and Development System", 21 projects such as "Technology for controlling weather" were selected as candidates for research goals solicited from young researchers, and the official goals were further narrowed down to a few. It is supposed to be listed in.
The "Moonshot Research and Development System," a large-scale national research project that tackles the challenging challenges of science and technology with an eye on society 30 years from now, has seven goals that have already been set, as well as goals from young researchers. We are going to solicit ideas and add a few.
The Japan Science and Technology Agency, which manages the project, received 129 proposals, and documents and interviews were selected.
As a result, researchers at RIKEN will take the lead in developing "technology to reduce disasters such as heavy rains by changing the atmospheric conditions using radio waves and light and controlling the weather", and at Osaka University. Twenty-one goal candidates were selected, with university students as leaders, such as "a technology that conveys thoughts and experiences like telepathy for the purpose of communicating individuals and groups and forming agreements."
Furthermore, by examining the feasibility etc. for about half a year and narrowing down to a few cases, if the official goal is set, the research will be conducted with a budget of hundreds of millions to billions of yen.
Professor Hiroshi Amano of Nagoya University, who was the winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics and was selected, said, "Major changes are the ideas of young people, and I would like to keep an eye on this proposal with excitement."