** New Japanese Micromachine WWW Site** (

[David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>]

Date: Wed, 23 Aug 1995 15:33:43 -0700 (PDT)
From: Martin Herlihy <mherlihy () leland Stanford EDU>




The Stanford University US-Japan Technology Management Center (USJTMC)
is proud to announce its immediate public release of a limited-time,
experimental Internet World Wide Web site of information from the
MICROMACHINE CENTER (MMC), a nonprofit organization established
under the auspices of Japan's Ministry of International Trade and
Industry (MITI).


MMC implements research and development under the 25-billion yen
"Micromachine Technology" megaproject in the Industrial Science and
Technology Frontier program of MITI's Agency of Industrial Science and
Technology (AIST) through the New Energy and Technology Development
Organization (NEDO).  In addition, MMC promotes cooperative research
involving industry, government, and academia on micromachine R&D.


This new website delivers multimedia information on MMC projects, research
results, and viewpoints for the first time over the Internet.  It includes
complete archives of the MMC's MICROMACHINE JOURNAL through March 1995.
The USJTMC has received official permission from MMC to provide this
English-language information on a temporary, experimental basis in
advance of the public release of MMC's homepage in Japan, which is
planned for later this year.


Development of this new website is one activity in the Stanford
University US-Japan Technology Management Center's programs to increase
public awareness and access to Japanese sources of scientific and
technical information through the use of new technologies.  The USJTMC has
received major funding for this project through a grant in the US-Japan
Industry and Technology Management Training (JITMT) Program, which
is administered by the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research.


The USJTMC's Micromachine Center website can be viewed at:


        http://fuji.stanford.edu


For further information on this new site or any of the USJTMC's
programs, please contact


        Carol Mangels
        Events and Publicity Coordinator
        US-Japan Technology Management Center
        Stanford University Department of Electrical Engineering
        302 McCullough
        Stanford, CA 94305-4055
        TEL     +1-415-725-4811
        FAX     +1-415-725-9974
        carol () fuji stanford edu