Would you inject artificial blood if your life depended on it? Would you put your children on a self-driving bus? Can you trust AI CEOs that love being part of the World Economic Forum?Show NotesWEIRD CORNERSClinical trial on artificial blood cells to begin in JapanCommon wild amphibians banned from Yahoo auctionsTrain travels all day long with corpse aboard in Tokyo areaSOCIETY 5.0JR West now has giant robots performing maintenance work via VR-goggled operatorsUtilizing AI to realize demand forecasting and plan optimization for the global manufacturing supply chainPrime Minister Kishida announces that autonomous driving will be implemented at 10 locations, eliminating the need for a driverSelf-driving buses move smoothly through tunnels in Hokkaido's Kamishihoro townKawasaki City to begin demonstration experiment of self-driving buses that cross prefectural borders, the first in Japan, from January next year, aiming for "driverless" by 2027Tier IV, whose president is an autonomous driving engineer, is ranked "No. 1 in Japan" in fundraising! Survey conducted from January to June 2024Nissan-backed China's self-driving WeRide applies for IPO in U.S.Denso-affiliated J-QuAD sees second consecutive quarterly profit increase due to "special demand" caused by autonomous driving development?Toyota's research and development expenditure hits record high of 1.3 trillion yen! Will it be used for "Autonomous Driving" and "Woven City"?NEXCO Central conducts demonstration experiment of self-driving snowplow on Shin-Tomei ExpresswaySUPPLY CHAIN WARSChinese takeover of European seaports: EU turned a blind eye on security risks for years, experts say - Follow the Money - Platform for investigative journalismLinked by Russia, North Korea and Belarus vow ‘new era’ of bilateral tiesJapan devising support plan on trade, decarbonization for Central AsiaUber, China’s BYD, form partnership to deploy 100,000 EVs in EU and Latin AmericaTaiwan is readying citizens for a Chinese invasion. It’s not going well.