Episode 21: Soramatex

It started in the labs of Nagoya University, part of something called the Aichi Priority Research Project V, a fancy industry-academia-government collaboration where smart folks from Aichi Prefecture and the Aichi( Science and Technology Foundation team up to crack impossible problems. Their mission? Build the future of aerospace and next-gen mobility by making things ridiculously light. But what they stumbled onto in those late-night experiments wasn’t just light. It was impossibly light. Lighter than the air you’re breathing right now. Sources Official SoraMaterials Website (Home & News): https://sora-materials.com/ Company Profile Page: https://sora-materials.com/en/company/ CES 2026 Exhibit Announcement (density, properties, flame retardancy, Aichi Project origins): https://sora-materials.com/en/2025/12/22/%E3%80%90ces-2026%E5%87%BA%E5%B1%95%E3%80%91%E3%80%8C%E7%A9%BA%E6%B0%97%E3%81%AB%E6%B5%AE%E3%81%8F%E3%81%BB%E3%81%A9%E8%BB%BD%E3%81%84%E3%80%8D%E9%9B%A3%E7%87%83%E6%80%A7%E3%81%AE%E8%B6%85%E8%BB%BD/ Nikkei XTECH Feature (lighter-than-air material & global ambitions): https://sora-materials.com/en/2026/01/22/nikkei-xtech-highlights-soramatex-the-material-lighter-than-air-and-our-global-ambitions/ The Verge CES 2026 Coverage (hands-on description & context): https://www.theverge.com/tech/858953/ever-touched-a-material-so-light-you-cant-even-feel-it JAXA Partner Startup Registration Announcement: https://sora-materials.com/en/2025/10/31/%E3%80%8Cjaxa%E3%83%91%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%82%A2%E3%83%83%E3%83%97%E3%80%8D%E3%81%A8%E3%81%97%E3%81%A6%E7%99%BB%E9%8C%B2%E3%81%95%E3%82%8C/ TV Tokyo BIZ Feature at CES (multifunctional properties): https://sora-materials.com/en/2026/01/15/%E3%83%86%E3%83%AC%E6%9D%B1biz%E3%81%AB%E3%81%A6%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C%E3%82%92%E5%A4%89%E3%81%88%E3%82%8B%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E7%99%BA%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%82%A2%E3%83%83/ SXSW 2026 Speaker Session (CEO vision & applications): https://sora-materials.com/en/2026/03/18/%E3%80%8Csxsw-2026%E3%80%8D%E3%81%AB%E3%81%A6%E3%80%81%E5%BC%8A%E7%A4%BE%E4%BB%A3%E8%A1%A8%E3%81%AE%E5%A4%A7%E9%87%8C%E3%81%8C%E5%85%AC%E5%BC%8F%E3%82%BB%E3%83%83%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%81%AB/ Music from #Uppbeat https://uppbeat.io/t/terra-symphonia/reawakening License code: CAKW497RCWZEXPBL