Milestone-Proposal talk:FURUNO

Advocates’ Checklist

1. Is proposal for an achievement rather than for a person?
2. Was proposed achievement a significant advance rather than an incremental improvement to an existing technology?
3. Were there prior or contemporary achievements of a similar nature?
4. Has the achievement truly led to a functioning, useful, or marketable technology?
5. Is proposal adequately supported by significant references (minimum of five) such as patents, contemporary newspaper articles, journal articles, or citations to pages in scholarly books? At least one of the references from a peer-reviewed scholarly book or journal article. The full text of the material, not just the references, shall be present. If the supporting texts are copyright-encumbered and cannot be posted on the ETHW for intellectual property reasons, the proposers shall email a copy to the History Center so that it can be forwarded to the advocate. If the advocate does not consider the supporting references sufficient, the advocate may ask the proposer(s) for additional ones.
6. Are the scholarly references sufficiently recent?
7. Is proposed citation readable and understandable by the general public?
8. Does the proposed plaque site fulfill the requirements?
9. Is the proposal quality comparable to that of IEEE publications?
10. Scientific and technical units correct? (e.g. km, mm, hertz, etc.) Are acronyms correct and properly upperercased or lowercased?
11. Date formats correct as specified in Section 6 of Milestones Program Guidelines? https://ieeemilestones.ethw.org/Helpful_Hints_on_Citations,_Plaque_Locations

Reviewers’ Checklist

1. Is suggested wording of the Plaque Citation accurate?
2. Is evidence presented in the proposal of sufficient substance and accuracy to support the Plaque Citation?
3. Does proposed milestone represent a significant technical achievement?
4. Were there similar or competing achievements? If so, have the proposers adequately described these and their relationship to the achievement being proposed?

Original Citation Title and Text -- Administrator4 (talk) 15:49, 29 July 2022 (UTC)

Commercialization of the fishfinder, 1948.

A fishfinder was commercialized for the first time by Furuno Electric Co., Ltd. in 1948, which reformed the fishery industry in Japan and contributed remarkably to the development of protein resources. This fishfinder was realized by improving an echo sounder so that it could catch clearly the weak echo signals reflected from fish schools by enhancing the ability of its built-in amplifier.

Comment from Advocate -- Polismpp1125 (talk) 15:27, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

Professor Shirakawa:

I have agreed to be the Advocate for this Milestone proposal. I have looked carefully at the proposal, and I now have to pick reviewers. These reviewers should have no conflict of interest with the Milestone or its supporters. Since I have very little knowledge of the technology involving fish-finding, if you have any suggestions for reviewers, I would be happy to consider them.

The only other thing is that it is required that: "All supporting materials must be in English, or accompanied by an English translation". Thus, references [4-9, 11] need to be accompanied by an English translation, or at least an abstract in English.

I look forward to working with you on finalizing the processing of this proposal.

Michael Polis Professor Emeritus Dept of ISE Oakland University Rochester, MI 48309 Home phone 706-579-1626 Cell 586-344-0972

Message from Advocate to Proposers -- Tomohiro Hase (talk) 09:16, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

Dear Proposers. Due to the end of the previous History Committee's term, the Advocate in charge has changed. Advocate for the Milestone 2021-01

Comment from Advocate to Proposers -- Tomohiro Hase (talk) 05:16, 12 March 2024 (UTC)

Dear Proposers. The format of Milestone's proposal form seems to have changed last year. You should add an abstract newly. Best regards, Advocate

Re: Comment from Advocate to Proposers -- Takeshi Fujii (talk) 06:07, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

Dear Advocate. According to your instruction, I added an abstract newly. Best regards, Proposer

Comment from Advocate to Proposers -- Tomohiro Hase (talk) 05:23, 12 March 2024 (UTC)

Dear Proposers. Regarding the Historical Significance question in the Proposal. Could you please don't write history, but significance. Best regards, Advocate.