is a technologic researcher / designer / artist based in Tokyo. Currently, I'm doctoral student in the University of Tokyo, Rekimoto Lab. My research covers wide area of Human Computer Interaction (HCI) field. From a customizable keyboard system to a synthetic approach for sports climbing or a novel AR display.
My hometown is engineering, but now I kinda like working across disciplines such as art and design. This animation illustrates me rolling in the cycle of science, engineering, design and art.
A low-cost photogenic display whose image only appears on a camera. It controls lighting bars at high speed and synchronizes with the frame rate of the camera. By the rolling-shutter effect, only cameras can capture the image on this display.
SNS is not designed to stop our curiousity. owlo is a fictional product that speculates a (un)comfortable society where everyone is walking with a drive recorder. Is the future really convenient?
We spend more and more time listening music on Spotify. What if the media cannot replay the music again? This is an unreplayable jukebox that sharpens a pencil-shaped musical data. This music cannot be replayed again forever.
Smartphone is a sophisticated device at the forefront of modern manufacturing technology. However, a lot of smartphones are retired every year. phonvert is a new concept of converting retired smartphones into IoT devices. The project leader Tomo is now building a community to explore the alternative usage of smartphones.
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I thought computer keyboards have too many keys for specific purposes such as editing and gaming. So I developed Trickey, a new building blocks style keyboard. This was my first independent project. Everything started from here.