Selected for SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON LOVE AND SEX WITH ROBOTS
Media coverage on BBC, Mirror, Future of Sex, etc.
Teletongue is a pair of interactive lollipops. Using the microphones, vibrators and touch sensors concealed inside the lollipop, the user can send the sound and the movement of their "lick" to the other lollipop.
I did: concept design, software, hardware, 3D modeling, silicone mold making
Mono Coto Innovation was selected for GOOD DESIGN AWARD 2017
Mono Coto Innovation, produced by Curio School is a design innovation contest for middle and high school students.
While many similar contests merely provide programs for students to only pitch their ideas, Mono Coto Innovation goes much further, allowing them to prototype their ideas with professionals and go through a series of iterations.
Exhibited at SXSW EDU 2018
Exhibited at The 10th International Conference On Educational Data Mining
Whitebox is a device that sheds light on the "blackbox" group work process.
Using Kinect V2, Whitebox keeps track of the conversation ratio, posture, handgesture and the talking volume of group work participants, and analyzes the content of the discussion through Google Cloud API.
By making group work evaluation easier and more accurate, I hope that more and more shcools will adopt group work styles and strive for more flexible, creative education.
I did: everything
Exhibited at SXSW EDU 2018
Meta Pot is a plant-like device that visualizes the physiological responses of group work participants in real time through the movement and color change of leaves
By placing the MetaPot within group work, this research looks at how monitoring of oneself's and group members' mental efforts changes conversational turn taking behaviour and improve group work quality
I did: everything except video
Video: Shun Arima
Exhibited at Maker Faire Tokyo 2017
metronom is a belt device that detects the speed of breathing and gently nudges you back to the original speed when your breath becomes too fast or too slow.
The base speed can be set either by the user or by the yoga instructor
Co-designed with RYT-200 certified yoga instructor Yuuko Noma
I did: everything
Exhibited at Maker Faire Tokyo 2018
The Spotify Wig is a wig that turns into a punk hairstyle when you listen to loud rock music on Spotify.
It uses the Spotify Web API to collect the genre of the song you are playing, and activates the Bio Metal Fibers on your wig through Arduinos when you are listening to loud rock music.
And it glows in the dark.
I did: everything
Exhibited at Maker Faire Tokyo 2018
Exhibited at Maker Faire Tokyo 2019
The Awakening is an experiment to see what happens if poop comes alive and has its own will.
The crawling mechanism is based on the kirigami skin soft actuator robot by Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS). It uses a custom made silicone rubber tube as an actuator, powered by an air pump and a solenoid valve.
The poop skin is a toy purchased from Amazon.
Project with Kyosuke Taniguchi (creative director at Whatever.)
I did: silicone casting, actuator design, electronics
Amongst mnany of the weird things in Japan, one of the weirdest is the traditional system in which new university graduates go through to look for a job.
I wrote a piece on Medium to explain why it's so weird.
Web Test Destoryer is a Chrome extension that will automatically scan the questions of the meaningless web tests in the job hunting process, and match them with pre-exsiting database of answers that is often shared amongst students.
The intention is to eliminate these meaningless web tests as soon as possible.
I did: everything
Live Demo: https://diceky.github.io/BarcodeBattler http://diceky.github.io/barcodebattler2023
A digital reproduction of EPOCH’s legendary toy “Barcode Battler” using React.js + QuaggaJS + Yahoo Shopping API. As long as the item is in Yahoo Shopping, you can scan in any product through its barcode.
In the battle, users have the following two options:
-BARCODE ATTACK: attacks the opponent using values from JAN code and number of hits on Yahoo Shopping
-YAHOO POTION: multiplies the attack point by the item’s rating on Yahoo Shopping
Help us find the strongest product in the market!
I did: everything
The story of me and my partner, made entirely with Unity.
(Music: ベンガルトラとウィスキー / andymori)
Video may not play on older browsers.
I did: everything (except for my 3D scan, which was done at Super Scan Studio. Yuuko's 3D scan was done at home with Kinect)
Try it HERE
WHO states that the right way to wash your hands is to "scrub your hands for at least 20 seconds", which takes about as long as singing "Happy Birthday" twice.
Handwash DJ enhances the appropriate hand wash experience by playing a random song on Spotify for exactly 20 seconds.
Before you wash your hands, say "Okay Google, Hand Wash DJ", and scrub your hands until the song finishes.
I did: everything
NEO HARAGEI augments the traditional haragei (belly dance) during nomikai (drinking parties) to the next level.
By applying face recognition to the face drawn on the stomach, it generates music from the position of facial parts.
There is no doubt that the Japanese society is backed up by the nomikai culture: we must do all we can to sustain that culture even amidst the COVID quarantine.
I did: everything
Mood Checker is a tool for remote workshop facilitators to fully leverage the power of anonymity, through real time collection of mood, chat and more.
Create a room, hand out the link to the participants, and get instant access to the world's first truly honest feedback.
I did: everything
Open source physical Zoom mute button / Zoom phone for the remote era.
Check out the instructables post on how to make this yourself.
I did: everything (the rotary phone is a second hand purchase)
Freelance work for Orthopicks, an implant order system for orthopedic surgeons.
I did: UI/UX design, brand visual identity
Featured on Forbes Japan
d.camp is a design camp for teenagers, hosted by IDEO.
As the first step in to the "weird and wonderful world of creativity", campers immerse themselves in creative activities and learn the mindsets of world-renowned IDEO designers.
In addition to the planning, facilitation and web development, I also code dope workshop tools for the campers to interact with, such as the remote rovers controlled via Amazon Kinesis.
I did: content planning, facilitation, web design/development, etc. etc.
Visual Identitiy: Mio Yokota
https://www.prototyping.school
Prototyping School is a new offering within IDEO for all students and adults to learn cutting edge, no-code prototyping techniques so that everyone can bring ideas to life themselves.
I founded the school and am currently prototyping the school brand, curriculum, business model and space.
I did: design research, concept development, web design/development, content creation, business develoment, daily operation, etc. etc.
Visual Identitiy: Ashley Szukalski
Freelance work for trophee, an EC platform to enable everyone to casually contribute to the future of ethical consumption.
I did: app UI/UX design, web design, brand visual identity.
https://tokyo.ideo.com/project-alchemy/
Together with the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, IDEO Tokyo created a report on how organizations can nurture creativity.
I did: design research, report content, web development.
