Interviews with the Thinkers and Tinkerers of the INNO-vation Program
The Steth♡scope: Bringing Innovation to Telemedicine and Diagnostic Support (Part 1)
Shinpei Ogawa
The Steth♡scope goes beyond what you think of traditional stethoscopes, using AI to analyze EKGs and heartbeats.
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AR Camera App ARama! Turns People Into Interactive Objects (Part 3)
Makoto Morishita
Creator of the AR camera app ARama!, explains that “play” is at the heart of everything he does.
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AR Camera App ARama! Turns People Into Interactive Objects (Part 2)
Morishita Makoto
During his time in the INNO-vation Program, Makoto Morishita’s challenge was brushing up his AR camera app ARama!
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AR Camera App ARama! Turns People Into Interactive Objects (Part 1)
Morishita Makoto
A fun and unique introduction to augmented reality.
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Color-changing Unit Modules Put Beauty in the Eye of the Beholder (Part 3)
Jun Fujiki
At the root of Jun Fujiki’s work lies the desire to create a new universal principle. To this day he continues his search, looking for such a principle to pass down to younger generations.
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Color-changing Unit Modules Put Beauty in the Eye of the Beholder (Part 2)
Jun Fujiki
Before Jun Fujiki was selected for the INNO-vation Program, he had already completed his unit module that changed colors depending on the viewer’s perspective.
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Color-changing Unit Modules Put Beauty in the Eye of the Beholder (Part 1)
Jun Fujiki
It's all a Matter of Perspective.
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YouTube Channel Wasted Creation Breathes Life into Uselessness (Part 3)
Marina Fujiwara
The Worldwide Potential of Useless Machines
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YouTube Channel Wasted Creation Breathes Life into Uselessness (Part 2)
Marina Fujiwara
Through her YouTube Channel Wasted Creation, Marina Fujiwara expresses herself through inventions that most might deem as useless.
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YouTube Channel Wasted Creation Breathes Life into Uselessness (Part 1)
Marina Fujiwara
When usefulness is optional.
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Cinderella Technology – Understanding Mori
Yuka Kubo
Mathematically evaluating facial beauty in the eye of engineering
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Keep Time the Low-Tech Way with The Self-Writing Clock
Kango Suzuki
The Self-Writing Clock is a low- technology karakuri device that carefully writes down the time without using any digital processing.
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Analyzing Facial Movement Data with Earable, the Computerized Earring (Part 3)
Kazuhiro Taniguchi
Kazuhiro Taniguchi, creator of the computerized earring earable, explains that his approach toward life is cherishing the world you live in.
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Analyzing Facial Movement Data with Earable, the Computerized Earring (Part 2)
Kazuhiro Taniguchi
Before Kazuhiro Taniguchi was even selected for the INNO-vation Program, he had already completed most of his work on the computerized earring.
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Analyzing Facial Movement Data with Earable, the Computerized Earring (Part 1)
Kazuhiro Taniguchi
Kazuhiro Taniguchi’s computerized earring earable can gather biological data about facial expressions and chewing habits through motions captured from the outer ear, eyes, and tongue.
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Capturing the Elegance of Organic Movement Through Animatronics (Part 3)
Akira Nakayasu
What motivated Akira Nakayasu to develop his artwork was his passion for creating something that had never been done before. But would his creations be received positively worldwide?
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Capturing the Elegance of Organic Movement Through Animatronics (Part 2)
Akira Nakayasu
The challenge now set forth by Nakayasu and his Uneunewarawara Animatronics was to bring his creations from a 2D plane to a three-dimensional shape.
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Capturing the Elegance of Organic Movement Through Animatronics (Part 1)
Akira Nakayasu
256 silicon tubes are the driving force behind the squiggling and squirming tentacles found in UNEUNEWARAWARA Animatronics. But how did its creator, Akira Nakayasu, come up with such an idea?
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Mobile Game Unkore Aims to Save Lives Outside the Doctor’s Office (Part 3)
Yousuke Ishii
Dr. Yousuke Ishii, having finally seen the official release of the mobile game Unkore, recalls how selection for the INNO-vation Program became a great booster for his career.
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Mobile Game Unkore Aims to Save Lives Outside the Doctor’s Office (Part 2)
Yousuke Ishii
The mobile game Unkore, designed by Dr. Yousuke Ishii to assist with early detection of colorectal cancer, saw its development path take on an open innovation format.
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