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noreply@blogger.com (Ichiroh Kanaya) — Sun, 27 May 2012 22:00:00 +0000

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Annular Eclipse

noreply@blogger.com (Ichiroh Kanaya) — Sun, 20 May 2012 21:00:00 +0000

Annular Eclipse

From Wikipedia.

Virtual Archaeology 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Ichiroh Kanaya) — Tue, 15 May 2012 08:22:00 +0000

Ichiroh Kanaya, Yukinori Kawae, Kosuke Sato, and Hiroyuki Kamei are going to present Digitizing Egyptian Heritage at Virtual Archaeology 2012 conference held in The State Hermitage Museum.

Configuration of Pineapple II (Type 1)

noreply@blogger.com (Ichiroh Kanaya) — Fri, 04 May 2012 11:30:00 +0000

We will open the hardware architecture of Pineapple II computer. This is the first draft of the layout of the computer.

Core Video and AV Foundation

noreply@blogger.com (Ichiroh Kanaya) — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 05:43:00 +0000

I and Goshiro Yamamoto are writing guidance on real-time video processing technology of OS X. We are now introducing basics of AV Foundation, which has been back-ported from iOS, and now is replacing QTKit.

Please visit CoreVideo.net. (All articles are written in Japanese.)

Japan-America Frontier of Engineering (JAFOE)

noreply@blogger.com (Ichiroh Kanaya) — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 21:00:00 +0000

National Academy of Engineering (NAE), US, and Engineering Academy of Japan (EAJ) are now intensively preparing the 11th Japan-America Frontiers of Engineering.

The Japan-America Frontiers of Engineering (JAFOE) program was started in 2000. Since then, JAFOE symposia have been held every year except 2001 and 2010 in locations alternating between Japan and the United States.

JAFOE aims to bring together outstanding, early-career Japanese and American Engineers from industry, universities, and other research institutions to introduce their areas of engineering research and technical work, thereby facilitating an interdisciplinary transfer of knowledge and methodology that could eventually lead to collaborative networks of engineers from the two countries. The total number of participants, including organizers, speakers, and other participants, numbers approximately 60, with 30 engineers from each country. Participation is by invitation only.

>>JAFOE on web.PineappleDesign.org

TEDxKyoto, 16 September 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Ichiroh Kanaya) — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 14:05:00 +0000

Student Speaker Audition will be open shortly. Please check the official site of TEDxKyoto.

Pineapple II

noreply@blogger.com (Ichiroh Kanaya) — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 13:07:00 +0000

PinappleDesign.org is going to ship its first commercial product named Pineapple II microcomputer. The Pineapple II is an Arduino-based microcomputer that converts up to 6 analog inputs to standard MIDI output. It comes with a range sensor, power adapter, and USB connector for future expansion and software update.

Mayuko Kanazawa Won The Kawaii+ Prize

noreply@blogger.com (Ichiroh Kanaya) — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 13:10:00 +0000

Mayuko Kanazawa won the Kawaii+ prize.

TEDxKyotoChange

noreply@blogger.com (Ichiroh Kanaya) — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 23:12:00 +0000

The TEDxKyoto team is proud to announce that we will have TEDxKyotoChange conference on 7 April 2012. Please fill out this form to apply your participation.

TEDxChange [Kyoto]

noreply@blogger.com (Ichiroh Kanaya) — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 10:34:00 +0000

On 5 April, TEDxChange will be held in Berlin under support of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. And just two days after, we will have TEDxKyotoChange, a Kyoto version of TEDxChange. Ichi Kanaya is supporting TEDxKyotoChange and TEDxKyoto.

Video: The Official Video of Kobe Biennale 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Ichiroh Kanaya) — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 22:55:00 +0000

Article: Revolutionary Archaeology [Topcon]

noreply@blogger.com (Ichiroh Kanaya) — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 12:38:00 +0000

Scanning for clues - Recording the mysteries of a 4600-year-old pyramid

Surrounded by the Sahara, the step pyramid built by the king Djoser is the oldest pyramid in Egypt, built some 4,600 years ago. Two machines on tripods were facing the pyramid, while a man cautiously rappelled down its steep slopes with an arm-spread equipment, like the wings of Icarus, on his back. More than 20 people stood watching, with computers and transceivers at hand. This is not the typical excavation where artifacts are discovered, uncovered gently with camel hairbrushes. A 21st Century approach to archaeological research using cutting-edge technology - that, is what this project is all about. Using the latest laser scanning technology, the goal of this project is to capture detailed 3D measurements of the pyramid. The stars of this project were Topcon’s laser scanner GLS-1000 and Develo Solutions’ own laser scanner “Djoser.”

Aquarium (Takahiro Matsuo) [22 March to 1 April 2012, Osaka]

noreply@blogger.com (Ichiroh Kanaya) — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 21:00:00 +0000

Takahiro Matsuo's exhibition will be held from 22 March to 1 April 2012 at Kids Plaza Osaka. PineappleDesign.org is supporting his art works.

Video: Kohrin (Takahiro Matsuo)

noreply@blogger.com (Ichiroh Kanaya) — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 21:00:00 +0000

A video of Kohrin was out. Takahiro Matsuo was on an interview.

Article: fuwapica (Ichi Kanaya and Studio Mongoose)

noreply@blogger.com (Ichiroh Kanaya) — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:00:00 +0000

July 24, 2007 — Ancient Japanese people believed that gods lived in all things, whether animate or inanimate. Talking to a wall was not an idle act, but actually a kind of soul-searching. And usually, the wall talked back.

Now a table and a set of chairs embodies that philosophy. Called Fuwapica, which loosely translated means "soft and flashy," the furniture senses people's presence and gradually changes colors accordingly. The interactive set, which could be in shops, airports, museums, or bars within a year or two, uses technology to extend people's emotional state into a room that may be devoid of ancient ideas.

"We want modern people like us to remember that there was an interaction between people and furniture," said Ichi Kanaya, assistant professor at Osaka University.

Read more at Discovery Channel

ALFA ROMEO Love Giulietta (Takahiro Matsuo) [9-14 Feb. 2012, Tokyo]

noreply@blogger.com (Ichiroh Kanaya) — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:00:00 +0000

The OLED Color Changing Chair will be demonstrated at ALFA ROMEO Love Giulietta.

Student's Exhibition at Hosomi Museum [Kyoto]

noreply@blogger.com (Ichiroh Kanaya) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:52:00 +0000

As an exhibition by students of Kyoto Saga University of Arts will be held from tomorrow at Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Mr. Okumura, a student of Ichi Kanaya is going to demonstrate his art work at Hosomi Museum.

ResearchMap.jp

noreply@blogger.com (Ichiroh Kanaya) — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:00:00 +0000

Ichi Kanaya is moving his activity list to a new blog service ResearchMap.jp running by JST.

ResearchMap.jp is based on ReaD database, which is the biggest database for Japanese researchers. It can automatically import your activities from the original database, though you may need manual adjustment of them.

Similar web services worldwide include ResearchGate.

Lecture on Design and Science [17 Feb. 2012, Osaka]

noreply@blogger.com (Ichiroh Kanaya) — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:00:00 +0000

THIS LECTURE IS GIVEN IN JAPANESE.

Ichi Kanaya's lecture on Design and Science will be held at Mebic Ogimachi, Osaka, Japan on 17 February 2012.

Title: Lecture on Design and Science

Date: 18:00---20:00, 17 February 2012.

Place: Mebic Ogimachi, Osaka, Japan

Held by: Japan Design Producer's Union

Admission: 2,000JPY (students won't be charged)

金谷一朗「科学が切り開くデザインの感性」講義のお知らせ．

タイトル：科学が切り開くデザインの感性
日時：2012年2月17日 18:00-20:00
場所：メビック扇町
主催：Japan Design Producer's Union
参加費：2,000円（学生無料）

Link: Color changing OLED Chair art project

noreply@blogger.com (Ichiroh Kanaya) — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 11:05:00 +0000

Our article on Takahiro Matsuo's Color Changing Chair was referred by OLED-Inof.com as "Color changing OLED Chair art project" with a video of the project.

Artist Takahiro Matsuo designed a color changing "OLED Chair" art project which uses Verbatim's Velve color-tunable OLED panels.

Video: Air Lights (Takahiro Matsuo)

noreply@blogger.com (Ichiroh Kanaya) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:35:00 +0000

A video of art work named Air Lights created by Takahiro Matsuo, Monoscape is out. This work was supported by Goshiro Yamamoto and Ichi Kanaya, PineappleDesign.org.

CoreVideo.net

noreply@blogger.com (Ichiroh Kanaya) — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

I and Goshiro Yamamoto just began a new blog named CoreVideo.net. We occasionally post short sample codes for real-time video processing on Mac OS X with Core Video and Core Image technology. The code will appear at SourceForge.jp. All explanations and discussions will be done in Japanese.

Video: Polyphonic Jump! [Kobe]

noreply@blogger.com (Ichiroh Kanaya) — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 15:00:00 +0000

Polyphonic Jump is an apparatus for human beings to be immersed in a fantasy world where many creatures chorus in polyphony. Audiences stand in front of a huge canvas on which picture of forest is painted with oil, and jump for interacting with oil-painted animals on the canvas as if the audiences were also on the canvas. The audiences will feel they are actually in a picture book.

For seamless integration of physical painting which gives true reality and computer-generated animation which moves dynamically and interacts with audiences, the authors put real-time 3D modeling and projection technology in this artwork.

This art work won the prize of Kobe Biennale 2011.

Video: Color Chair (Takahiro Matsuo)

noreply@blogger.com (Ichiroh Kanaya) — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 01:54:00 +0000

A movie of OLED Color Chair, a part of Snowdome exhibited at IMS Star Xmas is out. This work was done by Takahiro Matsuo (Monocsape) with the support of PineppleDesign.org.