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The official Pineapple.cc site is currently down and will be back shortly.

Restructuring our blogs

We are currently restructuring our blogs. Technology x Art x Design blog will have a new address from Year 2015. Please wait for the official announcement. Thanks.

A New Computer

This schematic shows the least complex computer system for converting sensor voltage to MIDI signal. The firmware is available at Github.

Did you know...?

I've been picking up good (and sometimes bad) words from web space at reblog.pineapple.cc. Enjoy.

MIT Technology Review: Japanese Artists Solve The Problem of How To Sell Multiple Copies of Interactive Artworks

MIT Technology Review picked up the article we published at ACE 2014 conference.

Interactive Art To Go

We are going to demo (and deploy) Yukinko, the world first interactive art that you can bring to your home, at ACM Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology Conference.

Takaharu Tezuka's talk at TEDxKyoto 2014 was picked up by Weekly Editor's Picks of TED

Well, this is something AMAZING. Thank you very very much for Tezuka Sensei and the team members.

LUCIS by Lucent Design (Takahiro Matsuo)

Just released by Lucent Design. Available at Cassina.

Performances and Talks of TEDxKyoto 2014

Now available on YouTube!

TEDxKyoto is about to upload YouTube videos

Please keep your eyes on TEDx channel of YouTube. We are about to upload inspiring talks and performances of TEDxKyoto 2014.

Yukiko goes to ACE 2014 Conference

Yukinko, a part of Mayuko Kanazawa's interactive artwork at MOT, goes to Creative Showcase (demo) session of ACE 2014. See you there.

Blue LED

テクノロジーがカラーを決定している例。

Presenting Re:Form at SUI 2014

We are presenting a new research project named Re:Form at SUI 2014, Honolulu.

Thank you for joining TEDxKyoto 2014

Thank you for joining TEDxKyoto 2014.

Speakers/Performers of TEDxKyoto 2014!

Visit TEDxKyoto.com now.

TEDxKyoto 2014: 温故知新 (Examine the past to know the future)

We are ready.

Wonderful World (Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo)

Don't miss Wonderful World exhibition at Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo. Bring your kids and babies.

George Takei to be on-air at NHK World

Don't miss this program.

"To Boldly Go" to the world

This George Takei's talk at TEDxKyoto Special Event was first picked up by Deep Kyoto, and then Huffington Post. I also wrote up an article from the view point of a show producer. Please enjoy.

Thank you (again) for coming to TEDxKyoto Special Event "To Boldly Go!"

I posted an article about this special event "To Boldly Go!" at Medium.

To Boldly Go: TEDxKyoto Special Event

To Boldly Go

Back from Croatia

I'm back in Japan.

New pages added to the official site

The following pages were added to the official site.

• Essays (Japanese)
• Hack (Japanese)
• Life Hack (Japanese)

TEDxKyoto 2014

TEDxKyoto will soon announce its third main event, TEDxKyoto 2014, and the new special event.

The show team of TEDxKyoto is seeking volunteers who are interested in making TEDxKyoto together with us. Please send a message to kanaya _at_ pineapple.cc to get more detail.

Thanks.

Tom Chi's talk at TEDxKyoto was picked up by Editor's Picks of TED

Tom Chi's talk "Fast Solutions for A Brighter Future - Rapid Prototyping Entrepreneurship" at TEDxKyoto 2013 was picked up by Editor's Picks.

[Lecture] Introduction to Kansei Science

Introduction to Kansei Science starts today.

Tomoko Kawao's performance at TEDxKyoto 2013 is featured on TED blog

This is it!

THANK YOU FOR COMING TO MAZAK MUSEUM

Thank you for joining NOTOxGIAHS 2014

Thank you very much for joining us at NOTOxGIAHS 2014 conference. Video archive will come up shortly. Please check out our Facebook, Google+, Twitter, and Tumblr.

NOTOxGIAHS [3 March 2014, Kanazawa]

NOTOxGIAHS is an English presentation event for promoting Noto peninsula by talented students. You'll be attracted to Noto even you've been once there.

Hack Osaka 2014

Hack Osaka (Feb. 19, 2014)

Love others to love yourself: Keiichiro Hirano at TEDxKyoto 2012

Keiichiro Hirano's talk "Love others to love yourself" at TEDxKyoto 2012 was featured on TED.com.

NOTOxGIAHS

NOTOxGIAHS is a (TEDx-like) event that college/university students talk about Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) in Noto peninsula in English. All talks will be archived and viewable on YouTube channel.

[Exhibition] Mayuko Kanazawa's Moving Pictures at The Mazak Museum of Art

We are working very hard to upgrade the interactive art systems of Mayuko Kanazawa's Moving Pictures. From the last week we've been showing off Polyphonic Jump! version 4.1. Enjoy!

(Image courtesy of The Mazak Museum of Art.)

Cross X Stories

Ms. Showko Kawahara and I are giving lecture at the first course of the new lecture and workshop series named CrossXStories. Limited numbers of tickets are available.

Date & Time: Sat., Feb. 1, 2014. 13:30 to 16:30 (JST).
Place: Impact Hub Kyoto.

We are waiting for you.

Tarachine Nippon

Tarachine Nippon will have a new lecture series named "design your calendar". The first lecture starts on Jan. 25.

Tomoko Kawao's lecture and workshop at Yuuhi wo Miru Kai

Yuhi wo Miru Kai (夕陽を観る会) had an honor to host Tomoko Kawao as a monthly guest for having lecture and workshop on Shodo. Please find us on Facebook for further meetings.

Hack Osaka 2014

Hack Osaka 2014 will be held on 19 Feb 2014 at Grand Front Osaka. The event features Matt Webb and Eric Migicovsky as keynote speakers.

Admission: free (lecture only), 5,000 yen (lecture and party).

Please apply today.

Happy New Year 0x7DE

The new year's day means nothing to hackers. But, even so, let's celebrate the year 0x7DE in the hope that this year would be even brighter than ever.

Hackers have power to create the better world by their outstanding skills including coding computer programs, designing physical objects, and even tweak human's life.

I'm proud to say that hackers are the first nation who recognize the power of open source. Now the key concept of the open source is distributed everywhere, however, it is sometimes misunderstood or even feared. So let's start giving your idea, your source, your design as a part of our freedom.

Thank you.

Ichi Kanaya
Hacker