The 2019 Nominations
A total of 185 ideas, technologies, and challenges have been nominated.
| Proposal Title | Proposer Name | Prefecture |
|---|---|---|
| "Livestock Health Management Service": Stress Management for Livestock with IoT | Hoshiden Corporation | Kanagawa |
| Improving Sports Skills in Disabled Sports in Rural Areas Using ICT | Hajime Kondo | Kagawa |
| Global Exchange Through Idols. WORLD IDOL FES 2020: World Idols x Nurturing Regional Idols x Promoting Regional Charm | Yoichi Motochika | Oita |
| "ANGEL," a New Service for Connecting with People | Ryo Shigematsu | Osaka |
| Showcasing "Japan's Manufacturing Power" to the World Through Piezoelectric Material Innovation! | Kenji Inoue | Miyagi |
| Surgical Suture Made of Piezoelectric Wire | Yuto Furukawa | Nara |
| Adventure of Toothpaste: Aiming for Zero Cavities | Nobuhiro Ishizawa | Miyagi |
| Talk to People Around the World on the Phone in Your Own Voice! | Suzuka Umemoto | Fukuoka |
| Animal Translator | Momoka Maekado | Shiga |
| You Were Young Back Then (VR Class Reunion) | Masahiko Mitani | Tokyo |
| A Smartphone App to Avoid "Who Was That Person Again?" Moments | Riki Kataoka | Ishikawa |
| A System to Determine if Someone is "Interested" Based on App Chat Content | Hikaru Takemura | Tokyo |
| Development of an On-site Food Recycling Device that Decomposes Food Waste with Black Soldier Fly Larvae and Converts It into Feed | Grubin | Tokyo |
| "CAST," an "Arubaito-Tech" Platform that Solves Part-time Job Issues | hachidori Inc. | Tokyo |
| "Information Errand" Request System Using Location Information | Izumi Mizoguchi | Tokyo |
| Nalu: A New Percussion Instrument with 6 Roles in 1 | Nobuaki Hino | Kanagawa |
| Into the Womb: A VR Experience That Allows a Return to the Fetus by Introducing the Adult Swaddling Method | Masako Kimura & Ayaka Fujii | Tokyo |
| WEARM: What if you had a third arm? | Masaki Yoshimi | Aichi |
| "Wheelchair Step" Commercialization Project via Web Monitoring | Rumi Kozu | Nagano |
| Web UI Automatic Optimization System | Copy inc. | Tokyo |
| Moving Action Encyclopedia | Osamu Yamanaka | Hiroshima |
| A Revolution in Vocal Synthesis Technology! An AI Vocal Synthesis System that Sings Like a Human with Deep Learning | Techno-Speech, Inc. | Aichi |
| Next-Generation User Interface Using AR | Komuro Lab, Saitama University | Saitama |
| "DisasterScope," a Fire, Smoke, and Evacuation Drill, and Tsunami/Flooding Experience Using AR Technology | Tomoki Itamiya | Aichi |
| AR Profile App "Findect" | Kotaro Kinoshita | Tokyo |
| AR Glasses "Sound-Visible Glasses": Toward an Era of Seeing, Not Just Hearing, Sound | Riku Okura, Eishin Agane & Amami Nakamura | Osaka |
| "AI-CON," an AI Contract Review Service | GVA TECH, Inc. | Tokyo |
| Create Your Original Font! Learning Handwriting Quirks with AI | Yudai Hasegawa | Oita |
| A Photo-sharing SNS That Allows Instant Sharing of Experiences with No Upload Operations, Assisted by AI | Takumi Tsuji | Osaka |
| "Journey to word2vec," a VR Experience of Traveling Inside the Mind of an AI | Tomoya Ishibashi & Kento Niikura | Tokyo |
| Catcha!, an Insect Photography App Using AI Image Recognition | Tomohiro Nozaki | Hyogo |
| Ethnipal: A Platform Connecting Foreigners and Japanese People Through Food | Chihiro Hidaka | Kyoto |
| enjin: A Legal Tech Service that Gathers Victims Who Want to File Class-Action Lawsuits and Connects Them with Lawyers | ClassAction, Inc. | Tokyo |
| Recommended Travel Plan = Good trip!! | Reo Akaike | Saitama |
| O-tetsudai-san (The Helper) | Marina Omura | Nagano |
| Oto-Miru Glasses (Sound-Seeing Glasses) | Yuji Fujii | Okayama |
| I Want to Make Tag More Fun | Hinata Ogawa | Aichi |
| Memory Glasses | Akari Sento | Kyoto |
| Volume-Adjusting Earphones | Akiato Nishioka | Hyogo |
| ExcelPerfect Overseas Delivery Service System | Mamoru Takara | Okinawa |
| A Tourist Spot Introduction App for Foreigners, Made by Civilians | Shogo Tamura | Kyoto |
| Offshore Vinyl Greenhouse (Energy Plant) | Takao Tsuchiya | Kanagawa |
| Underwater City CUBE | Hiroyuki Ota | Tokyo |
| Discovering Conversation Hotspots | Takeshi Mizumoto | Tokyo |
| Find Out if Food is Halal Just by Pointing Your Camera! | Sakura Endo | Osaka |
| "Yobigoe" (Calling Voice), Rescuing Lives Buried in Rubble | Hidekazu Umeda | Kanagawa |
| Let Cute Art Travel App | Hisashi Obata | Nara |
| Development and Operation of "Miyabi," a Photo-Shooting Support System for Tourist Spots | Yoshihiro Kato | Oita |
| AR Glasses for Easy Superimposition | Hirakawa Lab, Shimane University | Shimane |
| A Robot that Automatically Creates Minutes | Shoko Tomizaki | Fukuoka |
| A Natural Thinking Approach to Global Challenges Difficult to Solve with Existing Organizational Communication Structures | Adam Robert | Tokyo |
| Cashless Currency Exchange System | Makoto Ishibashi | Fukushima |
| AR Business that Nurtures Everything from Food Education to Job Training by Utilizing Empathy and Synesthesia | Takuro Sakata | Saitama |
| Aiming for an Inclusive Society: Utilizing "Music" x "Food" x "Robots" to Connect Communities | YURARIthm.Inc. | Miyagi |
| The Extraordinary Regeneration System of Fish (Zebrafish): Perfect Repair of Skin and Organs | Atsushi Kawakami | Kanagawa |
| Airflow Scope | Shunsuke Morikawa | Akita |
| Development of a Virtual Myoelectric Prosthesis and its Application Using Myoelectric Potential from a Microphone to Solve the Problem of Myoelectric Prosthesis Proliferation | Naoto Sato, Yoshiharu Otsuka, Rion Horiguchi, Kokoru Matsuda, Yu Zhang | Tokyo |
| Glasses Map | Naoki Tokioka | Ishikawa |
| "Keeper Project," the Uber of the Caregiving Industry for Those Who Can't Rush Over Immediately | KOWA Co.,Ltd | Iwate |
| "magellan.life," a Recommendation Engine for Gourmet and Travel Spots | Kota Okazaki | Tokyo |
| Keigo CHANGER yell [K5-kun & Tameguchi-san] | Akira Kuwata | Tokyo |
| ETC Utilization via Mobile Phone | Atsuyori Itasaka | Ishikawa |
| Turning the Genome into a Cassette Tape | Junya Asai | Tokyo |
| "Co-LABO MAKER," a Sharing Platform for Research Equipment and Technology | Co-LABO MAKER Inc. | Miyagi |
| Nutritional Measurement for Health Maintenance | AS | Tokyo |
| Bad Breath-Checking Toothbrush | Yuto Furukawa | Nara |
| Elderly Problems Aren't Solved by the Elderly Alone: An Entrepreneurship Program Through Co-creation Between Youth and Seniors | Shiyo Hayashi | Tokyo |
| "Kiko~ru" (Can Hear), Giving Shape to Voices | Kanon Hayashi | Aichi |
| A Business that Visualizes the Thought Processes in Math, Which Cannot Be Expressed on a Blackboard, with CG, Turning a One-Hour Lesson into a 3-Minute Video | You System | Mie |
| Stethoscope of the Heart | Airi Kodama | Fukuoka |
| A Robot that Can Freely Change Shape, Born from Many Small Robots | Shin Sato | Hyogo |
| Easy Garbage Sorting! | Reina Hironaka | Fukuoka |
| Communication | Ayaka Akagi | Kyoto |
| Disaster Compass | Masahiro Obushi | Ishikawa |
| SOUND FABRIC ORCHESTRA: Wear Sound, Fabric Speaker | Olga | Tokyo |
| Creating a New Visible World by Three-dimensionally Arranging Multiple Cameras with Various Functions and AI-processing the Captured Images | Kenichi Ueda | Tokyo |
| Human Resource Development Tool to Fully Enjoy Three Dimensions (3D Printer Maze) | Yoshinori Imai | Osaka |
| DC Power Supply Device with Conifer-type Solar Cells that Maximize the Use of Scattered and Reflected Light | Manabu Maeda | Ishikawa |
| "Touch," a Next-Generation Device Service to Support the Visually Impaired | Teammate | Chiba |
| "Space Communication Between Fish and People," an Innovation to Disrupt the Scramble for Resources | Masayuki Goto | Tokyo |
| A Deceased Person's Information Bank to Leave Wills and Information After Death, Viewable Only by Descendants, and the Creation of a Human Family Tree | Shingo Kusasa | Ishikawa |
| Proposing a New Lifestyle and Eliminating Commuter Rush with Autonomous Driving Technology | Yasuhito Suzuki | Gunma |
| Development of an Earplug or App that Automatically Converts or Blocks Specific Sounds and Delivers Them to the Ear via Earphones | Aoi Tani | Ishikawa |
| Shoes that Can Be Put On Automatically | Kaito Ninomiya | Ehime |
| Translating Non-verbal Messages of Autistic Children and the Elderly into Language with IoT and AI! | Takehiko Nagumo | Kanagawa |
| Talking Cooking Scale | Yuka Kanda | Fukuoka |
| Schnellraumseher | Kenta Suzuki | Gifu |
| A Step Towards Understanding Disabilities Through VR Experience: Simulating the Sensory Hypersensitivity of Autistic Individuals | Eiichi Miyazaki | Kagawa |
| An IoT-compatible Wearable Device that Quantifies Elasticity and Hardness for Tactile Evaluation | Hyomen Sokki Seisakusho | Chiba |
| A Device that Frees Objects from Gravity by Forming a Unique Magnetic Field with Magnetic Lines of Force, and a Device that Measures and Communicates the Direction and Strength of the Magnetic Lines of Force at that Location | Yoshihiro Sakoda | Kagoshima |
| Developing New Uses for Jigsaw Puzzles. | Kenzo Ariyama | Tokyo |
| Innovation in Linguistic Expression by Adding Physicality | Miki Manabe | Tokyo |
| Stress VR | Yuto Shinhara | Tokyo |
| SPAIA | Sports x AI x Data Analysis Comprehensive Media | Glad Cube Inc. | Osaka |
| SPELL MASTER: A Magic Circle that Transforms "English Learning" into "Magic Learning" | Mizuki Matsui | Tokyo |
| An App to Protect Your Eyes from Your Smartphone | Riki Kataoka | Ishikawa |
| Mental Stabilization Device | Kaho Yamaguchi | Fukuoka |
| World Arm Wrestling | Jun Sunahara | USA |
| "FOMM ONE," the World's Smallest Class 4-seater Electric Vehicle that Floats in Emergencies | FOMM Corporation | Kanagawa |
| Creating an "Experience Sharing" Platform to Share Experiences from Around the World. | Akihiro Yamamoto | Tokyo |
| Development of the World's First Fall-type VR Bungee Jumping Device (Patented Technology) | Tetsuya Nonomura | Tokyo |
| Dialogue Drink Stand | Yuna Hagiwara | Hyogo |
| Making Election Voting an App | Niina Kawabata | Fukuoka |
| "Shiyakusho Hack," Creating an Online Virtual City Hall by Connecting Super-Civil Servants Nationwide | Yuya Shirakawa | Miyagi |
| Solving Transportation Infrastructure Problems Using an Omnidirectional Monitor | Kohei Yoshimasu | Osaka |
| A Platform to Solve "I don't understand!" in Specialized Books and Discover Advanced Human Resources Who Can Answer Those Questions | Kazuki Nishimura | Osaka |
| Flap, a Comprehensive and Convenient Travel App | Taiyo Kono | Kanagawa |
| Proposing Recipes for a Region's Unique Cuisine! | Wakako Watanabe | Chiba |
| Timely Supplies | Asako Araki | Okayama |
| A Robot Car that Can Be Operated in Sync with Body Movements, Allowing People of Different Physical Abilities and Ages to Enjoy Themselves on a Level Playing Field | Yuki Matsuda | Ishikawa |
| "Silent Trade 2.0": A Proposal for a Method to Contribute to Society Without Being a Social Butterfly | Mitsuhiro Ogawa | Tochigi |
| If Only I Could Ride the Train More Comfortably When Commuting... | Yuki Ogawa | Tokyo |
| A Tactile Block that Beeps When a Cane Approaches / A Cane that Beeps When it Touches a Tactile Block | Ryota Akatsuka | Niigata |
| Tsunami Canceling System | Shin Hasegawa | Miyagi |
| Utilization of Digital Art as Medical Care: "Care-Oriented Digital Art" | Junki Yoshioka | Tokyo |
| Safety Confirmation via TV | Takahiro Wada | Osaka |
| Don't Let Them Call Tactile Paving a "Block" (Obstacle)! "Voice-Guided ICT Tactile Road" | Takako Yamada | Mie |
| Tendenko 2.0: An Ecosystem Created with ICT and Finance that is Resilient to Natural Disasters and Climate Change | Hisashi Fujita | Aichi |
| A Senior Car that Doesn't Tip Over | Yasuyuki Araki | Okayama |
| "Tomovica," a Video Collaboration Site Where Videos Connect. | Satoshi Akita | Kanagawa |
| An Electric Pot Made of Ceramic | Masaru Ohori | Nagano |
| Development of an Educational and Friendly Digital Animal Exhibit System that Surpasses Zoos and Aquariums | Haruyoshi Kawai | Kanagawa |
| Talkie sounD -For those who have lost their voice- | Kanon Hasegawa, Emi Matsushita, Miyu Takano, Teammate | Chiba |
| DREAMsupport App | Hisashi Obata | Nara |
| DSYS Drone Disaster Prediction System | Ryuichi Tsuji | Hiroshima |
| Daily Life with Movie-like BGM | Hisashi Obata | Nara |
| Creation of a Transportation IC Card that Can Be Used on All Routes in Japan | Kota Kuroki | Kanagawa |
| "Samurai & Ninja Safari," an Entertainment Tour Bus Where Ninjas and Samurai Run Wild | Yuki Hiroya | Tokyo |
| "AI Meddling Self-Reliance Support Tool" that Absorbs the Worries of Dementia Patients and the Elderly and Supports Independent Living | Yumi Mori | Kanagawa |
| "Sharegri," Japan's First Day-Work App Specializing in Agriculture, Solves Labor Shortages for Farmers by Sharing Agricultural Human Resources | Sharegri Inc. | Tokyo |
| Make Conversations Easier and More Fun with Brainwaves! | Daiki Katayama | Hyogo |
| VAAKEYE: A Crime Prevention Business through Video Analysis - Utilizing Video Analysis AI for Shoplifting Prevention | VAAK Inc. | Tokyo |
| "Shaberunbe," an AI-Controlled Oxygen Tank for Emphysema | Nonoka Fukuda | Tochigi |
| Athlete Handprints via High-Five | Yoshio Oya | Hokkaido |
| Next-Generation Data Center Facility that Effectively Utilizes Waste Heat | Koichiro Oki | Nagano |
| ICT for Buses | Uua Mori | Fukuoka |
| "Gber," short for "Grandpa and Grandma's Uber," Connecting Elderly People Who Want to Work with Busy Parents | Rie Miura | Tokyo |
| HearLife | Daiki Yamaguchi | Fukui |
| Hikikomori Heroes, Assemble! | Takahiko Numata | Miyagi |
| An Artificial Nerve Sensor that Mimics Human Nerves and its Application to Visual Expansion and Reinforcement | Shunsuke Yamada | Tokyo |
| Unexplored Region Tour | Takamasa Sakai | Saitama |
| A Plastic Bottle Spout that Dispenses Water One Sip at a Time | Yuto Nakamura | Fukuoka |
| HITORIMO-ZEN: A Scented Window that Senses the Sun, a Collaboration of a Mainspring and Electricity. | Miki Manabe | Tokyo |
| 119 App (Emergency Call App) | Yuto Ikeda | Fukuoka |
| "VR Will": Remembering That Person with Sight and Touch | Yoshinori Maeda | Kanagawa |
| VR Radio-Controlled Car Race | Chuyuuki Takamoto | Hyogo |
| Development of a Cyber Defense Application Suite Using VR | Tsuyoshi Fujimoto | Saitama |
| 4D Light Crayon | Shigeki Doi | Nara |
| Development of the Fukushima Bustle App: What We Want to Convey from Fukushima Now | Kaiki Nanashima | Fukushima |
| Development of Secure, High-Speed Communication Technology for Telemedicine via Coded Communication | Seirei Shintani | Aichi |
| Development of a Point-type Device that Measures the 3D Coordinates of a Touched Point on an Object in Real Time | Takatoshi Yoshida | USA |
| Let's Achieve the 3Rs of Plastic (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) with a Game of Old Maid | Satoshi Kusunoki | Kyoto |
| Prius Avoider | Makoto Ishibashi | Fukushima |
| A TV with a Built-in or Connectable Printer | Masaru Ohori | Nagano |
| Bul-Pon (Blueberry Ponzu) | Masaru Ohori | Nagano |
| "Virtual Sticky Notes" to Evolve Brainstorming | Koichiro Shige | Iwate |
| "Mirage," a Tool to More Realistically Replicate the Movements of Pro Athletes on the Spot and Effectively Promote Sports Practice. | Yuta Hitokoshi | Ishikawa |
| Pedometer & App for Pets | Sana Tachiki | Fukuoka |
| A Pet Shop That Doesn't Sell Pets | Yumi Mori | Aichi |
| Museums Accessible by Stroller: Liberating "Museum Refugees" | Miyuki Utsumi | Chiba |
| A Phone to Connect to the Stars | Ai Nishijima | Kanagawa |
| Hokkori (Heartwarming) Button | Yusuke Kawamura | Hiroshima |
| "STREET THE MUSICAL," a Musical Performed in the Cityscape as a Theater Space! | Yuki Hiroya | Tokyo |
| "Air Therapist," a Platform Matching People Who Want a Massage with Practitioners | Yasushi Kobayashi | Saitama |
| Manzai Karaoke: Turn Manzai Comedy into Karaoke! | Masaya Tanaka | Osaka |
| A Platform to Make "Giving Up After Three Days" an Obsolete Phrase | Le Quang Phi Phung | Saitama |
| cheerfor: Building the Future of Cheering with Blockchain | Aran Mine | Tokyo |
| Is Privately-led Scientific Research Possible? Academic Research Led by the Community is Progressing in Osaka | Yuhi Ikegami | Osaka |
| Master Sniffer Shepherd! | Akiyoshi Abe | Kanagawa |
| Mentor-Mentee Matching Service | Yunosuke Koizumi | Tokyo |
| "Sentire," an Auditory Information Processing Support Device: I Don't Want to Pretend to Have Heard Anymore! | Fumi Shiraishi | Osaka |
| What If Communication Between Parents and Children is Cut Off? Preparing for That Day | Reima Kanno | Tokyo |
| A House Where Things Don't Get Lost | Masahiko Mitani | Tokyo |
| A New Way to Enjoy Public Racing on Mobile | Tatsuya Inagi | Tokyo |
| Live Box "Ouen-chan" (Cheer-chan) | Takako Yamada | Mie |
| Send an Image to LINE, and AI Transcribes It in 3 Seconds: "Transcription Barigood-kun" | Saikai Creative Company | Nagasaki |
| Radio Program: Encounter with the Past | Takuya Fujihira | Tokyo |
| "Wrappon" (Automatic Wrapping Toilet) | Nihon Safety Co.,Ltd. | Tokyo |
| Establishment of a Local Production for Local Consumption Energy Model with Chestnut Shell Bio-pellets, etc. | Shiyo Hayashi | Tokyo |
| Development of a Shape and Vector Alignment Method Applicable to Fluid Analysis, Medicine, and Spacetime Transfer Devices | Taichi Kin | Chiba |
| Let's Scan the Barcodes on Receipts and Consolidate Spending in an App | Kanoko Tokunaga | Kanagawa |
| Rescue-kun | Hisaki Morioka | Fukuoka |
| A New Dispatch Service Using LoRaWAN: Aiming for a Society Where No One is Left Behind by Improving the QOL of the Rural Elderly | Naoto Ido | Fukui |
| Sufficient Budget for Exciting Research in One Week! Promoting the Securitization of Intellectual Property and Social Implementation Using Blockchain | Yuhi Ikegami | Tokyo |
| Wadoll: An Exoskeleton to Make Stuffed Animals Walk | Wadoller | Tokyo |
