Challengers for the 2015 "Disruptive Challenge" Category

Proposal Title

Full Name

Location

Development of a Next-Generation Camera to Capture the Elasticity and Viscosity of Objects

Takahito Aoto

Osaka

Development of "PROCESS WARP", a distributed processing system

Yuji Ito

Tokyo

UDAR: Development of the Next-Generation Flagship Model of the Electronic Musical Instrument

Michinobu Uda

Chiba

Creating materials that are both hard and soft (An information environment to create all elastic properties within a structure)

Taisuke Oshima

Tokyo

Construction and Implementation of Distributed Algorithms Inspired by Biological Life

Youtarō Katayama

Saitama

Nurture the Next Generation of Talent. The Development of Modular Toys for Anyone to Learn about the Mechanisms of Hardware

Ikkaku Kawaguchi

Ibaraki

FAB OF/FOR/BY THE GIRLS - Surface Processing Technology Specialized for 3D Printing

Saori Kanda

Tokyo

Understanding Cinderella Technology's Visual Communication Among Women Using Selfie Image Analysis

Yuka Kubo

Tokyo

Using the Optical Properties of Jumping Spiders for Computer Vision

Kenichi Tsuchiya

Tokyo

Development of a Platform which Enables Identification and Classification of Cell-Likeness by Imaging Gene Expression Levels and Epigenome Data

Masahiro Nakamura

Kyoto

Highly reliable embedded OS

Yosuke Furusawa

Iwate

Unravelling the Conspiracies of Sound

Toshitaka Hosaka

Ibaraki

A Superhuman Suit to "Feel" Your Surroundings

Mitsuhiro Matsumoto

Fukuoka

Quantum Computers and Artificial Intelligence. An Application of Quantum Annealing Algorithms to Deep Learning

Yuichiro Minato

Kanagawa