This is a great video about Tokyo Hackerspace by Joseph Tame from Pokya fame. This explains what they are doing and some of the cool projects they are involved in. Don’t forget the up coming workshop for the Brain Machine, a device that Karamoon demonstrates in the video. All very interesting stuff and a well made video. Enjoy.
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I was very impressed by the Tokyo Hacker Space meeting last night held at the Pink Cow in Shibuya (9th June 2009). The meeting went well with around 20 people and some of them had really done their homework in trying to make this a reality.
I’m purposefully going to be a little vague as it maybe a little early to discuss the details of the meeting. Also, I’d like to wait for other members to digest what was put out there and respond before I comment on proposals that might change in the future. Suffice it to say, a comprehensive and well thought out proposal was made regarding a space that could be used as well as the financial framework to run the whole project. Excitng things are happening in Tokyo and it would be great to be involved with such a diverse and intelligent group of people.
What’s my interest in all of this? I actually only have a very rudimentary knowledge of computing and anything that needs to be plugged into a wall. However, as a musician, I would be interested in collaborating in some art – music – tech crossover projects. If the latest books are to be believed, it’s not enough to make things function, they have to look pretty too. These books are of course written to make artists and musicians feel better about themselves.
Before I digress, here’s to Tokyo Hacker Space becoming a reality. Again, I will write more one more responses have come in regarding last night’s meeting.
Next meeting Meeting at at Respekt Cafe 2f 7pm Tuesday June 16th 2009
Hanging out at 4nchor5 la6 with Mitch Altman, Karamoon and friends
Tokyo Hacker Space | 4nchor5 la6 from Alex Brooke on Vimeo.
What: Hanging out at 4nchor5 la6 a Hacker Space and checking out what kinds of projects they are doing
Where: 4nchor5 la6 in Aoyama, Tokyo
Why: To check out a Hacker Space as an inspiration to making a new one here in Tokyo
Yesterday, (19th may 2009) Mitch Altman, Karamoon, B chan and myself went to check out 4nchor5 la6 located behind Aoyama Gakuin in Aoyama Tokyo. The trip was inspired from the desire to create a new Hacker Space here in Tokyo, a suggestion made at Tokyo Barcamp held on 16th May 2009 at Sun Mircosystems in Yoga Tokyo.
On their site, 4nchor5 la6 site, they describe themselves this way:
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"The ‘4nchor5Lab’ is the open research and production space established in the joint investment from DGN and Rhizomatiks. Having Daito Manabe and Motoi Ishibashi as its main members, joined by Kanta Horio and Tomoaki Yanagisawa, the idea of this space is to gather artists and designers to create and share new ideas together. The 4nchor5 la6 not only works for clients, but also carries out its own projects"
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We had an awesome time chatting to the members and checked out some of the projects they are working on. Here are a few videos of what they have done so far:
The Way Sensing Go ver.OSAKA : installation by 4nchor5 la6 from Ken FURUDATE on Vimeo.
Daito Manabe demonstrates his face electrode music test
Command Line Wave ver 2.(Daito Manabe + Motoi Ishibashi)
4nhchor5 la6 is run by Daito Manabe and friends and you can find out more info from their website here. It was very inspiring stuff and I for one want to get involved with making a space where techies, artists and whoever can get together, pool resources, collaborate and create. So far a URL and site have been created at http://tokyohackerspace.com/ I’m looking forward to seeing where this will go. If you are interested in taking part please email me at mail [ at ] alexbrooke dot com
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You can also check out a video of the 4nchor5 la6 members checking out Mitch’s trip glasses here
Tokyo Barcamp 2009
As a small contribution to keep the ball rolling and exchange of ideas I am compiling a list of blog entries on Tokyo Barcamp 2009. So here is a list in no particular order. If you have a blog and want to be included on this please contact me at mail [at] alexbrooke dot com
Blog: Shak in Japan
What: This is a nice review of the event. David talks about the highlights, his talk on "The Transient Web" and the good and bad points of the event. Nice points questioning the use of Twitter and the short 15 min time slots.
Blog: Lhuga’s Blog
What: This is Lhuga’s review of Tokyo Barcamp. Points mentions include the venue, food, sponsors, gifts and more
Blog: cscoutjapan
What: Great review of Tokyo Barcamp including the talk on using Excel spreadsheets to do animation. Other points mentioned are Fumi Yamazaki’s talk on geek culture, Niconico Douga, and the Make Tokyo Meeting and Mitch Altman’s trip glasses.
Blog: Edwards Tech notes
What: A short review and some nice pictures of Tokyo Barcamp
Blog: Karamoon
What: A call to arms to other creative people in Tokyo to focus on creating events, happenings and generally "doing more stuff" as opposed to analysing the previous Tokyo Barcamp too much
Blog: Fighting Liberals
What: Short review talking about Fumi Yamazaki’s talk on Japanese geek culture
Blog: Mitcho
What: Mitcho talks about his presentations including "Ubiquity". He includes some awesome slides of his presentations on this blog post, well worth checking out. He also mentions Yokohama’s International School’s live streaming meetings, Mitch Altmans talk on Hacker Spaces and Karamoons talk on security. He also mentions jisho.org
Blog: Reiko Sato’s blog
What: Reiko talks about Tokyo Barcamp and her presentation on translation on the web. Other points mentioned include the Community Translation Interface at Sun.
There were some articles in Japanese mentioning Tokyo Barcamp on Livedoor and Yahoo Japan news. If there are any other Japanese blogs, please let me know. Tokyo Barcampについてのブログや記事があれば是非 mail [ at ] alexbrooke dot com まで連絡してください。
Modesty almost prevents me (but not quite) so here’s a shameless plug for my own short blog entry on Tokyo Barcamp.
Again, this is not a comprehensive list so please help me to include new blogs as they come out.
