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Masahiko Inami
Masahiko Inami, Ph.D.
Professor, Information Somatics Laboratory
Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, the University of Tokyo
Research Director, JST ERATO Inami JIZAI Body Project.
Digital Cyborg
Social revolutions have accompanied innovation in views of the body. If we regard the information revolution as the establishment of a virtual society in contrast to the real society, it is necessary to design a new view of the body as a “Digital Cyborg,” which can adapt freely to the changes in social structure.
In this talk, we discuss how we understand basic knowledge about body editing for construction of the JIZAI body (Digital Cyborg) based on VR, AR and Robotics. Superhuman Sports: Applying Human Augmentation to Physical Exercise.
This talk will also present Superhuman Sports, a form of “Human-Computer Integration” to overcome the somatic and spatial limitations of humanity by merging technology with the body. In Tokyo, the official home of the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics, we hope to create a future of sports where everyone, strong or weak, young or old, non-disabled or disabled, can play and enjoy playing without being disadvantaged.
Biography
Dr. Masahiko Inami took up his current position as professor at the University of Tokyo after working at the University of Electro-Communications and Keio University. His interests include “JIZAI body editing technology,” the Augmented Human, and entertainment engineering. He has received several awards, including TIME Magazine’s “Coolest Invention of the Year” award and the Young Scientist Award from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT). He is also the co-representative of the Superhuman Sports Society and a director of the VR Consortium. His latest book is called Birth of the Superhuman! Human Beings Beyond Science Fiction (NHK Publishing, Inc).