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The 75th Komaba Festival was held from November 22 to 24, 2024, at the University of Tokyo’s Koma... November 22, 2024 |
"Experience Cutting-edge Research in Chemistry, Life Sciences, and Physics." On August 5, 2023,... August 05, 2023 |
Techno-Science Café’s Extra Edition Engineering x Gal "Engineering Onimori Technology↑↑ Wireles... November 03, 2022 |
The 32th Techno-science café, “Construction Work Using LEGO Brick” was held on October 19, 2019. ... October 19, 2019 |
The 31st Tokyo University Techno-Science Café, "Useful Surface Science to Know -Science of Wettin... August 03, 2019 |
The 30th Techno-science café, “What is the strength? Let’s make a pasta bridge” was held on Augus... August 02, 2019 |
The 25th Techno-Science Café was held on July 31, 2017. About 30 students, mainly elementary scho... July 31, 2017 |
On July 28, 2017, the 24th Techno-Science Cafe was held at the building 11 of the Faculty of Engi... July 28, 2017 |
The 23rd Techno-Science Café was held on December 11, 2016. About 20 students mainly from element... December 11, 2016 |
The 22nd Techno-Science Café, “Design and Manufacturing” was held again on August 10, 2016. About... August 10, 2016 |
The 22nd Techno-Science Café, “Design and Manufacturing” was held on July 25, 2016. About 30 stud... July 25, 2016 |
The 21st Techno-science café, “Let’s fly out to the Space!” was held on March 19, 2016. About 50 ... March 19, 2016 |
The 18th Techno-science cafe was held on March 7, 2015, and the theme was "Making Safe Cities: Cr... May 07, 2015 |
The 14th Techno-science Cafe was held on November 10. The theme was "The frontier technology, inn... November 10, 2013 |
The 13th Techno-science café was held on 28th July. The theme was “The batteries and the future o... July 28, 2013 |
Techno Science Cafe ‘The Future of Battery and EV’ was held on 28th, July, 2013 in the University... July 28, 2013 |
On the 24th of March 2013 was held a TechnoScience Café "Engineering Dojo" at the University of ... March 24, 2013 |
The 11th Todai Techno-Science café was held on 24th Mar. This time its theme was “Engineering sch... March 24, 2013 |
Techno-Science Café’s Extra Edition
Engineering x Gal
"Engineering Onimori Technology↑↑ Wireless Power Supply Champagne Tower 2022 Legend in Shibuya!!”
テクノサイエンスカフェ出張版
工学×ギャル
工学鬼盛テクノロジー↑↑無線給電シャンパンタワー令和伝説イン渋谷!!
On November 3, 2022, the Techno-Science Café's Extra Edition, Engineering x Gal “Engineering Onimori Technology↑↑ Wireless Power Supply Champagne Tower 2022 Legend in Shibuya!!” was held at Shibuya QWS. This unique collaboration between engineering and “Gal” was held as a hybrid of online and in-person sessions, with about 30 people participating online and 20 in-person. 2022年11月3日、テクノサイエンスカフェ出張版 工学×ギャル「工学鬼盛テクノロジー↑↑無線給電シャンパンタワー令和伝説イン渋谷!!」が渋谷QWSで開催されました。工学とギャルという異色のコラボが実現したこの企画は、対面とオンラインのハイブリット開催となり、オンラインでは30名ほど、対面では20名ほどの方に参加いただきました。
First, Dr. Yoshiaki Narusue, Lecturer of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Systems, School of Engineering, gave a lecture on what wireless power transfer is. There are several types of wireless power transfer, including electromagnetic induction, and the lecturer also explained the automatic design of coils for receiving power and reducing the impact on the human body and equipment, which he has been researching. まず、工学系研究科電気系工学専攻の成末義哲講師に無線給電とは何かについてご講演いただきました。無線給電には電磁誘導型をはじめいくつかの種類があり、講師が研究を進めてきた受電用コイルの自動設計や、人体・機器への影響の低減についても説明がありました。
After the lecture, the wireless power supply champagne tower was actually lit. After the guest speaker, Ms. Kyoko from Gal-Den (Electronic Workshop Unit), introduced herself, she suddenly took out her Alexa and with a shout of “Alexa, [light the] wireless power supply champagne tower!” Alexa then began to call out for champagne. The towers were successfully lit! The red glow of the two champagne towers was greeted with a gasp from the audience. 講演後、実際に無線給電シャンパンタワーの点灯です。今回のゲスト、電子工作ユニットのギャル電kyokoさんが自己紹介をした後、おもむろにAlexaを取り出し、「アレクサ、無線給電シャンパンタワー!」の掛け声とともにアレクサからシャンパンコールが鳴り始めました。タワーが無事に点灯!赤く輝いた2つのシャンパンタワーに会場からどよめきが起こりました。
During the intermission, the audience was invited to take a closer look at the champagne towers. We showed them how each glass of the 70-centimeter-high champagne tower contained a small LED chip, how the base underneath the tower worked, and how they could “feel” the wireless power supply for themselves by trying to make it blink using the LED chips that we attached to bamboo poles for this time. 休憩時間には、会場参加者にシャンパンタワーを近くで見てもらいました。高さ70センチほどあるシャンパンタワーのグラス一つずつに小さなLEDチップが入っている様子や、タワーの下に敷いた基盤の仕組み、今回使ったLEDチップを竹竿に付けたものを使って、自分たちで点滅させてみることで無線給電を「感じてもらう」試みも行いました。
The second half of the event was a roundtable discussion among the people involved in this project. Dr. Narusue and Ms. Kyoko, who were joined by Mr. Tsutomu Ishikawa from Ishikawa Plastics Industry, the provider of the glasses (Plakira) used in the champagne tower, had a lively discussion about the champagne tower and this project, a cross between engineering and Gal. The champagne glasses used in this project were strong, highly transparent, and had grooves carved into the bottom for easy attachment. It is a “tough glass that will not break even if dropped 1,000 times,” specially designed for the champagne tower. Mr. Ishikawa is a graduate of the University of Tokyo’s Faculty of Engineering, and he graciously participated in this project.
イベントの後半は、今回の企画に関わってくださった方々で座談会が行われました。成末先生、ギャル電kyokoさんに加えて、今回のシャンパンタワーに使用されたグラス「プラキラ(Plakira)」を提供していただいた石川樹脂工業の石川勤さんなども加わり、シャンパンタワーについて、工学とギャルを掛け合わせた今回の企画について盛り上がりました。今回使用したシャンパングラスは、強靭かつ高い透明度を持ち、底には組み立てやすいように溝が彫ってあるという、シャンパンタワーに特化した「1000回落としても割れない、靭性を備えたグラス」です。石川さんは東大工学部の卒業生で、今回の企画にも快くご参加いただきました。
The wireless power supply we used in this project is a technology that will become more and more familiar to us in the future, which resonates with the “democratization of technology” that Ms. Kyoko is advocating. Although the collaboration between Gal and engineering was a new experiment, we proposed this project in the hope that hands-on experience would help people learn more about engineering technology. We hope that the Techno Science Café will continue to be an opportunity for people to become more familiar with engineering.
Eriko Yamada (M1,Department of Materials Engineering,School of Engneering, University of Tokyo)
今回扱った無線給電は、ギャル電kyokoさんが訴える「テクノロジーの民主化」とも共鳴する、今後私たちにとって身近になっていく技術です。ギャルと工学のコラボは新しい試みではありましたが、実際に手に触れてみたり、体験してもらうことで工学の技術をよりよく知るきっかけになればと思い、今回の企画を提案しました。今後もテクノサイエンスカフェが、工学をもっと身近に親しんでもらえるきっかけになればと思います。
山田江里子(東京大学 大学院工学系研究科 マテリアル工学専攻1年)