The All Japan CM Broadcasting Federation (abbreviation: ACC) will hold the final public presentation screening of the "2018th ACC TOKYO CREATIVITY AWARDS" creative innovation section on September 9, 10.The highest award, the ACC Grand Prix (Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Award), is "Skin Electronics" by Someya Laboratory, Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo.

 "ACC TOKYO CREATIVITY AWARDS" is widely recognized as one of the largest awards in Japan for creatives in all fields, and the ACC Grand Prix (Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Award) is a major goal of those who are active in the creative industry.

 The Creative Innovation Division is a division for "Products & Services" and "Prototypes" that fuses ideas and technologies that have the potential to create the future and move the world.There were 54 applications this time, and the final public presentation screening was held by 2 teams that passed the second screening.

 As a result, the highest award, the ACC Grand Prix (Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Award), was awarded to Someya Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Tokyo, Dainippon Printing Co., Ltd., and Taiyo Kikaku's "Skin Electronics".A thin, stretchable skin display that can be attached to the skin to display a moving image of the electrocardiographic waveform measured by the skin sensor.Information can be shared naturally with patients, family doctors, and their families, and is expected to be applied to various purposes such as home healthcare.

 Regarding the Grand Prix winning work, Jun Rekimoto, Chairman of the Jury (Professor of the University of Tokyo / Deputy Director of Sony Computer Science Laboratories), said, "It was a technology that was truly unique and unique in the world. Kana "," How about this? "The story spreads and ideas come up. The important thing is not the technology of self-satisfaction, but the synergistic effect of them and the image of expanding the circle of usage and application." evaluated.

 In addition, ACC Silver is "Walking Assistance Device RE-Gait" by Waseda University, etc., ACC Bronze is Dentsu International Information Service, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies "TiCA (Trans-interactive Communication Agent)", Keio University Graduate School Media Design Graduate School, University of Tokyo Advanced Science and Technology Research Center "Fusion" and others were selected.

reference:[ACC TOKYO CREATIVITY AWARDS] 2018 58th ACC TOKYO CREATIVITY AWARDS Prize-winning work list Creative Innovation Category

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