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OPEN ENGINEERIN, SOLVE LATENT ISSUES
From a declining population in developed countries to instant access to information worldwide, the possibilities and challenges we face in the 21st century are
unlike anything the human race has experienced in its entire history. Among the many challenges we face, there are issues that we are not fully aware of yet, andthat can have an enormous negative impact if left unattended. We call these types of challenges “latent issues”.
The goal of the Open Engineering Center is to identify or predict these latent issues and use the open engineering concept based on open discussion andcollaboration with a variety of stakeholders to address these problems before they fully develop. Furthermore, through this process, we will actively contribute to
the democratization of technology (in the sense that not only certain people will benefit from it).

SIX PARALLEL INITIATIVES
Methodological Study of Open Engineering
Systematize methodologies for creating collaboration toward the engineering by typifying forms of collaboration inside and outside the profession.
Citizens

Minority Research(1) Through surveys of groups with specific characteristics (or who are sensitive to specificSpecialists

issues), we will extract latent issues that have not yet been manifested in the whole

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society or in other groups.
(2) Extract the direction of the solution that citizens truly desire and the seeds ofinnovation from the process of discussion by the people concerned.

Latent issue
Determining direction
Seeds of innovation

Fringe Research

Demonstration and Implementation

We will extract latent issues through surveys of fringe areas where social

We will obtain some feedback by implementation of researches which haveissues are likely to emerge.

been conducted in the laboratory in the field. Through these feedback, we(1) Leading place: where social changes have emerged ahead of others.

will extract new issues that need to be addressed and develop our research.

(2) Interface: where different climatic zones, plates, communities collide.
(3) Polar: extreme environments, where extreme weather occurs.

Improvement of social acceptability(1) Extract evaluation criteria for the technology of citizens.
(2) Extract latent issues that may arise at implementation of technology

Connecting Communication Channels(1) Collaboration with organizations of the Institute of Industrial Science.
(2) Collaboration with external research institutions.

A series of interviews with IIS researchers on thecommon theme of “latent issues”

from the view of ELSI thorough the process of public discussion.
(3) Support the development of technologies with high social acceptability
based on the above.

Cooperation for a regional WS about organized byMoonshot R&D program

Held an Online WS for high school students acrossthe country applying speculative design.

試作工場

Held a WS for extracting latent issues by tools
used in regional cooperation activities at IIS.