Entry #91

Ginza Navigation using Hoverboards

Junji Kezuka

A hoverboard and a set of wireless headphones are rented out to people visiting Ginza. The headphones stream information for tourists in multiple languages; supports conversations with human navigators as well. Intended to be used within "hokosha tengoku", streets closed to road traffic during weekends.

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• Metadata:
• • The degree to which advanced technologies (including IT) are used
    3  (Low-tech) 1 - 2 - 3 (High-tech)
• • Site-specificness: The degree to which the idea targets a specific locale
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• • Degree of commercial potential
    3  (Strictly for public good) 1 - 2 - 3 (May profit some parties involved)
• • Time scale of citizen-led changes to cities enabled by the idea
    3  (Short-term change) 1 - 2 - 3 (Long-term change)
• • Geographic scale of citizen-led changes to cities enabled by the idea
    3  (Small-scale change) 1 - 2 - 3 (Large-scale change)
• • Hurdles toward participation, from a citizen’s perspective
    3  (Anyone can participate) 1 - 2 - 3 (Requires expertise, time, money, etc.)