Unreasonable at Sea days 20-24

Day20:

ARRIVAL IN JAPAN

And in case we get lost: We finally were ready and took a short nap Then, we got off the boat, went through customs, and

met three guys who helped organize us and escort us to the pitch event: And carried our stuff in a heavy sac (ie protei was protected in a sleeping bag):

We got onto the subway:

people have nice charms

All the toilets are very nice and they have massage areas:

With optimizable settings:

DIGITAL GARAGE: THE PECHA KUCHA TOKYO PITCH EVENT

Finally we arrived at the event and were super hungry and hung out in a room and ate many treats before the event, but we also went for ramen:

here was the menu: and the shops are full of crazy colors:

THE PITCHES

Then the event started. Daniel introduced us: Keynote speaker:

The guy from Greenz: George and his (surprise!) twin brother:

Catlin went first: And ended up winning the BIG PRIzE ( a stuffed penguin )

GYOZA PARTY

Here’s all our stuff that we were travelling with: Here’s dinner:

We waited at the trainstation to meet Cesar’s cousins:

We went to his cousin’s house for gyoza party. I loved making gyozas by hand. so fun.

THE HOTEL

Then we stayed at a hotel: Tokyo at night:

Day 21:

safecast, Tokyo University, Akihabara, Flying Tokyo

SAFECAST HEADQUARTERS

In the morning at 7 we met Joe Moross at Safecast. MORE ABOUT PROTEI+SAFECAST and our trip to FUKUSHIMA, COMING __

Planning our trip to Fukushima:

From their bike project:

MVI 6488 – Wi-Fi from gabriella levine on Vimeo.

Two days later, we ended up following this journey trip from Fukushima to Kyoto, on unmapped terrain:

And tried to figure out how we could make an underwaterenclosure:

Joe gave us his wifi hub and it saved us:

Biggest lesson: get one of these for travelling, & in each country get a sim card.

TOKYO UNIVERSITY.

On the way to tokyo university we stopped at a small cafe to get some coffee and use the internet in order to prep some slides:

Look at how small the milk is:

Some photos from Tokyo University and hanging out with Alvaro Cassinelli:

on the way to Akihabara: !!!!

And you have to wait in a queue to get on the train it is so crazy neat and efficient

But ladies have their own queue: it is also super clean

SO MANY ITEMS and electronics:

and awesome motor shafts and couplers~~~~!!!! I was amazed.

Checking out our goodies:

So many BOXES and containers!! weird:

Then we went to FLYING TOKYO and presented PROTEI, with Zach Liebermann who presented his new projects.

Day 22:

FURO:

many many f palette boards, And robots~!!

robot – Wi-Fi from gabriella levine on Vimeo.

And so cool to use playstation r/c:

Super stackable:

THEN TO THE TOWER:

TOWER – Wi-Fi from gabriella levine on Vimeo.

HACKERSPACE

Then we went to hackerspace, grabbed some food in the grocery store, (fish on rice, funny fish snacks, and funny chips made of squid…), and went back to safeCast to get our sensors ready for the next day. Here’s a radioactive piece:

Here is the geiger counter we bought at akihabara:

high voltage medcom geiger board We adapted some connectors:

the kit:

the spool of wire: finding our way for the morning:

Day 23:

Cesar prepped some radioactive cake And then we head off : with the bgeigie kits on our cars. We almost crashed into the gate because the toll (EMT) card didnt work. On the way north to fukushima: Instructions on everything even toilet paper: bathroom break: weird food:

funny milk:

two geiger counters on the window: yummy and crunchy: huh? OK, so we finally pulled into fukushima: Then we stopped at the port side to do some testing:

Here’s our stuff:

Desolate: Some gross stuff floating in the dirty water: And here is where we are testing the water:

thermal plant Setting up the stuff for testing: putting the geiger counter in the water: So after a successful test of the box then testing the geiger counter , and getting some exciting readings…

Testing the boat:

Here’s where we are: The authorities came:

dont trip on the toilet:

the power plant in the background:

Driving around Fukushima:

base camp:

fire truck forbidden: vending machines: crazy coffee machine: And oden: weird soup: dirty mags

DAY 24

KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

After driving all night, we arrived in Kyoto. I drove the last 80 KM and also in the city It was a bit jarring driving on the left side of the road for the first time

We pulled into the parking garage, and Joe showed us how to use the SafeCast interface: . We unpacked the car:

I love the markets here, so many colors: After grabbing some food and treats, we hustled into Kyoto Institute of Technology. The professor who greeted us pointed out how dirty the car was. Radioactive dust from Fukushima heh.

We met with three professors. One works with hydrodynamics trying to optimize surfaces. He collaborated with a google manufacturer to optimize the surface. And the tank for particle imaging.

And a dolphin:

Here’s a dragonfly robot that flies.

And another engineer is modeling systems used for controlling lunar robots: a control system for a gentle and robust “arm”.

Here is the famous tower in Kyoto: And a famous temple: And then we finally head back to Kobe, and left from the port.
Some cute stuff I love: funny fish: How to use the toilet: Remember don’t stand on the toilet (see bottom center).