Proposal - safer plug design suitable for future smart homes

Change from the fundamentals: beginning from a safer plug design suitable for future smart homes

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Username BlendoRevolutions (previously Maestro Noah)

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About you

What's your background?

Tell us a little about yourself.

Since Year 2 of Middle School in Japan I have been infatuated with the basic foundations of modern life. The most typical one of them is the common plug and socket. Obsessed with quality and near endless ideas of revitalising the business of Izutsu Seisakusho Ltd. (headquartered in Kobe), I built up a site and went on developing ideas for the global standards of electrical safety and universal standard plugs but was unable to bring about any change, until now.

Today, I have finished ‘Tinkering with ThinkPad keyboards’ (chiclet vs. traditional) – it involved gathering the data of volunteers across 4 brands in 18 categories. Since 2004, we’ve been desperately building up what we saw as the best 3D virtual world ever – SAPARi, originally begun by Sony. Our team consists mainly of former developers of the Community Place (VRML) platform. For years we’ve been hacking away, ever-aware of the 3 Greats: SonicStage Mastering Studio/DSD Direct, CP, XGStudio. We start by looking back. I say: ‘keep the good things and create more of them’. It just seems that very few people do. They want new. And things have only gone worse. What Blendo Development Team seeks to do is bring about change from the fundamentals. And that means beginning from a safer plug design suitable for the future smart homes. Something you’ll be able to plug into sockets even in the dark.

Last year I went through familiarising myself with the areas of research that Sony CSL specialises in. I now have on top of a broad skill set comprising of daily knowledge in utilities, biology through to the arts + the ability to efficiently and actively carry out research. I have focused on developing my language skills in English, Japanese, and especially my weaker Chinese. In March this year I shared a basic health app that transcribes Chinese medical videos into relevant text for the user to view in one touch. In May last year I began independent development of a USB drive containing the codec CXD9872 of SonyLSI. This was for enabling DSD recording on computers; today’s designs delegating DSD file creation to separate hardware limits the ability of users to record ‘sound’. Digital backups of records is not the future of DSD. If proper implementation occurs, A.Nishio ‘the father of DSD’ will see VR/streaming utilising DSD technology. Every user will be able to access thinktanks, communication, ecommerce etc with full ability to know what their hardware is made of, control their nearest 5G tower hardware by vote…in essence, all users will help make what they love and are passionate about come true; nobody will ‘belong’ to any one ‘company’, just as one person’s call to action for removing fluoride from sawater won’t be missed due to people not being on that particular site/forum.

To bring unprecedented change right from Matsushita’s founding project, the electrical wiring, which never ceased to bring about his passion/enthusiasm. I want only change for the better. We believe in electricity or in miracles?

pinwheel, goldfish, plug

37 (In essence, I have had only) 3 trademark symbols. The pinwheel, the goldfish, and the plug.

To protect oneself and others, searching for some ‘justice/peace’. To (learn to) look after others, as one would for a goldfish or any pet. To bring unprecedented change right from Matsushita’s founding project, the wiring,which never ceased to bring about his passion/enthusiasm. I want only change for the better. We believe in electricity or in miracles?

To bring unprecedented change right from Matsushita’s founding project, the two way socket and others – 配線器具 which never ceased to bring about his passion and enthusiasm – but only change for the better. We believe in electricity or in miracles?

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What other projects have you built to date?

Pending public testing and Clipsal Gepps Cross/VAIO EMS approval of designs.

Please link to all the interesting projects you've built to date, one per line. These can be research, software, hardware, organizations you've started, etc. Anything you've done that you're proud of.

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Describe your professional status

If you are employed, who is your employer? If you're not employed, tell us a little about your situation (where do you work/study, etc).

I am studying in Adelaide, Australia and have been studying in Sydney until 2013, in Hiroshima until 2015. I attend a local high school while working on communicating and ‘innovating’ with members of the old CP development team, helping out elderly neighbours in the community, and working on my own projects.

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What would your friends say makes you interesting? Visible during the Tournament

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Fellow friends say I am ‘interesting for being different’. Some have said ‘look at him, he’s a legend.’ Others note that I share Ernest Hemingway’s birthday or say that my accent doesn’t exist. Or that I keep copious notes of mostly dot points regarding old and recent research findings as well as pros/cons lists for a multitude of topics. In being able to summarise issues and natures of things fundamentally and entirely despite the world being so large – perhaps owing to wide readings e.g. Nietzsche, Zhuang Zi…credit to Icon Books and Tsai Chih Chung! The way I use orange pencils and Signo 0.5 just to get that ‘Murakami-feel’…Obsessions that burn me out – whether law through to blogging, I get through right to the bottom of it and then move on. Others laughed at me for being a thorough ‘Panasonic Fan’ in 2015. Yes, in short a ‘young fool’. There’s nothing quite like them.

But as for what the friends do not see…I see much discontent in the world. Drivers passing by on Kensington Rd swearing madly and loudly. Daily tragedies that need not occur. Young generations entering the workforce but somehow still a mass of discontent within. While some will employ the older generations for their wider outlook and experience and greater understanding of their place in the world + ‘happiness’, we of the year 2000 need not resign to fate. What have the businessmen and startups done at all to improve the world? On a winter night with thick smoke stagnant along the footpath, I think, are we powerless? Are we content just with food in our stomachs, keeping the world system running at a satisfactory level,

maybe employing technologies to try and make things a little easier…

But each technological development is so painstakingly difficult, particularly if it's mainstream medical technology. There is little need compared to mainstream entertainment or business needs. Useful technology is scarce. Whether it's starting a business, managing it, developing the products or services and possibly undertaking investments, what can be achieved with minimal resources still remains such things as education, writing, vlogging, coding, software based services, agriculture? The biggest hurdles can be overcome perhaps with 3D printing and prototyping. Soon it will be possible for all people to create what they need for their specific needs, without requiring research or investment funding or large tech companies. Medical lawyers and health technology/TCM agriculture are two areas of note.

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Describe something weird or unusual that you’ve built or done. Visible during the Tournament

Unusually, when I was little, dad helped me tape up pieces of paper and together we covered the floors, the fusuma, the balcony for just one day. Those sheets were drawn on beforehand with all sorts of drawings, including one of the entire Space Battleship Yamato through to plain traintracks with black and brown rocks dotted tightly together. Bits of them, and stickers, still remain on those ‘90s cheap fusuma in Hiroshima…a little later on we experimented with round windows to get this virtual feeling of being on a ship, or even of Destroyer Yukikaze. Nothing spectacular like the house Jaron Lanier built though.

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Who is someone you personally know that will have an incredible impact on the world one day?

Describe how you know them & why you admire them.

Easy. Matsuda Kouichi. Know him due to his involvement in the CP Project. Long-term outstanding researcher and author/translator of many books. Admire his hard work and effort, his style, and most of all that he didn’t get as much recognition as some are in the VR group at UTokyo. As for ‘incredible impact’ – plenty of researchers have done so but most have been humble and quiet about it. Matsuda is pretty down-to-earth and exceptional.

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Additional questions

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What is a group or organization that you left or were kicked out of? Why?

Well, I certainly hope not to ever be at the same spot Noah Glass found himself in for twitter!

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What books, movies, or music do you like?

Movies – all of them, especially from the 20^th century. They had the perfect balance of ‘content and skill’ which we don’t see now as the shifting of emphasis has gone to VR and technical skill. Certainly did binge watch Japanese films and dramas, and all the best legendary Chinese TV dramas too. Animation is another field I love to think about.

Music – classical, mostly, due to influence from my grandfather, but I listen widely especially due to my prior mastering engineer experience and projects involving DSD.

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Who is a public figure you think you’re most like? Why?

I am original but my lifestyle looks similar to Murakami Haruki’s. And he’s no public figure. Go figure.

280 characters leftWhat do you want to get out of Pioneer?

Nothing, except for a chance to clarify the path Blendo should take and focus upon for the rest of this year. I happen to find Pioneer a one of a kind spot and solution to develop something the current climate needs pressure to accept.

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Online presence

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Your project

What is your project? Visible during the Tournament

Please summarize your project in one sentence. Write as you would to a friend. The summary should be comprehensible to anyone in the world, with no domain expertise.

To consult with all electrical standards authorities in the world, gather designs (that follow a pre-specified criteria) drawn by ‘users of electricity’ and organise them by country/region, perform something as close as can be to a ‘Earth-wide vote’, and ultimately ensure that all people use the safest electrical wiring products that can be used across the globe.

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What's new about this? Visible during the Tournament

The current plug standards are extremely diverse. Most do not have earth pins. The UK plug, touted as the safest possible plug doesn’t look like it’s accepted or favoured by other countries which wish to retain their independence. Our old standards have had no attempts at renewal since 40 years ago. As technology has improved, now is the right time to begin a ‘global change’.

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Why did you decide to work on this? Visible during the Tournament

Electrical wiring was the starting and finishing point for Matsushita Konosuke. For me it is also the starting point to understanding the world, learning about everything, and the gateway to a properly considered and built future. With support from Izutsu and Clipsal, as well as pretty much all the electrical wiring companies of Japan, we hope to bring about the next generation of ‘electricity magic’. Don’t forget, Matsushita Electric celebrates their 100-year anniversary this year. We have effectively begun a new page, only this time we are in a modern world.

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Project details

What are you going to make? How will it work? Why will it be useful? Please be as descriptive as possible.

So we’ll be making the simplest electrical product. The plug and the socket. I will release the offical criteria (pending approval of the Clipsal and Izutsu) for designs and an upload page for users to participate in the design process. I have made plugs which vibrate very close to the frequency that SLR camera lenses do. This will prevent build-up of excess dust around the pins and housing. The plug ‘pins’, if there needs to be any, will not be easily bent with pliers as the current AU standards allow to happen. Misshapen sockets due to bent plugs being used will not occur however this depends on what design is specified. In this we are trying to prevent arcing currents. Switches will of course be eliminated, and sparks will be minimised through the development and improvement of Clipsal’s designs. Plugs and cords will not cause the user to contact lead and other substances. During night hours the plugs will glow upon touching the plastic body. There are simply too many ideas to list here.

Each viable or necessary design idea must be kept to the utmost minimum. This is because we have seen ‘multiplugs/sockets’, ‘glowing transparent adaptor plugs’, and ‘easy release adaptor plugs’ all of which cannot find wide usage due to its resultant lower safety. From there, discussions will take place as to what the final design will incorporate. Clipsal Gepps Cross will manufacture prototypes and the first products to be sold in the AU domestic market.

In another country, Japan, Izutsu will manufacture prototypes of adaptors to ease the transition to ‘smart plugs’ around the world but with sales starting in Australian and then the Japanese markets. Once started, these plugs must spread to every corner. It will need to be government and industry backed in both countries.

Other meters to test certain electrical current issues are planned. Each ‘gadget’ and wiring device will need to be specific to the region and its electrical issues. They must be found widely in people’s homes and made for quality. In this we rely on Tokyo KODEN’s technology.

Usefulness is a matter of debate. For the sake of safety, convenience, and to kickstart the next century of mankind’s bet on electricity, I believe the initial costs of replacement and standardisation are very much necessary. This is further remedied by the widespread use of adaptors for the first three years or so. I have personally had a neighbour’s house burn down one night while they were on holiday, while Adelaide’s China Town had a devastating fire originating from faulty equipment. Those CAN be prevented. Things must go further than simply reissuing the old plugs in a new outfit with often cheaper materials as Panasonic tried to do in Japan.

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Project website

If you have one. blendo.twilightparadox.com

One day, this project could become...Blendo

Which competitors do you fear? Nobody. The existence of ‘fear of competitors and failure’ will mean the failure of the world in general.

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What do you plan to accomplish over the next 4 weeks?

Very much an acceleration of lobbying, designing, organising, and spreading the word of our task and greater mission.

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What do you plan to accomplish by Presentation Day?

If all goes well, and I mean unbelievably well, we should have over 800 viable entries available for viewing initially through our purpose-built website using X3DOM as well as files for VR viewing. Interaction between viewers will also be incorporated as a central capability.

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What is the #1 thing slowing you down?

Lack of user participation + enthusiasm.

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