How Yoichi Ochiai is Changing Worlds with Futuristic Impact PMIFuture50

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Yoichi Ochiai is melding the digital and physical worlds with futuristic impact. He operates on the uncertain boundary where tech and the natural world intersect. At the University of Tsukuba, near Tokyo, Ochiai leads a 50-person laboratory dedicated to an interdisciplinary blend of “computer science, physics, biology, wave engineering, material science, interaction, usability, art expression and design.” He’s also the CEO of startup Pixie Dust Technologies, which developed a platform called magickiri to help businesses analyze the risk of COVID-19 infection spread in their interior spaces. • His work and research often are so future-focused that it can sometimes be difficult to grasp the tangible benefits. But the positive social impact—from health and safety to accessibility—has deep potential. • One project aims to facilitate conversations between people with hearing impairments and those without. The team uses voice-recognition and real-time transcription software to project a conversation’s text onto a two-way glass panel. Such tech advances are filling gaps so that “disability should not matter,” Ochiai says. • Meet the rest of the 2021 #PMIFuture50: http://ow.ly/sHuV50Fk1En

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