Report on TDK HACKATHON @ University of Aizu Using TDK Demo Boards

TDK MAKER DOJO held the TDK Hackathon at University of Aizu on February 17 and 18, 2019.
*A hackathon (a term created by combining “hack” and “marathon”) is an event concerning a specific topic where diverse participants gather to create ideas through dialogue and create solutions that actually work in a short period.

The topic of the event, which also served as a PR event for TDK, was “making someone important happy; the topic was derived from words starting with the letters of TDK:
T: Taisetsuna (important)
D: Darekawo (someone)
K: Koufukunisuru (happiness)
The participating students used a TDK sensor module to create a product that will make someone important to the participant happy.

Report on EXNAS Magnetic Necklace IDEATHON

TDK Maker DOJO held the EXNAS IDEATHON: Wearables that Make Every Life Exciting at DMM.make AKIBA on Saturday, March 16, 2019.
○The theme was wearables that make everyday life exciting.
EXNAS is a wearable necklace whose effects are obtained by continuously wearing it for extended periods. What types of experiences are good for users to wear it every day until they feel the effects on stiff shoulders?

Employees Participate in “How We See Ourselves in 2035” Ideathon

The third “How We See Ourselves in 2035” Ideathon hosted by TDK MAKER DOJO was held at the TDK Museum on March 8 and 9, 2018.

The participants were 18 TDK employees, three job-hunting students, and one TDK Museum staff member. The TDK employees came from sites around Japan to participate.

To begin, all of the participants reconfirmed the purposes of the workshops and its goal.
Purposes
　(1) Learn methods of generating ideas
　(2) Have each employee think about the future of TDK
　(3) Encourage networking among participants from other divisions and form outside the company
Goal
　Generate ideas for an exhibit in the Future Zone of the TDK Museum

Remembrance Cup Created by DOJO Displayed at TDK Museum

A Remembrance Cup created by TDK MAKER DOJO in collaboration with the TDK Museum has been on display since May 2019.
The “Remembrance Cup” was created by TDK MAKER DOJO based on an idea that won an award at the “How We See Ourselves in 2035” Ideathon held at the museum in march of 2018.

A Remembrance Cup created by TDK MAKER DOJO in collaboration with the TDK Museum has been on display since May 2019.
The “Remembrance Cup” was created by TDK MAKER DOJO based on an idea that won an award at the “How We See Ourselves in 2035” Ideathon held at the museum in march of 2018.
The Ideathon* was conducted with the goal of incorporating TDK employees’ ideas about the future in 2035 into exhibits at the Future Zone of the TDK Museum.
Eighteen employees, three students (who later joined TDK), and one museum staff member participated, and intense discussions ensued.

The proposers of the idea selected “I want museum visitors to say, ‘Coming to the museum makes me feel nostalgic’” as a keyword and placed images from each of the seasons on the vessel.

Please come to the museum and share memories with friends and family!
*The exhibit will be on display at the TDK Museum (Akita Prefecture) until May 2020.