Dear Kyoto NHK ESS member:
This is the information about the practice on April 21st.
(1) Genre: Discussion
(2) Title: Achievement & New Idea
(3) Description:
This practice is how to express your original ideas, your new ideas, your imaginary function.
But you don’t need to seriously think.
Anyway there are a lot of excellent devices, appliances and equipments around us. And also
great art, sports, concept, knowledge and so on. People have made great achievements.
You can choose your favorite achievement. And you can also hope the additional functions
and new achievement. Let’s introduce and discuss those matters.
The procedures is as follows
1. Make some groups.
2. Introduce your favorite achievement and explain the benefits or something.
You can choose the sample achievements below. But you don’t need to stick to the samples.
Automobile Internet Telephone Electric light Airplane Air-conditioner Dish washer
Recorder Bicycle Radio Baseball Football Basketball Tennis Sumou Museum
Theater Photo Painting Hospital Medicine Organ transplant Rakugo Orchestra
Novel Poem Haiku ・・・ etc
Ex. I choose an air-conditioner because it can provide the comfortable atmosphere. We can enjoy
doing something inside even in broiling summer. But this is the most consumption of electricity
in summer among the home electric appliances. Recently using the air conditioner is sometimes
criticized in terms of saving electricity. Therefore many engineers have been making an effort
to develop the high efficiency ・・・・・.
3. If you want to append other function to your favorite achievement, what is it? Why?
Ex. I hope that an electric generator of a windmill is appended to an outer unit of air-conditioner
in order to save electricity. And ｗe can also get electricity when it is windy. But I don’t know
how to equip the windmill or how to switch the fan to the windmill. It’s a kind of dream・・・・・.
4. After discussion of the achievements and the other functions in your group, which do you think is
the most interesting? why?
5. What kind of new achievement do you want or imagine for future? Why?
Ex. I want an oral automatic translation device which is light and can be easily carried.
I have some chances to discuss with foreign colleagues. But some ones can’t speak English or
Japanese well. If we had this device, we could communicate・・・.
6. After discussion of the new achievements in your group, which do you think is the most impressive? why?
Hirokazu Sakai