The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation Visionary Lab Phase 2

Through research in "neurointelligence," a new academic field that fuses life sciences, medicine, linguistics, mathematical sciences, and information sciences, this exhibition aims to explore the "intelligent brain," that is, our brain, and to help visitors realize the amazing power of their own brains that they are usually unaware of. It also explores what kind of ideal future can be forged by integrating brain research and artificial intelligence (AI) research, and embodies this by providing a new displays on "intelligence" from cutting-edge research and exploring the great potential of the brain.


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Our challenge was to reach a wide range of people, from those interested in science to the general public, to develop activities that would lead to funding, and eventually connect these activities to international outreach with a view to expanding overseas.

the purpose
- To encourage researchers and visitors to think together about "neurointelligence" and to share the significance and appeal of the research.
- To allow young people to experience the joy of self-discovery through "intellectual brain," and to inspire them to take an interest in "neurointelligence" and science, as they will shape the future.
- Contributing to the global dissemination of information on the necessity of basic research in science and technology by the International Research Organization for Neurointelligence (IRCN) at the University of Tokyo's Institute for Advanced Study.
Based on these objectives, we considered solutions.


[Solution]
With the aim of reaching out to cutting-edge scientific research findings, planners and designers worked together with researchers to consider and discuss questions such as "What is neurointelligence?" and "What kind of worldview does IRCN aim for?", and then concretized displays through these discussions.
In this process, we aimed displays of research results, but one that broadly communicated cutting-edge scientific research results that fuse neuroscience and AI research to the world, while also encouraging the general public to engage in the research at an individual level, creating a community to explore the ideal form of neuroscience and AI, and incorporating mechanisms into displays to encourage continued participation in that community.


<Our project members>
[Development/Production] Hironori Takeda
[Sales & Project Management] Shun Enomoto
[Planners] So Watanabe, Remi Abe
[Designers] Akihiko Shikkou, Atsushi Suzuki, Sayaka Horikoshi
[Production] Nomura Duo: Ryoichi Tanbo, Yoshinari Imaizumi, Naoru Hara