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TAKAHASHI Kazuya, MURAKAMI Yuya, both 2nd-year Master's students, and Associate Professor WATANABE Keita of the Frontier Media Science Program at the Graduate School of Advanced Mathematical Sciences, won the Outstanding Research Award, Teaser Excellence Award, and Demo Recommendation Certification at Entertainment Computing 2023 (EC 2023), held at Tokyo University of Technology’s Hachioji Campus from August 30 to September 2, 2023.

・Outstanding Research Award: Award given to research recognized as outstanding by the judges, based on a comprehensive evaluation of the paper and oral presentation.
・Teaser Excellence Award: Award given to a teaser video recognized as excellent by the judges.
・Demo Recommendation Certification: Certification granted to a demo presentation recognized as outstanding by the judges.

Award-winning paper: TAKAHASHI Kazuya, MURAKAMI Yuya, and WATANABE Keita. Proposal for Figma extension linked with hardware to enhance IoT Prototyping
Proceedings of the Entertainment Computing Symposium 2023. pp. 247-252. August 2023

This research aims to streamline IoT product prototyping by integrating Figma, a widely-used design tool, with M5StickC. The development of a plug-in that combines Figma's high-quality screen design with LED output and sensor input enables faster and more precise realization and validation of ideas that integrate hardware and software.

The proposed method allows for the rapid prototyping and real-time testing of concepts such as integrating ultrasonic sensors for book borrowing and lending or controlling LED lights in reserved seats via a smartphone.

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