Jun Watanabe

In case somebody who might not know about P2P, let me explain it briefly. P2P stands for peer to peer which is an interface where you can share media or information with other people who are willing to share. Even in social media such as Facebook, you share your posts, links and pictures, in Twitter you share hashtag. Although the way both P2P and social media work seem to be similar, there is an…

Each country has its own laws and regulates itself how about the law for the internet? The internet is a borderless interface which connects to the world. What if there is an international crime in several countries? How can they judge this crime? Let me ask you this question. Do you actually know the role of cyber security? Maybe you would answer in order to protect from cyber terrorism. What is…

Since I am Japanese I want to let more people know about how exactly Fukushima disaster happened. Let me first talk about Japanese geography. Surprisingly Japan is made of many complex plates underneath. Earthquake happens when those plates rub each other due to volcano activity or break naturally. Do not forget that Earth is also a living organism just like us. There are also similar plates in…

Based on traditional business model especially American, they think bigger is better to produce new products due to consumerism ideology. However this approach does not work anymore for two reasons. First American and also European people are not willing to spend money on costly products or over-developed products. Second natural resources such as oil, minerals, water and trees are running out…

So now we are at week 3 which is about how innovations actually happen. Basically there are two basic ways to come up with innovation one is incremental the other one is radical. Incremental innovation has several points. First, the main focus is to improve existing products or services. This leads to increase competitiveness in markets and low uncertainty. Whereas radical innovation explores new…

Haven’t you heard people saying this kind of phrase before? “You are too emotional, think logically”. I am sure you have heard it at least once in your life. There are people who cannot control your emotion and shout or behave violently. Of course this should not happen. However if you use rationality to commit a crime it is also as bad as being emotional. Both emotion and rationality can lead to…

Although week 1 had many topics to introduce, I strongly believe that group one organized their activities and presentations well. Not only did they use course materials but also they came up with own examples from real life. What I also liked about the way they presented is that one of members did some drawings when he was explaining about moral and causal involvement. He came up with a specific…

One of the best ways to maintain some level of security in one's neighborhood is by fostering a community of alert citizens. Simply being alert to the presence of some danger is not enough, however. Citizens must also be able to share what they are observing with others, especially with law enforcement. This app is a social-networking smart phone application that offers a platform for sharing…