Nakamaru joined ZOZO Technologies (now ZOZO NEXT) in 2019. He serves as a director in the MATRIX IoT/Textile division, responsible for new technology development and commercialization. He holds a doctorate in Policy and Media. He specializes in developing soft functional materials and devices and designing their interaction and UX. He is engaged in the R&D and commercialization of smart textiles. He's received the ACM DIS 2019 Best Paper, the Ars Electronica Festival Starts Prize Honorary mention, and other awards.
After experience in advertising promotions, interactive installations, interactive content, and web production at production company, he joined ZOZO NEXT in 2022. He works on the IoT/Textile team, which conducts research and development and commercialization of smart textiles. He assists in the development of new textiles and project progress.
A device engineer, Takano joined ZOZO NEXT in 2022. He takes charge of circuit design, enclosure design, and hardware-software implementation on the IoT/Textile team of the MATRIX division. The team develops new seeds technologies related to smart textiles and device technologies, designs interactions using these technologies, and works on their commercialization.
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