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Hashida Lab
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A lab that draws out unexpected behaviors from everyday things.
AboutAbout the lab
Shaking preconceptions about everyday things.
The Hashida Lab begins its research by carefully observing everyday objects that we think we know well.
By adding just a little control to artifacts and natural objects, the lab draws out behaviors never seen before and possibilities that had been hidden.
Through this research and the creation of works, the lab aims to shake preconceptions about the objects it studies.
Key terms
- Sense of reality
- The feeling of being genuine; a sense of authenticity or of being the real thing
- Media
- The technologies and devices that convey information or experiences to people
- Autonomous
- Acting on one's own judgment without being directed from outside
NewsLab news
Held an open lab seminar at Zemi-ten 2026
A master's student received the Excellence Award in the Digital Content category at ISCA2025
A master's student was certified as a Recommended Demo at the EC Symposium 2025
A paper from the lab was republished in The Journal of 4D and Functional Fabrication
A student received the Interactive Presentation Award at Interaction 2025
ResearchResearch themes
The Hashida Lab carefully observes everyday artifacts and natural objects, and adds a little control to draw out unexpected behaviors and possibilities. Its subjects are diverse, including living things, artifacts, and people.
*Illustrative imageDrawing Out Lifelikeness
This research closely observes the senses, physical properties, and forms of animals and plants, and adds slight control to draw out behaviors never seen before and new kinds of lifelikeness.
*Illustrative imageGiving Artifacts a Sense of Life
This research explores what gives us the sense of reality we feel toward living things, and applies that idea to artifacts. It re-examines artifacts that have a new sense of life, and the ways people relate to them.
*Illustrative imageMedia for Happiness
The lab studies media that help people live better and happier lives. It explores media that bring about or fulfill good fortune and wishes, which engineering has not often taken as its subject.
*Illustrative imageTools That Create a Sense of Incongruity
The lab studies media and technologies that give people an unexpected sense of incongruity or mismatch and draw out autonomous thinking. Its clues include shifting context and blending the analog and the digital.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Hashida Lab are faculty, and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorTomoko Hashida
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Swiss pine (Pinus cembra) 'Columnaris' cone close-up” ILoveAllTrees / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Drawing Out Lifelikeness: “Dry pine cone top (Unsplash)” Victoria Alexander / CC0 (cropped)
- Giving Artifacts a Sense of Life: “Strandbeest Ypenburg ( )” Sander van der Wel from Netherlands / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Media for Happiness: “Four leaved clover 30 June 2020” Kaybeesquared / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Tools That Create a Sense of Incongruity: “Panoramic distortion of an analog user interface” Cristiana023 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Ogata Lab): “Robot arm handles an assay plate” National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Fukusato Lab): “Hand-painted house 3D model stages” Drummyfish / CC0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Kawai Lab): “Circular polarization demonstrated with stereo glasses and iPad” Pieter Kuiper / CC0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Oikawa Lab): “Spectrogram - Nine Inch Nails - My Violent Heart” Omegatron / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
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