An unused Android tablet
A touchable second screen for your PC
It mirrors the PC screen wirelessly and can be operated directly by touch. Two units at once are supported.
Sub-Monitor-kunIn service
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Bring sleeping machines
Bring sleeping machines
back to life.
An old tablet in a drawer, a PC that has become sluggish, a spare phone left over from an upgrade, a car navigation unit you no longer use. Show them to us before you throw them away. We swap out the insides, install a dedicated app and turn them into tools that work on site.
Machines we've revived
These are machines the Lab has actually worked on and uses.
A phone left over from an upgrade
A PC remote and button pad
A trackpad, Japanese text input and a one-tap button pad. It runs even on models a few years old, as long as they have Android 8 or later.
PocketPadReleased
A Windows 2-in-1 tablet PC
Linux installed, for a device that's easy to use by finger
We replaced the OS and rebuilt the buttons and text, calculated from the size of a fingertip (about 13 mm).
Touch optimizationImproving as we use it
A tablet PC over 10 years old
A dedicated video-making machine where children's drawings talk
Targets devices with a 3rd-generation Core i5 and 4 GB of memory. When powered on, only this app starts, and it works without internet.
E-ga-Go!In development
An aftermarket car navigation unit
An in-vehicle screen for pick-ups and rounds
Speed, map, voice guidance and notifications are combined on one wide screen. The guidance is our own, in a Japanese voice.
HUD-kunIn development
An off-the-shelf Android car navigation unit
A small computer that runs Linux
We modify machines sold as navigation units so they can be used as work terminals.
Andro-Navi-kunIn development
Not just machines
We turn papers and drawings that have been tucked away into something usable, too.
A child's drawing still stuck on the fridge
An instrument that sounds with your own voice
Take a photo of the drawing and record voices or sounds, and it becomes an instrument you play by tapping the pads.
Drawing SamplerPrototype done
A paper flyer and photos of the shop
Straight into an introduction page
From a photo of the flyer or your existing social media URL, AI assembles an introduction page.
Signboard Craftsman-kunCompleted
Receipts piled up in a box
Into a table for your tax return
Just send photos, and AI reads them, sorts them, and compiles an annual table.
Household Budget BotDelivered
For example,
here's how it can be used.
You can start with the machines you already have, without buying anything new. Save the budget for the field.
- Spare tablets as queue displays at reception, or signage at event venues.
- A phone left over from an upgrade as call buttons at the counter, or control pads for meetings and streaming.
- Old laptops and tablet PCs as dedicated machines for children's video-making classes or a community's record keeper.
- Aftermarket navigation in pick-up vehicles as a dedicated screen combining route guidance and communication with the office.
- The old PC in the office as a dedicated machine for the secretariat, holding member lists and activity records.
- Photos and flyers lying around as material for your organization's introduction page or videos about your activities.
How a consultation works
- 1. Send a photoSend a photo of the machine and, if you know it, the model number, on LINE. It's fine if you haven't decided what you want to use it for.
- 2. See whether it's usableWe honestly tell you whether it can still work and what it suits. If a machine can't be revived, we'll tell you so.
- 3. Swap the insidesReplacing the OS, clearing out what's unnecessary, setting up the dedicated app. We make it ready to use the moment you power it on.
- 4. Hand it over and documentWe leave how to use it, and what we changed and how, in handover documents.
We quote a cost after hearing about the machine's condition and how you want to use it. Consultation and quotes are free.
Before you throw it away, send one photo.
It's fine to ask while you're still wondering, “Can this still be used?”