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Inspiring Path

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Spring 2009

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The Inspiring Path project is a partnership with the NEC corporation, a Japanese leader in electronics and technology solutions and home to the C&C Innovation Labs. The CCIL's purpose is to research the possibilities of how computers and communications will change society in the next thirty years. Because the future of technology is only as good as human inspiration, the CCIL is only as good as the inspirations of its employees. To that end, the CCIL created the "Inspiring Path" to refresh the creative minds of its employees. With a pressure-sensitive floor, screens lining the walls and a speaker system running down the hallway, the Inspiring Path is rich in potential as a place for relaxation, for the sharing of ideas, and socialization. The ETC-Osaka team is tasked with furthering that potential. The team seeks to understand how new ideas form - in the push of the crowd, in the dark sea of a sleeping mind, or the serenity of a quiet moment - and transform the hallway into a crucible where inspiration can spark.

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