The Tokyo Marathon Project
It’s now 17 years since I took up running, and 15 years since I completed my first Tokyo Marathon.
Little did I know then how it would come to change my life.
Below you’ll find a selection of posts highlighting the technology I’ve used, and the adventures I’ve had as I’ve shared the experience first hand of running Japan’s biggest race.
Joseph's 15th annual live-streamed
INTERACTIVE TOKYO MARATHON
will take place on Sunday March 3rd 2024 from 9am
Art Hack Day: Giant Tweeting Google Map Pin Takes Off
In September 2014, a group of 30 artists and engineers gathered for a 3-day hackathon. Find out about the giant floating GPS-tagged-photo tweeting Google Map pin we created to tell the world “I’m Here!”
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[TV] News Zero
In June 2014 Japan’s popular nightly news show, News Zero, ran a story on my running art projects.
PechaKucha at Tokyo Design Week
Tokyo Design Week 2013 saw me take to the PechaKucha stage once more to share how my latest Art of Running project
The Next Web: Extended Feature on the iRunner
Just prior to the 2014 Tokyo Marathon I was interviewed by TNW, one of the most widely-read tech sites
Sony working on wearables featuring their contactless IC Chip technology 'Felica' Chip Technology, with a goal to bring products to market in 2015 (Japanese only): ソニー、ウエアラブルで決済 「小型フェリカ」開発 Felica technology, used in IC cards such as Japan Rail's popular Suica card,...
The Ultimate Wearable ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Machine
Inspired by Bill Gates’ Ice Bucket challenge video to create an ultra-compact mobile wearable Ice Bucket Challenge Machine
Shibuya Bunka Project
Through my work for TEDxTokyo I was invited to give an interview for Shibuya Bunka Project, a site that highlights Tokyu Dentetsu’s multi-decade project to rebuild Shibuya
Tokyo Marathon 2014
The 2014 Tokyo Marathon was Joseph’s biggest challenge to date. Join Joseph on the 42km course as he attempts the impossible, this time wearing a 360 degree camera
The Art of Running: 65km SoftBank Otousan
Softbank has been key to my projects over the past few years – I saw it as only fitting that I run an Otousan to show my appreciation
Runnin’ Night Out Volume 2
If there's one thing that an LED body-suit is good for, it's making a splash on the streets at night. Running Night Out Vol. 2, organised in collaboration with gloryapparel and live stream producers virgin earth inc, saw my leading 100+ runners on a special GPS course...
