Host: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Name : [in Japanese]
Date : November 26, 2020 - November 28, 2020
Today, most of our engineering efforts are paid to satisfy our material needs. We pursue to produce better products. Thus, how engineering started is almost completely forgotten. We started engineering to make our dreams come true. This was a big challenge, because we attempted to produce what we could not get from nature. But we should remember that there are two needs for engineering. One is to satisfy our material needs to survive and to secure safety. These needs are shared with other animals, too. And to satisfy such needs, engineering developed and brought the Industrial Revolution. It brought us an industrial society and we started to work for others or work for external rewards. Division of labor and mass production were introduced, and they accelerated industrialization. But another important aspect of engineering to satisfy our human needs of psychologically satisfying us were gradually forgotten. But if we do what we want, we will get the maximum satisfaction and feeling of achievement. Such engineering should be revived and we should enjoy designing and producing what we want in our own way. In short, we love challenges and we should provide people with engineering tools for them to challenge. That will make our life a game. Then, we will be satisfied psychologically to the full extent.
