{"id":11551,"date":"2010-12-05T19:30:53","date_gmt":"2010-12-05T10:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/?p=11551"},"modified":"2010-12-05T19:30:53","modified_gmt":"2010-12-05T10:30:53","slug":"mashup-awards-6-doting-father-develops-social-web-for-recording-his-daughters-growth-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/mashup-awards-6-doting-father-develops-social-web-for-recording-his-daughters-growth-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Mashup Awards 6: Doting Father Develops Social Web For Recording His Daughter’s Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nThe award-presenting ceremony of the Mashup Awards 6[J]<\/a>, an annual web service development contest organized by a bunch of Japanese web companies, took place in Tokyo yesterday, where the venue was packed with hundreds of presenters and an audience. \u00a0 This contest literally aims at letting participants compete their skills in developing a web service by using public third-party APIs selected by the contest organizer. \u00a0 \u00a0222 APIs were allowed to be used to develop a mash-up service, and 544 web services have been submitted for the contest during the two months of the application period.
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\nLet’s see some of excellent services that have won awards.<\/p>\n

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Emiri System (The Grand Prix) [J]<\/a><\/strong>
\nEmiri System was originally developed by Tetsuro Ueda a.k.a. Emiri Papa for recording the growth of his daughter Emiri. \u00a0It became a social network for sharing updates among nursing parents about their child-care, children’s growth and development. \u00a0It has engaged 3,300 users from 23 countries, stored 1.33million-day dairy updates, 3.7 million pictures and 60,000 videos. \u00a0In order to enhance the convenience and allow the users to enjoy the experience anywhere at anytime, he has integrated it with many web services.
\nUsing third-party APIs: AdobeAir, Applicast (an widget for Sony’s LCD TV), Web Payment Standard API, Yahoo Japan’s OpenID
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Get-Relief Rader (Excellent Award)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Get-Relief Rader is a location-based iPhone app developed by Tokyo-based tech-startup Kayac<\/a> (related Asiajin stories<\/a>). By Establishing a pair with someone else using the app (via Bluetooth), a user can find where the other of the pair is located very roughly without launching the app (running on background). \u00a0 Using the app between a couple may contribute to affair proof their marriage.<\/p>\n

Using third-party APIs: Google Maps API<\/p>\n

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Tag Tansu (Excellent Award) [J]<\/a><\/strong>
\nTag Tansu is a closet that allows you to upload pictures of your clothing only by hanging a piece on a hook and sort it out.\u00a0\u00a0 It’s invented by tsuka_pan & sgss who has won the juries’ special prize <\/strong> with Cast Oven<\/a> at the previous event<\/a>.\u00a0 An RFID tag embedded on the neck of the hanger tells the sensor what kind of clothing and the pictures will be tagged with the category automatically.\u00a0\u00a0 By integrating with a social network, you will be allowed to ask your friends about which clothing you wear, and it prevents you from buying something similar designed to what you have because you can check your collection with your cellphone at boutiques.
\nUsing third-party APIs: Adobe AIR
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