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Cesar Harada (28) is an French-Japanese inventor and entrepreneur.
Cesar invented a ground-breaking sailing technology, a boat that changes shape, “Protei”. Originally developed to clean up the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Protei is an Open Hardware project now developed by an international community of scientists, engineers and designers for many other applications such as nuclear radiation sensing off Japan, plastic sensing in the Pacific garbage patch, red tide studies in Mexico and much more.
Cesar is also the general coordinator of the future International Ocean Station. Former Project leader at MIT, Cesar teaches Masters in Design & Environment at Goldsmiths University in London. Cesar graduated in 2009 from the Design Interactions course at the Royal College of Arts in London, his collaborative project Open_Sailing received the Ars Electronica Golden Nica award for the [NEXT IDEA].

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Boston !

First day in Cambridge (Boston). Feels good, natural, like it should be.


My room is tiny and nice. I just made a deep clean of my room and the kitchen - living room.

My flatmates are lovely, I'm a bit too shy to take a picture of them yet. Nice light everywhere. 

There's a true princess cat. I live in a really clever strategical place : On Cambridge street, 1 minute from Lechmere (MBTA station) , 5 minutes walk to MIT where I work, 10 minutes cycle to Harvard where I might take some classes, 10 minutes away Boston downtown, crossing the bridge. I'm so close to the ocean, I will try to go to swim as soon as I can! There are sailing journeys between Boston and Europe, I might do one day (not at that price of course!). I live in a quite old building on a big avenue, easy to find, it looks and feels like Europe here. 5 minutes away from the house a gigantic supermarket Shaws open until midnight everyday!!! Everything feels expensive after Kenya. 

I am allowed to carry a swiss knife (Leatherman Wave), I dreamt about it since I was a teenager, now I have it! 
The big DIY shop Home Depot is 20 minutes away cycling, it opens at 6:00AM and closes at 22:00!!! Havent found the bike shop nor the bank yet, this afternoon duty. 

My flatmate Diego took me to MITERS today, amazing !!! 

This is the right place for me now. I'm feeling really happy to be here ;) Waaaaaahhhhhhh!!!

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May 20, 2010
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May 20, 2010
amelie said...
the cat looks really like a princess as u mentioned
the trolley looks amazing, is it mechanical or electronical stuff on it?explain!i'm interested in trolleys..(caddies)
May 20, 2010
Joshua Musau said...
Hey, nice place. The proximity to everything's amazing... 5mins walk to MIT? That must be a breath of fresh air especially considering where u used to stay back here in Kenya. Karen to Ngong road, phew...
May 20, 2010
annie Harada said...
we are soo happy for you and we wish you all the best !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
a&t Harada
May 20, 2010
crazypulsar said...
Very happy for you! nice room with lots of light!
Love the MITERS!!! :D
Exciting life is begin!! BEST WISHES!!
May 20, 2010
Cesar Harada said...
@Amelie : The trolley has electric motors and batteries, many small small batteries. Most of the machine is mechanical (direction - transmission) only the speed is controlled with Arduino. There is an other different electric battery for the light and radio. Really nice machine I agree!

@Joshua Yes, so so so easy! I'm really lucky!

@Annie Thanks! So do I wish you the best!

@CrazyP Thanks! I'll do my very best.

May 20, 2010
Nick said...
You can't have pocket knives in London?
May 21, 2010
Cesar Harada said...
No, you cant !
UK has crazy knifecrime scene, check out guardian has a knifecrime category : http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/knifecrime
May 21, 2010
Alison Lowndes said...
I think you'll have to agree that Kenya has much bigger and better knives than UK or Boston, Cesar ;-)
Your new home looks and sounds wonderful .. enjoy!

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