FUQA rocks Nerd Nite in between speakers with their gravity-defying chair posture!

Speakers Nicki Fairbairn and Stéfan Le Dû pose in front of the Nerd Nite banner.

Last week's Nerd Nite had:

* Quantum optics and chemistry (!)
* A behind the scenes look at Tokyo's hottest (coolest?) new concert series (!?)
* A live rock concert from fuqaofficial.com (!?!?!?)

And we have three speakers coming up on Friday, May 15!

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Tomorrow's Nerd Nite Tokyo might have a special, unannounced musical guest...

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Ready for the next Nerd Nite Tokyo?

Friday, April 17, Nicki Fairbairn is here to discuss cutting-edge research into the quantum behavior of OLEDs -- then, Stéfan Le Dû returns to talk about the community of rock musicians he has built to fight climate change!

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Speakers Gray Braham and Steve Marshall take a moment by the foosball table.

Last Friday, we explored the music of vintage video games and the magic of astonishment! Thank you to our speakers and everyone who came out.

Don't miss our next Nerd Nite on Friday, April 17!

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Just two weeks until the next Nerd Nite Tokyo!

Prepare to be astonished by professional magician Steve Marshall, and listen in as Gray Braham takes us through the technology behind video game music!

Details: tokyo.nerdnite.com

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Speakers Bektur Ryskeldiev and Ingrid Ivarsen.

Thank you again for a great turnout at last month's Nerd Nite!

Relive the night with photos and videos in our archive, and get ready for this month's Nerd Nite on Friday, March 20!

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Medieval image of Ine, King of Wessex from 689 to 726, looking somewhat disapproving.

Ine, King of Wessex, thinks you should come to Nerd Nite Tokyo this Friday night!

Plus: how AI is changing UI!

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Nerd Nite Tokyo will return on Friday, Feburary 20 at a new location near Shinjuku!

Speakers Ingrid Ivarsen and Bektur Ryskeldiev will help us start our tenth anniversary year, as we consider history and human-computer interfaces.

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Happy New Year!

We've finally completed our archive of livestreams all the way back to 2022!

Enjoy the new (well... from 2024 😅) videos of Nerd Nite Tokyo 62 and 63, and be sure to join us for our next event on Friday, February 20 at Study Abroad Pub in Shin-Okubo!

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Just in time for the holidays, we've uploaded the missing video from last September's Nerd Nite!

(And don't forget to join us next year on Friday, February 20 at our new location...)

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Speakers Kate Kitagawa and Crissman Loomis in a composite image made from pictures of them presenting.

Want to live longer and healthier? Check out the video from last week's Nerd Nite Tokyo in our archive!

Want to live a more curious life? Have a great holiday and join us for our next event on Friday, February 20 at our new location!

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#nerdnite #video #longevity #health

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Friday, December 12 is the last Nerd Nite Tokyo of the year!

Come start your holiday season with talks on the history of space exploration and how to live a longer, healthier life.

Plus, bring books for our first ever book exchange!

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Okorafor, Binti: Home Okorafor, Noor Whitehead, The Underground Railroad Leckie, Translation State Bacigalupi, The Water Knife Burgess, A Clockwork Orange Murakami, Kafka on the Shore Atwood, Oryx and Crake Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury Liu, ed., Broken Stars

A handful of candidates to go to @nerdnitetokyo.bsky.social's end-of-year book exchange next month! Some may get added, some removed.

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Friday, December 12 is the last Nerd Nite Tokyo of the year!

Come start your holiday season with talks on the history of space exploration and how to live a longer, healthier life.

Plus, bring books for our first ever book exchange!

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#tokyo #events #space #longevity #livestream

Speakers Mahi Patki and Matt brought with them, respectively, a water bottle with a map of water dispensers, and a pro wrestling outfit.

Looking for a place to refill your water bottle in Tokyo? How about a pro wrestling match? Watch the recording of last week's Nerd Nite to learn about both:

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And don't forget to join us for our next event on Friday, December 12!

#nerdnite #tokyo #events #livestream

A photograph taken during my talk. I am standing by the projector, with my hands raised to chest height, fingers spread out, and looking shocked!

"THIS IS NOT A DRILL — I’m narrating a Moon landing!"

Photos from @nerdnitetokyo.bsky.social, where I spilled all the tea 🫖 about narrating the live stream on the night Japan landed on the Moon 🌝 are on their website, along with the recording 🎬! tokyo.nerdnite.com/archive/

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What do refillable water bottles and Japanese comedy pro wrestling have in common? We're talking about both of them at Nerd Nite Tokyo on Friday, November 14!

Details: tokyo.nerdnite.com

#nerdnite #sustainability #plastic #recycling #puroresu #comedy #tokyo #events #livestream

Nerd Nite speakers Elizabeth Tasker and Guillaume Pelat share a joke with the camera.

Last Friday, Nerd Nite Tokyo hosted talks about computer vision and landing on the Moon!

Missed it? Want to watch it again? Check our archive -- and be sure to join us next month on Friday, November 14th!

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#nerdnite #moon #ai #science #video #events #tokyo

Andrew gesturing

Time for @nerdnitetokyo.bsky.social !

...Doctor...Whom?

Landing on the Moon: Behind the scenes of the night when SLIM made history A journalist lifted his hand, studying the faces of the JAXA representatives as the microphone was passed to his seat. “Landing was successful…” he began. “…I thought you would look

If you’d like to hear more behind-the-scenes gossip (in addition to the tea spilled @nerdnitetokyo.bsky.social tonight 🫖) from when Japan landed on the Moon, here is our blog post on the suspense, stress and excitement on night that the SLIM mission made history!

Snapshot of the first slide of my presentation. It shows a microphone where the circular mic is actually a picture of the Moon. A cartoon of the SLIM spacecraft with a smiley face is flying past. The title is "Talk me down: narrating Japan's lunar landing".

Come join me at @nerdnitetokyo.bsky.social (in Tokyo and online) on Friday at 8pm JST for nail biting, humorous, informative, slightly-stressed-because-I-made-all-these-promises account of the night that Japan landed on the Moon while I narrated the live stream 🛰️🔭! Tickets here 🧪: tokyo.nerdnite.com

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Friday, October 17, Nerd Nite Tokyo is looking at looking!

First, Guillaume Pelat discusses how computer vision works. Then, @elizabethtasker.bsky.social is back to talk about her experience narrating a live Moon landing for JAXA!

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Nerd Nite speakers Stéfan Le Dû and Prasad Cheema give a thumbs-up during the show's intermission.

Pictures from last week's Nerd Nite are up in the archive -- video coming soon!

And don't forget: our next Nerd Nite is Friday, October 17, same nerd place, same nerd time!

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#nerdnite #climatechange #math #civilization #games

Meet the 2025 Ig Nobel Prize winners The annual award ceremony features miniature operas, scientific demos, and the 24/7 lectures.

As promised at last night's show, links:

This years Ig Nobel Prize winners:

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Journey to the End of the Night:

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Space Cafe:

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Be sure to join us again next month on Friday, October 17th!

Next @nerdnitetokyo.bsky.social October 17!
Be here and be square!

Hey, there are other quantum people at @nerdnitetokyo.bsky.social tonight!

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Next week, Friday, Sep. 19: Nerd Nite returns with talks about inspiration in mathematics and climate change in the Civilization video game series!

Stay cool until then and check out the details: tokyo.nerdnite.com

#nerdnite #climate #events #tokyo #science #math #civilization #games #videogames

Too Hot to Be Cool 5 | Rock for Climate in Tokyo · Luma Feeling the heat yet? So are we. That’s why we’re turning it up again, with rebel yells, guitar solos, and a crowd of humans who still believe in music,…

Stéfan Le Dû is not only speaking at our next Nerd Nite on September 19th, he's also performing in and helping organize this rock concert for climate change in Shibuya next week!

Info and tickets: luma.com/ekjux30g

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Friday, September 19: Nerd Nite Tokyo returns with talks about inspiration in mathematics and climate change in the Civilization video game series!

Stay cool until then and check out the details: tokyo.nerdnite.com

#nerdnite #climate #events #tokyo #science #math #civilization #games #videogames

By the way, if you'd like more information about volunteering with Hands On Tokyo, the organization speaker Katie Gray introduced last month, check out their homepage here: www.handsontokyo.org