Human being and Kansei engineering

Abstract

This chapter explains human being and Kansei engineering which is the basis of postmodern technology. Modern technology has taken an important role after the industrial revolution. The society has been developed according to the modern technology, but it comes to a deadlock now. Therefore, our main concern is how to evade the deadlock. We proposed postmodern technology named Kansei engineering which was based on Kansei. Kansei is an integrated human ability which includes emotion, feeling, recognition, modeling, and expression. The new technology is characterized by an interactive method and a network structure. The beauty of modern technology as a single logic method of deduction exists in simplicity and power of exploitation, while the beauty of Kansei technology exists in complexity and tolerance in heterogeneity. We apply Kansei technology to industry, and then we can escape from various kinds of crises.