- BabyTech® Awards is a contest that recognizes outstanding services that use technology to ease the burden on those involved in childcare.
- The 2022 event will be held on a larger scale than the previous year! Awards will be given for outstanding service in nine categories and special prizes.
- The event was a great success, with an exhibition of services and products that won the Grand Prize, Excellence Award, and Special Award.
The BabyTech® Awards 2022 Award Ceremony was held at the Tokyo International Forum on November 21, 2022, in the autumnal atmosphere. BabyTech® Awards (formerly known as BabyTech Award Japan), which began in 2019, recognizes innovative products and services that use IT technology to solve the burden faced by all people involved in childcare. The BabyTech® Awards (formerly known as the BabyTech Award Japan), which began in 2019, recognize innovative products and services that use IT technology to solve the burdens faced by everyone involved in childcare. This article reports on the BabyTech® Awards 2022, along with stories from the participants and comments from the winners.
For healthy children's future, IT-based childcare support services are awarded through a rigorous screening process.
Thank you very much for coming today! This year marks the fourth annual BabyTech® Awards.Akachan Honpo Co.Thanks to the support of our sponsors, such as the "Jury for the International Competition" and the "Jury for the International Competition", we were able to hold this year's competition on a larger scale than in previous years. The judges and I were pleased to be able to select the most outstanding products and services from among all of the wonderful entries.
Opening remarks will be made by Tetsuya Nagata, President of Papasmile Inc. which organizes the BabyTech® Awards. Representative Nagata talks about the meaning of baby tech and its importance.
BabyTech is a term coined by combining the word "baby," meaning a baby, and "technology" such as ICT and IoT. It refers to services and products that reduce the burden of childcare not only for children and their parents, but also for everyone involved in childcare, including relatives and kindergarten teachers, during the period from pregnancy until the child enters elementary school.
He says that he was surprised at the difficulty of raising a child and the hardships faced by those involved, and his desire to alleviate some of the burden led him to his current activities. BabyTech® Awards will make his services known to a wider audience, and by adopting them, it will lead to the kind of parenting he wants to do. lead to childcare.
We hope that by utilizing ICT and IoT, we can not only reduce the burden of childcare, but also make childcare safer and more secure, and create a system that allows you to focus on the important things in your life with the time and effort you have freed up. We hope that through this award, more people will become aware of the wonderful items offered by each company.
The winners of the Grand Prize, selected from among many services and products, are delighted to hear their voices.
This year's "BabyTech® Awards" were selected in nine categories (*Akachanhonpo Award, Special Award, and Community Award are added here). 42 applications were received, and the following services were awarded the Grand Prize.
| organizational unit name | service name | Award-winning company |
|---|---|---|
| Lactation and Dietary Section | Gokan-Gosai | FUNFAM Corporation |
| Children's Learning and Play Section | COEMO | TOMY Company, Ltd. |
| Safety Measures and Lookout Department | CuboAi Baby Sleeping monitoring set | Yun Yun AI Baby Camera Co. |
| Fertility and Pregnancy Section | Pregnancy and Lactation! Asu-mama Course" (in the AI meal management application "Asuken") (Advice course) | asken Corporation |
| Health and Daily Care Section | Maternal and Child Mo Childcare DX Childhood Immunization Services | Maternal and Child Mo Co. |
| Commemorative, Record and Memory Section | Memory of Pillars | mui Lab Inc. |
| Parent Support Services Division | Connecting Mottainai to the Future Codomel." | JP Holdings, Inc. |
| Childcare ICT Division | For GIFTED and developmental disabilities supporters Video media incluvox 《インクlebox》 | voice and peace inc. |
| Household Efficiency Section | Childcare and housework sharing support application The Tricks of the Trade. | Pigeon Corporation |
| Akachan Honpo Prize | Available on smart phones & on line. Temporary Childcare Search and Reservation Service Asuiku." | grow & partners Co. |
| special award | CuboAi Baby Sleeping monitoring set | Yun Yun AI Baby Camera Co. |
| Community Award | Memory of Pillars | mui Lab Inc. |
Here are the award-winning comments from the grand prize winners in each category.
Grand Prize winner in the breastfeeding and diet category (Ms. Yasuyo Fujioka, Representative Director, FUNFAM Co.)
"The five-component word 'kango-guo' is a word that is used interchangeably."
Provides a member-established term delivery box for baby and toddler food with access to a dedicated recipe website and the ability to participate in online baby food classes.
Gokan Gosai" is a service that provides support for weaning between the ages of 5 and 55 months. The service provides safe and secure menus that can be prepared quickly by specialists such as pediatricians and dietitians. The service will also provide access to 400 recipes for children and cooking classes that can be connected nationwide. Through this service, we hope to create a society where all people, even moms and dads who are unfamiliar with child-rearing and childcare, are not left behind.
Grand Prize in the category of Children's Learning and Play (Ms. Hatsuraku Karen, Marketing Section, Baby and Edutainment Business Department, Baby and Edutainment Business Division, Hits Business Division, TOMY Co.)
COEMO
This item reads many stories to you in a koe (synthesized voice) that looks just like your mom or dad.
Thank you very much for the prestigious award! Our service uses the latest AI technology to read to children in the voice of someone close to them (synthetic voice). We think one of the appeals of our service is that it is easy to register your voice. We hope that through this award, many people will become aware of our service."
Grand Prize in the Safety Measures and Watching Over Children Category (Ms. Komi Fu, Country Manager for the Japanese market, Yun Yun AI Baby Camera Co.)
CuboAi Sleep Safety Bundle
The set includes the highly functional "CuboAi Smart Baby Monitor," a cute little bird-shaped body packed with AI artificial function technology, and the "CuboAi Baby Sensor Pad" set.
Hello to everyone in Japan. We are very happy to hear that you appreciate our smart monitor. The "CuboAi Baby Nenne Mimamori Set" is an item that uses AI technology to detect the baby's every movement as it grows. Please take a look at it in our exhibition corner. We hope this award will be an opportunity for us to continue developing more useful products in the future."
Grand Prize winner in the Fertility and Pregnancy category (Mikiko Michie, Registered Dietitian, Director, Asuken Co.)
Pregnancy and Lactation! Asu-mama Course"
Newly created within the AI diet management application "Asuken" is an advice course for pregnant and lactating women that supports the management of nutrition and weight during pregnancy and lactation. It allows users to manage their weight and nutrition during pregnancy and lactation at once.
The existing "Asuken" service was designed for people who were trying to lose weight or manage their diets, and it provided advice on the nutritional balance and calories of the food they ate. Many people have used the service, but we have received many requests from those who want to know what kind of nutrition they should take when they become pregnant, so we newly developed the "Asu-mama Course for Pregnancy and Lactation! Asumama Course" has been newly developed. The content of this course is designed to meet the changing nutritional needs of early, mid, and late pregnancy. We hope to continue to support the dietary needs of pregnancy.
Grand Prize in the Health and Daily Care category (Kazuhiro Hozoku, Director, Maternal and Child Mo Co.)
Maternal and Child Mo Childcare DX Childhood Immunization Services
A service that supports online procedures for infant immunization for child-rearing households, local governments, and medical institutions.
Thank you for this wonderful award. We are a company that provides a maternal and child health handbook application for local governments nationwide, and we provide our services to more than 500 local governments. This time, we decided to digitalize the immunization procedure, which is a heavy burden for local governments. Our goal was to create a system that is easy to use not only for local government officials, but also for medical institutions and parents. We hope many people will take advantage of this service."
Grand Prize in the Commemorative, Record and Memory category (Nobuyasu Hirobe, Creative Director, mui Lab, Inc.)
Memory of Pillars
The product was created in the hope that the custom of inscribing children's height on pillars and walls, which is common worldwide, will be digitized and become a medium that touches on past memories and reminiscences, and strengthens family ties.
Thank you for the Grand Prize. We have been providing our services with the motto of improving the relationship between technology and people. I have three children, and we came up with "Pillar Memory" because we wanted to find a way to record their drawings and messages from us parents to our children. I invite you to stop by our exhibit booth and experience our service for yourself!"
Winner of the Grand Prize in the Parent Support Service Category (Shinichiro Tanaka, General Manager, Business Development Department, Corporate Planning Division, JP Holdings, Inc.)
Codomel" Connecting Mottainai to the Future
It is a matching service in which users, mainly of the child-rearing generation, list and purchase reused items, mainly baby items, clothing, and other child-rearing related items, individually on the Web, and provides products in high demand by the child-rearing generation and information and services related to child-rearing.
We are developing our services with an emphasis on solving the problems of working mothers and fathers. Kodomeru" is one of our services that allows parents to sell and purchase their children's outgrown clothes and toys on the Internet. We hope to continue our efforts to create services that support parents and guardians.
Grand Prize in the childcare ICT category (Mr. Dai Akahira, announcer, narrator and lecturer, President of voice and peace, Inc.)
Video media for gifted/developmental disability supporters: incluvox
It is a matching service in which users, mainly of the child-rearing generation, list and purchase reused items, mainly baby items, clothing, and other child-rearing related items, individually on the Web, and provides products in high demand by the child-rearing generation and information and services related to child-rearing.
Video media for supporters of GIFTED and developmental disabilities. There are two types of videos: "One-minute videos (300 videos) on support methods" that can be used like a dictionary, and "10-minute videos on expertise and the latest information delivered twice a week.
Thank you very much for the wonderful award. Actually, I am an announcer in my day job, and I decided to develop "Inklebox" because I wondered if I could do something with the skills I have developed in my day job, triggered by my child's developmental disability. This is designed to deliver support methods and the latest information to supporters of GIFTED and developmental disabilities. Developmental disabilities are not only a problem for the person concerned. We believe it is important to raise the awareness of those around us and society. I would be happy if many people can deepen their understanding of developmental disabilities through our service."
Grand Prize in the Housework Efficiency Category (Ms. Toko Kawai, Communication Group, Sales Strategy Department, Baby Care Business Division, Pigeon Corporation)
Our Family's Instruction Manual, a childcare and housework sharing support application
A mobile application that supports "making the family more of a team" by easily sharing the unique way of raising children and doing household chores at home.
We are grateful to everyone involved for the prestigious award of the Grand Prize. My Family's Tricks" is a support app for sharing childcare and household chores. We hope to create a society where families can support each other in a more friendly manner by sharing childcare and household chores that are unique to their own home. Thank you very much!"
There are three special awards at the BabyTech® Awards 2022. There is also a double award!
After the grand prize award ceremony for the nine categories, three special awards were presented: the "Akachan Honpo Award" chosen by employees of Akachan Honpo, a sponsor and operator of a nationwide chain of maternity, child, and baby goods stores; the "mamatasu Award" given by the video media "mamatasu," which supports mothers who live their own way under the slogan, "Make Mama More Free. The "mamatasu award" by the video media "mamatasu" and the "community award" chosen by the members of the BabyTech community. Here is a look at the award-winning services and comments on them as well!
Akachan Honpo Prize (Ms. Keiko Yukiwaki, Representative Director, grow&partners Inc.)
"Asuiku" temporary childcare search and reservation service available via smartphone & LINE
This service allows you to search for and reserve a temporary childcare facility 24 hours a day, 365 days a year from your smartphone or LINE when you need to leave your child with someone for a short period of time.
Thank you very much for this wonderful award. We are very happy that Akachan Honpo, who are in the field and in contact with many parents, chose our application! Asuiku" is an application for temporary childcare that can go tomorrow. We hope that many people will know that temporary childcare is an option for those times when a child is suddenly absent from school due to Corona, or for work reasons, or when a couple wants to relax once in a while. We will continue to work on creating a system that can be used by many people throughout Japan.
mamatas award (Ms. Komi Fu, Country Manager for the Japanese market, Yun Yun AI Baby Camera Co.)
CuboAi Baby Nemen Mamoru Set (double winner with the Grand Prize in the Safety Measures and Mamoru category)
We are very happy to receive the award from mamatas. We will continue to develop more convenient services to support the life of childcare.
Baby Tech Community Award (Nobuyasu Hirobe, Creative Director, mui Lab, Inc.)
Memory of Pillar (double award with the Grand Prize in the Commemorative, Record and Memory category)
I am delighted to receive this award along with the Commemorative, Record and Memory category. It is very encouraging to have been chosen by the BabyTech community, the people who make BabyTech so exciting. On behalf of the entire team, I would like to thank you. Thank you!"
In addition to the award ceremony, there was a booth where visitors could actually experience the award-winning services, which was also crowded. The high level of interest in BabyTech can be felt.
The "BabyTech® Awards 2022" award ceremony was a great success. Once again, many groundbreaking services were presented. We hope that the BabyTech® Awards will continue to bring great products to the attention of many people in the future. If you find an item or service that interests you, please try it for yourself!
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