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Komorebi is a robot projector that aims to replicate natural sunlight and shadows. Leslie Nooteboom created this device as a result of the increasing creations of the tall looming buildings standing over the cities. When she realized the increasing difficulty for homes to receive natural lighting and shadows, she developed Komorebi. Nooteboom’s creations have all dealt with interaction, whether it may be human-machine interactions or environment-machine interactions. This invention particularly spoke out to me because although I knew of the increasing technological innovations and construction, I never thought to consider what would be impacted as a result of each additional benefit for society. I loved how the creator tried to add hints of randomness to the projections to make the experience feel more realistic, but there is no warmth being emitted from this projection, which lowers its realistic feel. One thing I would suggest inputting into the komorebi to improve the machine would be implementing a weather detector or forecaster type of element into the komorebi because the amount of light houses get a day really depends on whether the sun is out or not and whether the clouds are covering it. By allowing the device to change the amount of sunlight it shows based on the current whether would make the komorebi even more fascinating.