Susumeru® ( means “recommend” in Japanese ) is an idea to increase the number of unexpected and wonderful ideas generated by human encounters, which are currently being lost due to the development of AI recommendation systems on online networks.
Suzuki Ryoichi, the President of Hyper Touch Inc. has patented this Susumeru® in both Japan and the U.S. as of September 2022.
This figure is a page from a presentation of Susumeru®. (Created March 2020).
What is depicted here is how, when talking among friends, great recommendations and ideas come up that you never imagined.
Even if it is not necessarily your cup of tea, you may be very interested in them recommended by your friends.
This is what happens in human relationships, “Unexpected Encounters”.
We at HyperTouch are trying to recreate this encounter online through Susumeru®.