{"rewrite":{"id":"r_34e199cd38f347e220f9be1b","clusterId":"c_6833f9b178fdd86aaea9d97c","slug":"kobe-calling-2026-adds-kobe-steel-kobe-university-and-a-free-student-hackathon","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Kobe Calling 2026 Adds Kobe Steel, Kobe University and a Free Student Hackathon","summary":"The Kobe Calling 2026 organizing committee announced the second lineup for the October 31 and November 1 event at KIITO in Kobe. Kobe Steel joins with a VR exhibition on its manufacturing sites, Kobe University medical researchers present a heartbeat-driven installation, and Mazda's training school shows a Le Mans rotary engine. Registration opened for free student passes, and BizWorld Japan runs a free student hackathon, HackARThon.","whyItMatters":"The second lineup puts heavy industry and university research on the same floor as art and club culture, which is the event's stated premise, and it opens that floor to students at no cost.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eKobe Steel\u0026#39;s exhibition centers on a VR dive into its manufacturing sites: a steelworks handling 1,600-degree iron, welding robots for large structures, and a super-large machine used to demolish buildings safely. It also screens a special movie shown at the company\u0026#39;s Osaka-Kansai Expo booth. Mazda\u0026#39;s Kobe training school brings a four-rotor racing engine that ran Le Mans and a live Roadster engine teardown.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKobe University cardiologists and a music producer present CORAZONES, an installation that turns donated heartbeat data into image and sound. Registration opened for free student passes, and BizWorld Japan, the entrepreneurship school founded by investor Tim Draper, holds a free student hackathon, HackARThon, alongside the event.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKobe Steel\u003c/strong\u003e: VR exhibition on steelworks, welding robots and demolition machinery, plus an Expo movie screening\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMASTeC KOBE (Mazda automotive training school)\u003c/strong\u003e: Le Mans four-rotor racing engine display and Roadster engine teardown demonstration\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKobe University Graduate School of Medicine and Hospital\u003c/strong\u003e: CORAZONES heartbeat installation with music producer Yusuke Asada\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKobe University V.School\u003c/strong\u003e: Student projects and a salon and cafe for direct exchange\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRegional ICT Promotion Council (COPLI)\u003c/strong\u003e: Smart city work and Barcelona Smart City Expo cooperation\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHigh school student pitch\u003c/strong\u003e: Students present ideas for future society, cities and technology\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eU Inc.\u003c/strong\u003e: AI glasses experience sharing the wearer\u0026#39;s view\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHackARThon\u003c/strong\u003e: Free student hackathon run by BizWorld Japan\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","blueskyPost":"Kobe Calling 2026's free student hackathon, HackARThon, sits in the same two-day program as Kobe Steel's VR plant tours and a Mazda Le Mans rotary engine. The student track is the cheapest way in.","twitterPost":"Kobe Calling 2026 pairs a free student hackathon, HackARThon, with Kobe Steel's VR plant tour and Mazda's Le Mans rotary engine. The entry cost is zero.","threadsPost":"Kobe Calling 2026 puts HackARThon, a free student hackathon run by BizWorld Japan, on the same KIITO program as Kobe Steel's VR manufacturing tour and Mazda's Le Mans rotary engine. The student track is the one part of the two-day lineup with no cost to enter.","newsletterBlurb":"Kobe Calling 2026 announced its second lineup for the October 31 and November 1 event at KIITO. Kobe Steel brings a VR exhibition on its manufacturing sites, Kobe University medical researchers present a heartbeat installation, and Mazda's training school displays a Le Mans rotary engine. Free student pass registration opened, and BizWorld Japan runs a free student hackathon.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"ASCII.jp\",\"url\":\"https://ascii.jp/elem/000/004/445/4445149/?rss\",\"title\":\"Kobe Calling 2026第2弾ラインナップ！トップレベルの研究機関・大学、グローバル企業、ベンチャー。世界を動かす産業と科学が、アートとエンタテインメントと同じ場所で交わる前代未聞の2日間。\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":6370,"outputTokens":913,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1792725749,"createdAt":"2026-10-23T03:18:59.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-23T03:21:12.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-23T03:21:12.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_6833f9b178fdd86aaea9d97c","canonicalTitle":"Kobe Calling 2026第2弾ラインナップ！トップレベルの研究機関・大学、グローバル企業、ベンチャー。世界を動かす産業と科学が、アートとエンタテインメントと同じ場所で交わる前代未聞の2日間。","representativeArticleId":"a_2b98e6185c33f62b1e018e3e","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Kobe Calling 2026\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"event\",\"domain\":\"other\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-23T03:21:08.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"ASCII.jp","url":"https://ascii.jp/elem/000/004/445/4445149/?rss","title":"Kobe Calling 2026第2弾ラインナップ！トップレベルの研究機関・大学、グローバル企業、ベンチャー。世界を動かす産業と科学が、アートとエンタテインメントと同じ場所で交わる前代未聞の2日間。"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Kobe Calling 2026"],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"event","domain":"other","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}