M-INT Kobe will be of its own kind of commercial complex that ignites in blue. Its exterior lighting system called Super Nova translates cosmic energy waves into pulsating blue light.

M-INT Kob consists 2,880 blue LEDs arranged in two columns, which are stimulated by sensors that detect cosmic rays. The hue of the blue lights alters as the intensity of the cosmic rays changes, giving the building fluctuating enchanting glow.

It is the result of Takuro Osaka, a professor of University of Tsukuba Graduate School, who has been working on the use of cosmic radiation in art since 1995.

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