Introducing the KanaChord Plus Keyboard カナコード・プラス・キーボード

A Japanese-input macro pad with a display and color-coded light-up keys.

We love to watch your projects grow as much as you do. Really, we’re like proud grandparents around here. So it’s great to see that [Mac Cody] is back with …read more Continue reading Introducing the KanaChord Plus Keyboard カナコード・プラス・キーボード

Keebin’ with Kristina: the One With the Transmitting Typewriter

Illustrated Kristina with an IBM Model M keyboard floating between her hands.

Okay, so we’re opening with more than just a keyboard, and that’s fine. In fact, it’s more than fine, it’s probably the cutest lil’ ZX Spectrum you’ll see today. [SrBlonde]’s …read more Continue reading Keebin’ with Kristina: the One With the Transmitting Typewriter

7-seat Toyota MPV stashes covert micro-RV gear for impromptu camping

Many small camper vans are built to double as everyday three-row MPVs complete with seven or eight seats. Typically such camper vans require removing or installing seats and other equipment when switching between camping and daily driving modes. A new … Continue reading 7-seat Toyota MPV stashes covert micro-RV gear for impromptu camping

Multi-level cargo trike rolls like the Japanese kei van of ebikes

If you can’t build out, build up. It works for city buildings, and a Japanese design firm is trying to make it work for city bikes. The Streek electric trike from Yokohama’s Envision Incorporated carries two levels of cargo inside a high-rise loop fram… Continue reading Multi-level cargo trike rolls like the Japanese kei van of ebikes

Japanese concept camper car lives like a rolling slopeside igloo

A ski lodge-inspired concept camper is always a fun spin on the all-season RV, but if you already operate a network of actual ski resorts, hot springs hotels, glamping retreats and other rustic getaways, the idea of building a lodge into a motorhome is… Continue reading Japanese concept camper car lives like a rolling slopeside igloo

Elegant Shoji Lamps from Your 3D Printer

The gorgeous Shoji-style lamps you’re seeing here aren’t made of wood or paper. Beyond the LEDs illuminating them from within, the lamps are completely 3D printed. There aren’t any fasteners or glue holding them together either, as creator [Dheera Venkatraman] used authentic Japanese wood joinery techniques to make their components …read more

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