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Here's the company Hidaka Washi mentioned in the article: https://www.hidakawashi.com/jp/paper-TENGU/index.html https://www.hidakawashi.com/jp/paper-TENGU/inde

Here's the company Hidaka Washi mentioned in the article: https://www.hidakawashi.com/jp/paper-TENGU/index.html https://www.hidakawashi.com/jp/paper-TENGU/index.html They make "tengu jo-shi" (典具帖紙), the world's thinnest paper, also called "the wings of a Mayfly". Around the beginning of the 20th century they achieved a thickness/thinness of 0.03 millimeters. The paper became popular for typewriter paper, as well as napkins, wrappers for precious stones, coffee filter, lens polishing, calligraphy, pressing flowers, fish printing. Some paper varieties: https://www.hidakawashi.com/jp/items/index.html https://www.hidakawashi.com/jp/items/index.html After World War II, its popularity waned with the decline of typewriters. However, in recent years it was discovered that the papar was suitable for restoration of paintings, sculptures, and historical documents. It's been used to restore murals of Michelangelo, and works in the Louvre.

agumonkey 7y ago
while we're on thin and japan companies, youtube taught me about Disco, the wafer slicing disc company. Such a "trivial" problem in definition yet very impressive when you think about it.
- ChuckNorris89 7y ago
  What I love most about these small engineering companies making high tech niche products is their no thrills, stuck in the 90's websites. Huge contrast to dark pattern based websites dedicated to selling stuff to consumers. I guess they just don't bother since it'll make no difference to their bottom line. They're well known in their niche and probably as the only go-to solution for this kind of problem, I imagine the likes of Intel and TSMC have them on speed dial so their products sell without marketing or fancy websites.
  - agumonkey 7y ago
    I like that too. I naturally dislike marketing tricks, and enjoy seemingly old or bland but technically worthy things.
    - JadeNB 7y ago
      Have I got the channel for you! Technology Connections: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy0tKL1T7wFoYcxCe0xjN6Q https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy0tKL1T7wFoYcxCe0xjN6Q . My introduction was his rice-cooker video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSTNhvDGbYI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSTNhvDGbYI .
      - agumonkey 7y ago
        I binged his videos quite a lot already. Very nice right ?
- JadeNB 7y ago
  > while we're on thin and japan companies, youtube taught me about Disco, the wafer slicing disc company. That sounds interesting! Could you point to any good video?
  - agumonkey 7y ago
    I forgot which video talked about that, but there are a lot of video about it. here's a tiny history https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5f5Gfeekl5Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5f5Gfeekl5Q search for wafer dicing disco, lots of machinery

agumonkey 7y ago

while we're on thin and japan companies, youtube taught me about Disco, the wafer slicing disc company. Such a "trivial" problem in definition yet very impressive when you think about it.

ChuckNorris89 7y ago
What I love most about these small engineering companies making high tech niche products is their no thrills, stuck in the 90's websites. Huge contrast to dark pattern based websites dedicated to selling stuff to consumers. I guess they just don't bother since it'll make no difference to their bottom line. They're well known in their niche and probably as the only go-to solution for this kind of problem, I imagine the likes of Intel and TSMC have them on speed dial so their products sell without marketing or fancy websites.
- agumonkey 7y ago
  I like that too. I naturally dislike marketing tricks, and enjoy seemingly old or bland but technically worthy things.
  - JadeNB 7y ago
    Have I got the channel for you! Technology Connections: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy0tKL1T7wFoYcxCe0xjN6Q https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy0tKL1T7wFoYcxCe0xjN6Q . My introduction was his rice-cooker video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSTNhvDGbYI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSTNhvDGbYI .
    - agumonkey 7y ago
      I binged his videos quite a lot already. Very nice right ?
JadeNB 7y ago
> while we're on thin and japan companies, youtube taught me about Disco, the wafer slicing disc company. That sounds interesting! Could you point to any good video?
- agumonkey 7y ago
  I forgot which video talked about that, but there are a lot of video about it. here's a tiny history https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5f5Gfeekl5Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5f5Gfeekl5Q search for wafer dicing disco, lots of machinery