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Chindōgu
- cs702 3y agoAt large companies, a remarkably number of new initiatives to improve efficiency end up looking like Chindōgu.
- hammyhavoc 3y agoThere was a neat CBBC show called It'll Never Work (1993) that focused on this.
- rgovostes 3y agoThe book on the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/101unuselessjapa00kawa https://archive.org/details/101unuselessjapa00kawa I remember seeing this book as a kid. The "perfect cake cutter" (p. 96) stuck with me–two knives on a protractor so you can measure the correct angle. There's also a cutting board with a hole in it (p. 109) to facilitate transfer of ingredients into a pot, which sounds like it would be a successful product.
- slicktux 3y agoThat looks like a fun book to have on the coffee table!