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Japan's Top Inventions
Season 5 · Episode 14
Correction Tape / Water Filter Media
0.028mDecember 24, 2022
The fascinating stories and secrets behind hit Japanese products, plus parts and machines that boast the top share of niche markets. In the first half: the story behind correction tape, the office supply that lets people fix mistakes made in pen. In the second half: water filter media that's used in 80% of Japan's water treatment facilities.
Episodes
- Episode 1Home Blood Pressure Monitors / Test Patterns
- Episode 2Drawing Tablets / Cascades (Airplane Component)
- Episode 3Laptop Computers / Purification & Separation Systems
- Episode 4Surgical Needles / Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Equipment
- Episode 5High-Capacity Optical Disks / Automatic Skewer Machines
- Episode 6Ventilators for Premature Babies / Electron Beam Lithography Systems
- Episode 7Landmine Clearance Machines / Linear Guides
- Episode 8Canned Bread / Automatic Dorayaki Machines
- Episode 9Mosquito Coils / Screw Removal Tools
- Episode 10Pulse Oximeters / Egg Grading & Packing Systems
- Episode 11Low Pain Needles / Sports Wheelchairs
- Episode 12Fish Finders / Medical Simulators
- Episode 13Lithium Ion Batteries / Dust Collectors for Tunnel Construction
- Episode 14Correction Tape / Water Filter Media