Season
Season 8 Episode
- Season 5 Home Blood Pressure Monitors / Test Patterns
- Season 5 Drawing Tablets / Cascades (Airplane Component)
- Season 5 Laptop Computers / Purification & Separation Systems
- Season 5 Surgical Needles / Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Equipment
- Season 5 High-Capacity Optical Disks / Automatic Skewer Machines
- Season 5 Ventilators for Premature Babies / Electron Beam Lithography Systems
- Season 5 Landmine Clearance Machines / Linear Guides
- Season 5 Canned Bread / Automatic Dorayaki Machines
- Season 5 Mosquito Coils / Screw Removal Tools
- Season 5 Pulse Oximeters / Egg Grading & Packing Systems
- Season 5 Low Pain Needles / Sports Wheelchairs
- Season 5 Fish Finders / Medical Simulators
- Season 5 Lithium Ion Batteries / Dust Collectors for Tunnel Construction
- Season 5 Correction Tape / Water Filter Media
Japan's Top Inventions - Season 5 Episode 1 Home Blood Pressure Monitors / Test Patterns
0.00 48 minutes 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 home blood pressure monitors that use fuzzy logic, developed by a Japanese company in 1991. In the second half: test patterns with colorful gradients and fine lines used to evaluate the performance of photocopiers. We visit the Japanese printing company that holds around 90% of the global market share for these patterns.
