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  • Watch A Japanese Hand Plane Shave Wood Impossibly Thin

    Watch A Japanese Hand Plane Shave Wood Impossibly Thin

    Japanese hand planes or kannas are remarkable tools that can shave off layers of wood so ridiculously thin that they look like tissue paper. The wood shaving in the GIF above is only 8 microns thick which almost sounds like an impossible measurement because even human hair has a diameter of about 50 microns.


  • Panasonic Prototype TVs Show It’s Cool To Be Thin And Cheap

    Alongside the Blu-ray recorder and new TV range that Panasonic unveiled the other day were a couple of prototype TVs that showcase the upcoming technologies in their future plasma screens. The first example was their “World’s Thinnest” plasma, a 50-inch monster which measured in at 24.7mm thick and weighed just 22kg. Although we’re pretty sure…