Category: Japanese Products


Precision metal stamping technology has grown in Japan’s manufacturing industry However, many people are not familiar with sheet metal stamping and what it does. According to www.wikipedia.com, sheet metal is a metal formed into flat and thin pieces. It is a main material in metalworking as it can be bent and formed into make shapes. Stamping is simply a variety of actions such as punching, bending, blanking and so on. In more simple words, it is sheet metal forming. With Japan’s cutting edge precision metal stamping technology, this industry has grown into a heavy industry.


Japan is known for their technology but also known for their metal stamping industry. According to www.japanheavyindustry.com, their metal industry is so widely known that there are exhibitions catering to metal stamping industries every year in Japan. This industry has grown to become even more popular because of the advancement of Japan’s cutting edge technology.

Many components around us are produced using metal stamping technologies like the switches that we use in our homes, our cars. These are all contrinuted to the advance technology of the metal stamping industry. Metal stamping ensures that the factory produces the same cuts at the same sizes everytime. This provides accuracy and high production rates in the manufacturing industry.

There are many sheet metal stamping products that are imported from Japan. Big companies like Nippon Steel and JFESteel are big export companies in Japan. However, this has been widely affected by the earthquake in Miyagi and these sheet metal stamping products might not make it to the export point in time.

Sheet metal stamping products like custom stamping parts, electronic control panels, sheet metal parts and so on are widely used materials in many industries. All around us are sheet metal stamping materials and are so commonly used in many areas. This has widely contributed to the booming of the metal stamping industry in Japan. Their sheet metal stamping products considered one of the best in the industry.

Various sheet metal stamping products from Japan were exported to many parts of the world and has been one of their many heavy industries in the country. However, this industry has been strongly affected by the major earthquake and tsunami that has hit Miyagi on April 11th, 2011. This has widely damaged most transportation and electricity supply and thus affecting the manufacturing industry.

Although most steel companies in Japan has closed down due to this disaster, the big boys in the manufacturing industry has like JFESteel has resumes operations and are trying their best to remain in their exporting game. Japan, with their keen eye on perfection, has continued to produce more and more cutting edge technology to come out with more sheet metal stamping products that would be the talk of the industry.

No idea what is it from the title? It is still an umbrella and still functions like one, however, it comes with much more depth than just protecting you from the rain. The Japanese have came up with this brilliant idea of allowing you to be connected to the internet while walking in the rain. Yes! Connecting you with the cyber world using an umbrella.


This idea was initially started on year 2006 on just a piece of paper. The initial concept was hand drawn on a piece of paper and then it escalated to this unique umbrella design now. This concept was started by two young graduate from Keio university and said to be motivated by this concept because they want to make walking in the rain more fun. This unique umbrella was given the name Pileus as in the head of a mushroom.

This unique design has a large screen inside the canopy of the umbrella and not only that, it also comes with a built-in camera, motion censor, a digital compass and even GPS! This is not all, this unique device also enables photo sharing and also 3D map navigation. Think this is all it does? Wait! There is actually more to it! According to www.pileus.net, the system in this unique umbrella is also connected to major web services like Flickr.

Users of this umbrella can actually take a picture using the camera function in their umbrella as then upload it to Flickr. This will only take two minutes and imagine doing that using your umbrella! Users can also watch downloaded photo videos from Flickr and of course would not take much time to access as well. This works just like a mobile phone but just that, your mobile phone would not shelter you from the storm!

Not only limited to Flickr, users of Pileus can also view videos and share videos on Youtube! How fun can that be with just walking under the rain with an umbrella in hand. These unique functions are accessible and controlled by just rotating the handle of the umbrella. No additional buttons and wires that will complicate things, just you and your internet savvy umbrella!

This umbrella is connected to the internet via wi-fi services and with many places providing free wi-fi services, this means you can be connected to the internet at all times and at anywhere you are. As for the navigation function, it works by by detecting the user’s location via GPS, the GPS will then show a 3D bird’s eye view around the user. The user can compare the 3D view from the umbrella can find their own way to where they want to go.

The Pileus is yet to be marketed worldwide and whether or not it will be a great success is still debatable. However, this is always a fun and great tool as users do not have to be disconnected with the internet world and can now access the cyber world even if you forgot to bring your handphone or any other electrical device along.

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