A video history of Japan's electronic industry - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: dexters_lab
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 26, 2014, 10:25:13 am
content: found these three videos on youtube the other day, sorry if they have been posted before but i thought some of you might like them.Details the history of Japan's electronics industry, looks to be dated from the 1980s

author: sony mavica
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 26, 2014, 10:37:30 am
content: thanks for posting these

author: coppice
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 26, 2014, 01:04:03 pm
content: You missed part 4

author: dannyf
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 26, 2014, 02:39:22 pm
content: The calculator part was very interesting. Lots of IP theft, copy-cats and unauthorizied disclosre of classified information,

author: dexters_lab
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 26, 2014, 04:50:04 pm
content: Quote from: coppice on December 26, 2014, 01:04:03 pmoops, how did i miss that?

author: dexters_lab
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 26, 2014, 04:52:36 pm
content: Quote from: 3roomlab on December 26, 2014, 12:42:11 pm

author: Richard Crowley
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 26, 2014, 05:43:31 pm
content: Quote from: dannyf on December 26, 2014, 02:39:22 pmExactly what I was thinking. But then it was interesting to see how they achieved high-tech results in such crude conditions on near-zero budgets.OTOH it is one of the best explanations I've seen about how all the different generations of transistor fabrication developed.Alas, the "documentaries" produced in the US are dumbed-down apparently in order to maintain popular ignorance.Can anybody explain why somebody posted that silly race-car video? What does that have to do with ANYTHING?

author: dexters_lab
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 26, 2014, 06:38:28 pm
content: looks like it was made to promote Japanese tech in the 80s, aimed at those who can understand the more technical details

author: dannyf
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 26, 2014, 06:54:10 pm
content: QuoteJapanese ingenuity is quite impressive. That's how capitalism works - everyone bettering themselves ended up bettering everyone around them.QuoteRice boys and go-fast stickers?QuoteI wish they could make one about consumer electronic gears, like shortwave radios and the walkman. Very impressive.

author: PE1RKI
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 26, 2014, 07:31:42 pm
content: Quote from: Richard Crowley on December 26, 2014, 05:43:31 pmits one of OP's uploaded video's.bookmarked the vids to watch later, i love docu's!

author: Rigby
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 27, 2014, 06:39:16 am
content: Quote from: Richard Crowley on December 26, 2014, 05:43:31 pmIt would have a lot more to do with people mistaking educational programming for insult, I think.Apparently some people let their own televisions make them feel stupid.

author: LabSpokane
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 27, 2014, 06:15:22 pm
content: Thanks for posting the videos. That was a great Christmas present.

author: timb
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 30, 2014, 01:58:22 am
content: Wow, just watched them all. That was pretty awesome. At the end of the last video, the guy from Sony said America started further up the mountain but slipped a bit and the Japanese learned from them. That America was now climbing slower due to increased R&D costs associated with increased living standards.It's interesting because Japan is now there as well. China is the new Japan.Sent from my Smartphone

author: W8LV
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 30, 2014, 10:15:17 am
content: This is the most informative material I have ever viewed on how transistors came into being and manufactured, ever, and should be required watching for every student of electronics,.chemistry, and history...it's that important. It also shows how the Japanese overcame trade restrictions and barriers of the post war period. Thanks for posting them, and I would appreciate it if you would provide the actual YouTube links. Sincerely, William Pietschman, R.N. (W8LV)

author: vk3yedotcom
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 30, 2014, 10:46:24 am
content: Quote from: W8LV on December 30, 2014, 10:15:17 amJust click on 'Watch on YouTube' and the video will open in another window. Then copy the URL from that.

author: W8LV
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 30, 2014, 11:29:44 am
content: Thanks to you Sir in VK Land!

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 30, 2014, 06:01:59 pm
content: Quote from: W8LV on December 30, 2014, 11:29:44 amHey, where did you get a picture of me with hair?