Cameron has been holding a controller for about as long as he can remember, developing a special love for The Elder Scrolls and Halo at a young age. When he isn't playing virtual games, he can most ...

The Casio S100X The Special One is a "luxury" calculator featuring a traditional, hand-applied Urushi lacquer finish. Priced ...

"Originally published in Japanese under the title Urushi no hanashi by Iwanami Shoten, Publishers, in 1964 and newly republished as an Iwanami Bunko in 2001. The present translation is based on the ...

Urushi is traditional Japanese lacquer refined from the sap of Toxicodendron vernicifluum, known as the Japanese lacquer tree. Hardened urushi has strong adhesive properties and is also excellent at ...

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Japanese artisans have used lacquer since the Jomon period, which spans approximately 15,000 to 2,300 years ago. At first, people relied on it mainly as an antiseptic or adhesive. Over time, however, ...

Dutch designer Aldo Bakker has sent us images of his Urushi series of lacquered polyurethane objects. Each object is coated in 60 layers of urushi, a traditional Japanese lacquer made of tree sap. The ...

Japanese lacquer, known as urushi, is a traditional natural resin used for numerous applications, including tableware, art and furniture. The main component of urushi is urushiol, which is a catechol ...

Looking to do for the “shuttle” or “5-10-5” drill what the Vapor Laser Talon did for the 40-yard ...

Sony Ericsson is preparing a new intriguing smartphone – the ST18i codenamed Urushi. It’s expected to be a smaller version of the Arc, running on the same hardware but packing a smaller 3.2-inch ...