*It's nice to review these tenets periodically, so that one can ensure that one is in fact making "chindogu" rather than, say, device art, installations or diegetic prototypes. *Besides, it's good for ...

Is the winter season leaving you with a constant runny nose? The Hay Fever Hat is here to help….or not. “In our world, all technology is progressing, right? So I thought why not take a simple fork and ...

Have you ever heard someone use the term, chindōgu? This Japanese term literally translates to unusual tool. These are tools that might be useful and work, but they are strange and impractical. Kenji ...

An invention to keep from splattering your clothes and hair with broth as you slurp your noodles. Also worthwhile if you want your friends to think you are a flower. Chindogu are Japanese inventions ...

Atoilet-paper roll that you wear on your head as an all-day tissue dispenser. Tiny dustmops for your cat's feet. Shoulder-mounted nets to keep earrings from falling on the ground. What do these items ...

The Japanese word "chindogu" covers a delightful range of terrible gadgets. It's about vaguely genius concepts, ruined either in their execution or ambition. If you've seen the baby-floor-mop onesie ...

It’s time to reach beyond the wayward solitary invention of a wayward solitary inventor to embrace an entire conceptual school of wayward invention: the artful Japanese science of Chindogu. It’s ...