The zipper has virtually been unchanged ever since it debuted over a century ago: two interlocking rows of metal or plastic teeth, a sliding fastener, and the fabric tape that constitutes the ...

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For a company that makes half the world’s zippers, new ideas have big impacts. At Japan’s YKK, they’ve debuted a zipper sans fabric tape—the typically black-colored strip of material that separates ...

For more than a century, the zipper has stayed more or less the same: two interlocking rows of teeth, a sliding pull, and the fabric tape that holds it together. It’s one of those inventions that ...

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We've all been there. You're driving down a highway before coming across signs informing you of an upcoming work zone and that one lane will be closing soon. There are two schools of thought on what ...

We've all been there. You're driving down I-70 before coming across signs informing you of an upcoming work zone and that one lane will be closing soon. There are two schools of thought on what to do ...

In early February, executives from YKK, the world’s largest zipper manufacturer, gathered in Kurobe, Japan, for annual budget meetings. Normally, these gatherings leave time for a bit of ...

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WTF?! Most people probably use zippers every day, but the technology behind them has remained fundamentally the same for decades. The world's largest zipper manufacturer aims to change that with ...