Nintendo launched several peripherals for the NES back in the 1980s. Most of us remember, or at least heard of, the power glove and the light gun. But then, there were the stranger attempts, like ...

At the Ministry of Supply store in Boston, a knitting machine about the size of a grand piano is parked next to the checkout counter. It’s an unusual look: industrial textile manufacturing equipment ...

Building a machine to construct high-end Prada sweaters was just the start. Now Mitsuhiro Shima, who took over his dad’s knitting-machine firm three months ago, is setting his sights on – of all ...