Building a 3D knitting machine. Hirose first got the idea more than a decade ago, when he was working on a master’s degree in digital fabrication at Keio University in Japan.

As that video explains, solid knitting isn't a world away from 3D printing, as objects are built by layers with material fed through an automated, programmed machine.

Japan's top knitting manufacturer looks to make car parts from same machines used to make Prada sweaters. Shima Seiki could use its technology to develop lighter, non-steel components ...

The knitting machine is capable of making a seamless jumper in less than one hour, with no wasted yarn. (ABC Rural: Clint Jasper)Last year, Ms Chircop travelled to Japan's Wakayama Prefecture ...

The machine, built by the Japanese firm Shima Seiki, appears to print out a custom-designed blazer all in one piece—something it calls whole-garment knitting.

Tokyo: 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 ...

Phillips also noted that while the Nintendo Knitting Machine was never released anywhere, pattern editing software was released in Japan in 1986 for the Famicom Disc System.

Now Mitsuhiro Shima, who took over his dad's knitting-machine firm three months ago, is setting his sights on - of all places - the car industry. The 56-year-old president of Shima Seiki Manufacturing ...

The company uses Japanese-made knitting machines that can knit the sleeves and body of a sweater simultaneously without any cutting ... uses software to connect brands to its 3D knitting machines.

Putting principle into practice is Thursday Finest, a young start-up from Brooklyn, which has appropriated 3D knitting technology to create its colourful collection of custom-made ties. Aided by a ...

“My dream would be to have solid knitting machines all over the world, and then you can just send it the data of the furniture,” he says. “So if I move back to Japan, I don’t have to bring ...