{"id":909,"date":"2025-04-11T17:52:05","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T17:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.camperscorner.net\/?p=909"},"modified":"2025-04-11T18:14:47","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T18:14:47","slug":"japan-3d-prints-a-train-station-in-six-hours-and-everything-else-you-need-to-know-about-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.camperscorner.net\/index.php\/2025\/04\/11\/japan-3d-prints-a-train-station-in-six-hours-and-everything-else-you-need-to-know-about-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan 3D-Prints a Train Station in Six Hours\u2014and Everything Else You Need to Know About This Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"subtitle\">In the news: E-bikes stir up controversy in Ohio Amish country, Airbnb buys influence in NYC elections, unfair labor practices drive contractors out of work, and more.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.camperscorner.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/japan-3d-printed-a-train-station-in-just-six-hours.jpg\" height=\"1067\" width=\"1600\" alt=\"Japan 3D-printed a train station in just six hours.\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>In Ohio\u2019s Amish country, E-bikes are zipping past horse-drawn buggies, as if the future is lapping the past. Now the divided community has to decide whether the bikes are a modern convenience or a threat to tradition. (<i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/us-news\/are-e-bikes-a-godsend-or-the-road-to-perdition-an-amish-community-is-torn-9f4f6b86\" data-ml-dynamic=\"true\" data-ml-dynamic-type=\"sl\" data-orig-url=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/us-news\/are-e-bikes-a-godsend-or-the-road-to-perdition-an-amish-community-is-torn-9f4f6b86\" data-ml-id=\"0\" data-ml=\"true\" data-skimlinks-tracking=\"xid:fr1744393840804fig\" data-xid=\"fr1744393840804fig\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a><\/i>)<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>&nbsp;Japan built the world\u2019s first 3D-printed train station in just six hours\u2014offering a fast, cost-cutting solution to rural rail challenges amid a shrinking population. Here\u2019s how they did it. (<i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/08\/world\/asia\/japan-3d-station.html\" data-ml-dynamic=\"true\" data-ml-dynamic-type=\"sl\" data-orig-url=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/08\/world\/asia\/japan-3d-station.html\" data-ml-id=\"1\" data-ml=\"true\" data-skimlinks-tracking=\"xid:fr1744393840804gfb\" data-xid=\"fr1744393840804gfb\">The New York Times<\/a><\/i>)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Locked out of New York City by strict, short-term rental laws, Airbnb is pouring $5 million into a SuperPAC to back election candidates who support loosening those restrictions\u2014and the city\u2019s powerful hotel industry is not happy. (<i><a href=\"https:\/\/gothamist.com\/news\/locked-out-of-nyc-airbnb-is-now-single-largest-spender-in-local-elections\" data-ml-dynamic=\"true\" data-ml-dynamic-type=\"sl\" data-orig-url=\"https:\/\/gothamist.com\/news\/locked-out-of-nyc-airbnb-is-now-single-largest-spender-in-local-elections\" data-ml-id=\"2\" data-ml=\"true\" data-skimlinks-tracking=\"xid:fr1744393840804dcf\" data-xid=\"fr1744393840804dcf\">Gothamist<\/a><\/i>)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dwell.com\/article\/design-news-3d-printed-train-station-airbnb-new-york-city-175cc326\/7313642868972818432\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.camperscorner.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/the-other-sofa-in-the-collection-is-made-of-cottonlinen-leather-and-solid-pine.jpg\" height=\"337\" width=\"600\" alt=\"The other sofa in the collection is made of cotton\/linen, leather and solid pine.\" \/><\/a><figcaption>\n<p>One of the sofas from the 40th anniversary release of Ikea\u2019s Stockholm Collection is made of cotton\/linen, leather, and solid pine.<\/p>\n<p>Courtesy of Ikea<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Contracting work has devolved into a ruthless grind of cut-rate bids and illegal labor practices, driving even the most skilled workers out of the industry. One Connecticut homebuilder shares just how bad things have become. (<i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/07\/magazine\/contractors-construction-real-estate.html\">The New York Times<\/a><\/i>)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Dwell\u2019s executive editor, Kate Dries, visited Stockholm recently to preview the 40th anniversary of Ikea\u2019s Stockholm Collection, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dwell.com\/article\/ikea-stockholm-collection-40th-anniversary-de623a92-2b2b1665\">was just released.<\/a>&nbsp;While there, she asked the company\u2019s designers which items they keep for themselves. (<i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dwell.com\/article\/ikea-designers-favorite-pieces-182da620-683a9e89\">Dwell<\/a><\/i>)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i>Top image courtesy of Serendix Inc.\/neuob Inc.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the news: E-bikes stir up controversy in Ohio Amish country, Airbnb buys influence in NYC elections, unfair labor practices drive contractors out of work, and more. In Ohio\u2019s Amish country, E-bikes are zipping past horse-drawn buggies, as if the future is lapping the past. Now the divided community has to decide whether the bikes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":911,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.camperscorner.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/909"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.camperscorner.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.camperscorner.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.camperscorner.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.camperscorner.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=909"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.camperscorner.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":914,"href":"http:\/\/www.camperscorner.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/909\/revisions\/914"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.camperscorner.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.camperscorner.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.camperscorner.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.camperscorner.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}