10 Weird Japanese Inventions

Posted on 14. Aug, 2007 by Pagog Genie in Technology, Weird

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10. Vibrating Optical Mouse

This device not only acts as a fully functional optical mouse, it also includes a built-in vibration motor for stress relief.

9. The Sauce Dispensing Chopsticks

With these sauce dispensing chopsticks you’ll never have to dip your sushi in soy sauce again For $21, you can purchsae two pairs of these chopsticks — made from polypropylene and ABS.

8. Cardboard Speakers

MUJI (best known in Japan for their innovative yet simple products) introducesa new line of cardboard speakers, which consist of “a few” electronic components and ship unfolded in a clear plastic pouch — so fold them up and they’re ready to use.

7. The Head Bath Cap

If you’ve been waiting for a cap that gives your head/hair a good bath than the solution is here. Presenting the “Head Bath” cap, just place it over your head and let water start running into it. This gadget not only looks funny, but supposedly “helps your hair grow faster and fuller” by penetrating the pores in your scalp with the trapped water.

6. Ear Wax Camera/Cleaner

Put simply, this is one of the strangest gadgets we’ve come across. This device sports a camera/light at one end and a viewer at the other end — allowing users to see built-up ear wax. It’s powered by a single 9V battery and is made from anti-bacterial ASB resin/glass/stainless steel.

5. Nap Alarm

This nifty little device goes behind your ear and vibrates when it detects you are falling asleep by measuring the speed of head movements (head nodding, etc.). Perfect for boring classes, drives, and work. It costs only $15 (1,800 yen).

4. Futuristic Japanese Automatic Door

This nifty door has a built-in infrared sensor that identifies the person or object and conforms to their shape when opening.

3. Japanese Air-Shower System

This Japanese air-shower system is situated in a 2 m (tall) x 90 cm (wide) chamber and uses 12 nozzles to blow off any allergens (pollen and dust) found on the body/clothes.

2. MP3 Toilet

Technically, it’s not a stand alone MP3 player, but rather one that works with your toilet. This SD memory based player attaches to the wall above your toilet and includes a special receiver that goes under the toilet seat, how sanitary

1. Robot Hand Controlled by Human Thought

Honda Research Institute Japan and Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International (ATR) have partnered to develop a robot hand that uses “functional magnetic resonance imaging to scan a person’s brain” and then maps the scans to hand actions.Source: TechEBlog