Category — Gadgets

LED eyelashes appear to be the order of the day here. Apparently, this contraption is a project to give East Asian women prettier (or bigger) eyes.

According to the inventors, very few East Asian women are born with big eyes – a *standard* for beauty – and so the little-eyed ones resort to other techniques such as makeup, jewelry, and plastic surgery to make their eyes bigger. These techniques border on obsession thus being labeled as the fetish of Big Eyes.

The LED Eyelash is meant to satisfy the need for big eyes and “can perceive the movements of the pupil in the eyes and eyelids. If someone wears it and moves her head, LED Eyelash will flicker following the movement.”

We at OneInchPunch do not endorse this kind of equipment. Actually, we’re not convinced anyone apart from the inventors would endorse it either. However, we do think that East Asian women do look fantastic either with or without big eyes!

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Weird Asia News writes about weird Japanese inventions and the word to describe them: Chindogu. My favourite has to be the Baby Mop!

Read more on Chindogu: Weird and Useless Japanese Inventions

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What do you do with Nikon’s new digital camera with a built in projector? How about the following:

The projector in the new COOLPIX s1000pj allows users to project their images onto the nearest wall. Naoki Ito (whose work also includes Sony Walkman REC YOU and Uniqlo March) strapped several of the cameras to the bodies of the Helicopter Boyz, a Japanese pop act, during a live performance at Tokyo’s Yomiuri Land theme park.

Via Creative Review

Thanks Stefan

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Oh, look, its a bunch of phone straps with a phone (not the other way around). I haven’t seen this many tied to a phone before – it must look a little strange using it…

Via DannyChoo

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This video shows a super cute mini robot girl making a cup of coffee from scratch!

Her name is Hina and even though I don’t drink coffee, I want her!

Via TokyoMango

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I can’t believe you can actually buy a pedometer for your dog! It’s meant to help owners monitor their dog’s well being by tracking how much exercise they get (via a step count and “frolicking index“)!

With the Doggy Pedometer owners can create a profile with their dog’s type (dog’s breed, weight, age, and gender) and feeding schedule and then attach the lightweight pedometer to its collar. They can then keep daily track of whether he’s gotten the exercise he needs.

I’m not convinced, but then I don’t have a dog. Perhaps this demonstration video will encourage buyers?

See more: Dog Pedometer from Takara Tomy

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Forget slicing up your dinner plate with these, you can still chow down and show your affiliation with these cool lightsabre chopsticks. Colour choices give you Darth Vader Red, Luke Skywalker Blue, or Yoda Green.

Available in November 09 for around US$10 at Kotobukiya.

Via TokyoMango

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A previous post about the truckers of Japan show that they colour their vehicles with beautifully painted landscapes and details, whilst at night, their fluorescent handiwork shines through with bold and colourful light displays.

Labeled Decotora, short for decorated trucks, we came across radio controlled scale models of a couple of designs in Hong Kong’s City Super stores. Not sure if they’re sold anywhere else in or outside Hong Kong.

www.citysuper.com

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The Hip Roller is a device that’s meant to give you a better posterior by rubbing your butt with it. Does it work? Only in Japan…

Via The Tokyo Times

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Flush Fans of Japanese brand A Bathing Ape might want to keep their teeth clean with the new 24K gold toothbrushes, released in collaboration with Swedish oral hygiene product makers, TePe.

Via Hypebeast

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