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- Japan’s New Creepy Anti-Aging Mouthpiece
- Kissenger – The Long-Distance Kiss Messenger
- Artist Makes Realistic-Looking Leaves from Human Hair
| Japan’s New Creepy Anti-Aging Mouthpiece Posted: 02 Feb 2012 03:04 AM PST
Throughout the years, we’ve seen some pretty genius inventions from Japan, but every once in a while they come up with something so strange, so bizarre, you can’t help but ask yourself “what were they thinking?” The new Face Slimmer anti-aging mouthpiece is one of those things… The so-called face Slimmer was launched in Japan, late last year, by a well-known cosmetic company called Glim. It’s a weird-looking rubbery thing that looks a lot like the mouth of a blow-up doll, and it supposedly solves your sagging face problem while giving you that coveted duck-face look. You know, the one every “cool” teenager poses with in their Facebook photos. Now, unlike most other Japanese inventions, the Face Slimmer isn’t high-tech. In fact it’s as low tech as they come, all you have to do is put it in your mouth and start exercising your face muscles. Think of it as a squeeze punch for your mouth… When photos of the Face Slimmer first appeared on the Internet, some Japanese media outlets took it as a gag, but when it started being listed on online stores like Japan Trend Shop, everyone stopped laughing. This thing isn’t cheap either, it costs a whopping $83. No thanks, I think I’ll cut off the mouth off my blow-up doll instead. Anyway, if you’re curious about how it’s used, Glim has released some photos with the Face Slimmer in action, along with some instructions, like trying to repeat out loud the Japanese vowel sounds – “a i u e o” Looking at all these ridiculous photos, so many mean and vulgar comments come to mind, but I think I’ll let you guys do the commenting.
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| Kissenger – The Long-Distance Kiss Messenger Posted: 02 Feb 2012 02:17 AM PST
Hooman Samani, an artificial intelligence researcher in Singapore, has developed a kiss-transmission robot messenger that can emulate and transmit a kiss over long distances. It’s called the Kissenger. About a year ago, I wrote an article about young Japanese student working on an experimental device able to transmit kisses over long distances. His machine looked pretty awful, and I remember thinking “the concept is interesting but that thing will never go into production”. Hooman Samani’s “Kissenger”,on the other hand, looks a lot more commercial, and could actually prove a hit, especially in some Asian countries where goofy technological breakthroughs are very popular. His new kiss-transmitting device is about the size of a softball, is shaped like a bunny, and features a pair of artificial lips that are highly touch-sensitive. Sound good? Wait till you see how it works. Naturally, for the whole kiss thing two work, you need two of these Kissenger devices. When you want to kiss your sweetheart, all you have to do is pick up your bunny-shaped robot and give it a nice smooch on those fat silicon lips. At the same time, your partner does the same thing on the other end, and the Kissengers transmit your lip movements from one to the other, thus replicating a real kiss. It doesn’t sound as romantic, I know, but I guess kissing a plastic toy is better than nothing…Or is it? One thing I forgot to mention – each time you plant a wet one on the Kissenger, the receiving device makes a strange noise, like a pig oink. Now if the whole kissing a robot deal didn’t take all the romance out of the experiment, this will.
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| Artist Makes Realistic-Looking Leaves from Human Hair Posted: 02 Feb 2012 01:19 AM PST
Human hair is fast becoming one of the most popular mediums in the art world. We’ve seen everything from dresses made of hair and hair necklaces to insect sculptures made from human air. Now, we’ve discovered the intricate art of Jenine Shereos, who uses the dead protein to create tree leaves. Leaves may not seem very special when you’re walking all over them, barely even noticing their presence, but if you take the time to pick one up and really look at it, you’ll notice each one has a unique and intricate veiny pattern that’s pretty tough to recreate. It was this delicate and detailed venation that inspired Jenine Shereos to create her awe-inspiring series of human hair leaves. She began by stitching strands of hair into a water-soluble backing material, making a tiny knot every time one strand of hair intersected another. This way, when the backing was dissolved, the leaf was able to hold its original shape. The artist says the whole process was meditative, as she found herself “lost in the detail of the small, organic microcosms that began taking shape.” “The complex network of lines present in this work mimics the organic patterns found in nature and speaks to the natural systems of transformation, growth and decay. Allusions to the vascular tissue of plants, as well as the vascular system of the human body, exist simultaneously; the delicate trace of a hair falling silently, imperceptibly, from one's head becoming the veins of a leaf as it falls from a tree leaving its indelible imprint on the ground below”, Jenine says, on her website.
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