Friday, May 06, 2005

Chindogu, Unuseless Japanese Inventions

Here are some pictures of "Unuseless Japanese Inventions", which I think are pretty useless..


Ghosts in the machineApril 23, 2005
DOES the rattling of chains keep you awake at night? Do the wraiths of long-dead relatives join you for family gatherings? If so, a Japanese gadget company has designed the very thing for you: the world's first portable ghost radar.The pocket-sized device promises to alert its owner to the presence of eight different types of spectre, from "lost souls" to "evil spirits".
Using a variety of carefully calibrated sensors - one of which claims to detect human fear - the machine informs users whether the ghost is malevolent or benign. The ghost radar hits Japanese stores next week, just in time for the Japanese ghost-spotting season, and no summer campfire gathering will be complete without it.
"Ghosts are something deeply ingrained in Japanese culture," says the device's inventor Kenji Koshida. "People talk about them all the time - especially engineers and other people you'd expect to live in the world of logic. I believe in them."

The Times




I suppose this is to keep your hair from falling on your face while you eat, but what a pain!!




or would you prefer this:




Eh... to keep your eyes open? OUCH!





Taking a bath without getting wet??? Now Allen would like that




Boyfriend arm pillow??





Scratch more precisly!





Let your cat clean the floor for you!





Need to dry your clothes?





Subway chin rest......





or subway hat?





Never get wet!





Allen wants this:





Eh... need eyedrops?





Allergy season coming, this could be useful






Hey, why dirty a knife??





walk across the street? then you need this:




And there are more! i need to get those books! you can find them on Amazon...

here is a link of some more : http://www.jimloy.com/books/chindogu.htm