Jan 22, 2011: LED-lit teeth

Say it ain't so! It's so. The Japanese - who else! - are falling for this fashion accessory, mini LED lights affixed right behind your teeth so that when you grin, your teeth are all lit up.

You can flash, change colors, have all kinds of effects.

The idea was brought forth for an ad campaign but now it's catching on and youngsters are walking the streets with these things. Look Japan, just because you can do something like this doesn't mean you should.



Hopefully this is temporary.

NY Times

As long as its done in fun, like those light ropes you can get at amusement parks. As a fashion accessory? Naw.

AWESOME!!!

Oh, they sell those little LED mouthpiece thingies all over the place here - the kids like to use them at football games, Kings Island, etc. Silly but harmless. They're like retainers.

That the flashing syncs up - is "Children of the Korn" go to Tokyo - kind of freaky. The sound the device makes kreeps me out too.

Next step, the kids all start swallowing alarm clocks, and wirelessly get and flash the time, on their mouths - while sounding the appropriate chime every 15 minutes.

Making them an improved (digital and flashing) version of the crocodile that swallowed the clock, in the Peter Pan story.

What will they think of next?

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Originally Posted by Adak Next step, the kids all start swallowing alarm clocks, and wirelessly get and flash the time, on their mouths - while sounding the appropriate chime every 15 minutes. Making them an improved (digital and flashing) version of the crocodile that swallowed the clock, in the Peter Pan story. What will they think of next?

I couldn't help but think that this is something that would be used in a Doctor Who episode. There's something creepy about a group of them together with the LEDs being in sync.

LED Smile

The people in the United States aren't the only ones obsessed with a "brighter smile"

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Originally Posted by Undertoad Look Japan, just because you can do something like this doesn't mean you should.

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble Er... because if you have enough muscle strength and cognition to operate an artificial speech machine with your jaw and tongue... you could just talk. There are, however, mouth-operated devices for people with physical disabilities that can move a wheelchair around, or reach for things.

Culturally this is even more bizarre than it seems to the Western world. The ancient Japanese blackened their teeth as seeing the white of teeth was considered similar to the white of exposed bone. Add to this burial ceremonies that involve manipulating bone chips with the equivalent of chopsticks and this fad is analogous to Americans wearing LED-lit G-strings while riding around electrically propelled coffins stenciled with the names of their oldest relatives.

Japan has to be the best example of cultural shift due to technology in recorded history.

I'd like a pic of that, Phage. Pretty please?

Just so damn wacky.

If memory serves me right, in his novel "Neuromacer", William Gibson describes an underskin implant serving as a wrist watch.

You mean something like this?

http://www.physorg.com/news122819670.html

Next, chicks will put this in their intimity...

Green where you're allowed to play, Red where you aren't.


And there will be no more jokes like the following :


A Texas business man, while in Japan for some business meetings and a few rounds of golf, arrived in Tokyo a day earlier than expected. Feeling lonely that evening, he employed the services of a beautiful young Japanese girl to be his companion for the evening. Although the Japanese girl spoke very little English and the businessman spoke no Japanese, their passion roared and in the heat of the moment she began yelling "Gama Su!, Gama Su!". Hearing this, the Texan knew he had pleased his female Japanese friend and soon afterwards went to sleep.
The next day while playing golf with his Japanese business colleagues, one of his Japanese partners holed his shot from 170 yards away! Everyone went crazy and began yelling excitedly in Japanese. Wanting to impress his friends, the Texan joined in and began yelling, "Gama Su! Gama Su!"

Suddenly everyone became quiet. After a moment of silence, one of the Japanese turned to him and asked "Wrong hole? What do you mean wrong hole?"

That's a classic. But I heard it with 'sung wa' instead of 'gama su".

Still phunny.