Gearfuse

We know it’s hard to keep awake in painstakingly boring meetings, but wouldn’t it be great to have somebody next to you to wake you up when you fall asleep? The Japanese came out with various solutions for that, and one of them is the Nap Alarm. The Nap Alarm looks pretty much like just another headset for your mobile phone that hangs on your ear. The motion/balance sensor would be activated should your head rock forward, presumably losing consciousness, then a loud buzz will be set off directly into your ears and your ears only, so next time when your Japanese colleague suddenly jumps up in the middle of a meeting you’d know why.

If your ears are already pretty deaf from listening to iPod day and night, you can try the vibrating alarm instead, your ears should be sensitive enough. Wink wink. These Nap Alarms are only selling for $12 in Japan now, and since its release a few weeks ago, they have already been featured on a lot of Japanese TV shows. –Sam Chan

Official site [Takanoha]

 

We don’t know how many of you guys habitually clean your own ears, some use cotton bud, some use fancy spectulas. The problem of doing that is that you can never see what’s inside… unless you’re performing on somebody else, which is pretty gross. In 2 days, Coden Japan will start selling this easy-to-use ear endoscope-alike ear cleaning device for you to DIY at home. Now you can clean you ears and enjoy the glorious view on the screen, or over the eyepiece, depending on how much you are willing to pay, and how much you are prepared to share. The most basic kit costs 150USD and the premium one costs 350USD. We have a video and more pics for you after the jump.

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