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Monitor keeping away prying eyes : PPT Monitor

The winner of 'Akiba de mitsuketa hen na mono taishou'.With the original polarization technology 'PPT (Picture Protect Technology)', TFT liquid crystal display looks white for naked eyes. You can see the display properly through media with specialized filter (special sunglass etc).

(attic-jp.com: Approx. $3000.00)

Scanner Liquid Crystal Display

Head Mounted Display which senses the moves of the head

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Reading machine : Yomimasse

With this machine, people of sight handicaps can enjoy reading. Input with scanner, machine recognizes characters and reads out.

(Nicki Tecno Fit/ Iduho: Approx. $2980.00)

Raised letters tell color of cloth

Contact lens for the treatment of dog

Dot display

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Copy machine which turns pages automatically

In copying every page of thick manuscript, you must have thought, `If only there is a copy machine which turns pages automatically! '. Ricoh has developed a machine exactly like that.

(RICOH: Approx. $17500.00)

Page flipper

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Shining soccer ball : LIGHTED Soccer Ball

This soccer ball emits light by LED. With this, you can enjoy playing soccer after the sunset. Change of battery is easy. There are also volleyball, basketball and football of same kind.

(HuffySports/ Spilsbury: $27.88)

Soccer-ball rice ball

Dress in optical fiber

Sound wave type washing ball

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Desktop fountain : Dancing Desktop Fountain

Desktop fountain with 25 nozzles. There is a built-in microphone inside. With music, water jets out. This must relax you.

(?/ uniquegiftideas: $99.88)

Time Fountain

Running water table

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Lower the lever, dog food comes out

Lower the lever in the shape of bone and dog food comes out. Dogs can feed themselves. Very convenient.

(LuckyYuppyPuppy: $29.95)

Framed Gumball Machine

Contact lens for the treatment of dog

Phone call provide pets food

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Rough household account book : Receipt harudake kakeibo

As you can guess from the name, all you have to do is to stick receipts. Each page is categorized into 'Receipts of ten-thousand yen', 'Receipts of twenty-thousand yen' and 'other receipts'. For example, at the page of ten thousand yen receipt, there is a scale marked every 100yen, so you just stick receipt to that scale. 'Cause less than 100yen is rounded off, you cannot grasp the figure precisely, but you grasp easily about how much you spend.

(shufunotomo.co.jp: Approx. $5.00)

Lolly Pop holder that counts licks

Measuring book for pasta

A book which makes you save 100,000yen

Count bills

Book of your life history

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Roller which plays music to the movement : Music Roller

You hear music to the movement of the tire of Music Roller. For example, if the tire moves fast, the music becomes fast, and if the tire moves back, the music go backwards. 4 musics are built-in. By changing a sound plug (attachment), you can change the sound source (classic drum, bugle, car).

(LEGO: $39.99)

Card type hand-operated music box

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Child shoes which become bigger : Size-up Shoes

If you take off shoe-cushions of these shoes, they become bigger by 0.5cm. Child can keep using them for a long period.

(itoyokado.iyg.co.jp: Approx. $25.00)

Growing Shoes for Kids

Slippers able to be wear from both sides

Shoe pad oppressed to heel

Bicycle with elastic frame

Shoes that measure your athletic ability

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'Fire! Escape!' in father's voice : Vocal Smoke Detector

It is possible that children are so surprise at the sound of the alarm and they hide behind the wardrobe. But if children and elderly people hear familiar voice that alarms the danger from 'Kid smart vocal smoke detector', they can act calmly.

(kidsmartdetector.com: $50.00)

Announcer shouts "Help me!"

Watch send an SOS in falling in the sea

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Vacuum-clean while polishing the floor : Chikara to Waza

Flooring sheet is wrapped around the rolling brush. You can vacuum-clean while polishing the floor, like mopping.

(sanyo.co.jp: Approx. $530.00)

Easy to change cleaner heads

Hot-taste garbage bag

Ear cleaner

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Clarinet shaped portable phone

'SoMo3' is in the shape of clarinet. Like a music instrument, you have to 'play' the telephone number you want to call by pushing a key and blowing. The designers expect that not only this will be in the spotlight, but also, because of the difficulty of the operation, this will reduce the usage of portable.

(ideo.com/ via HotWiredJapan)

Whistle Stop Watch

Chord Kettle

Sounding tube

Shaver-cellular phone

GUNDAM Cell Phone

Dial-type TV remote control

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Swim wear of low resistance : Speed Fast Skin

Riblet process like sharkskin, water repellent print process in the shape of scale, and a cutting of dynamic element decrease the surface friction resistance. In the stream experiment, it succeeds in the resistance decrease of 7.5% of the total resistance that the swimmer receives.

(mizuno.co.jp: Approx. $250.00)

Paper diaper for swimming

I-Pod Skin that resembles actual human skin

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CD-RW drive which you can draw on the recording side

After recording on CD-R, you can print a memo and date of the content, or drawing of logotype or illustration etc. in the unused area.

(Yamaha: Approx. $140.00)

Disk title printer

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Transparent Ferris wheel

Chairs and floors are all transparent, so very thrilling! Please spend nervous but exciting 11 minutes sitting closely together with your boyfriend or girlfriend in the Ferris wheel in the shape of heart. (Among 32 cars of Grand Ferris wheel, 2 are transparent)

(fujikyu.co.jp)

Transparent kayak

Observe ants

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Warm cushion : Denki Zabuton

This Japanese cushion makes the lower part of legs warm.

(matsushita.co.jp: Approx. $120.00)

Pocket warmer filled in with oil

Warm Itto-kan

Cushion that absorb the sound and the smell of wind

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Gun blasting off rings of smoke : Zero Launcher

If you trigger, it goes off rings of smoke.

(zerotoys.com: $19.95)

Bubbles that burst with a vapor

Bubble and Watergun

Blast off an air ball

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Eat Ka-ru and uka-ru at the exam : Uka-ru

This will be on sale only in the period of entrance examination. Very popular among students, saying `Shiken ni Uka-ru!' This is good for a talisman of exam and also for snacks while studying.

(meiji.co.jp: Approx. $1.00)

Uka-ru means pass the test.

Manisha ring

IT good-luck charm

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Tote bag with a built-in speakers for iPod

This bag has an inner pocket made especially for iPod. On both sides of the bag are built-in speakers. There is also a triplet bag.

(L.D.K OFFICE: Approx. $108.00)

Umbrella controlled iPod

CD case is speaker

Louis Vuitton bag with Yoga mat

Wearable loudspeaker

Backpack-shaped CD radio-cassette

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Backpack-shaped CD radio-cassette : Sound Rocket

This is a CD radio-cassette in the shape of backpack, so that you can shoulder. There is a '3 points shoulder belt' like a backpack. Also, there are a 'grip handle' to hold one handed, and a 'big stand' to keep it stand. It is usable on the street.

(jvc-victor.co.jp: Approx. $410.00)

Tote bag with a built-in speakers for iPod

Sweat-free backpack

PC which the sound comes from the display

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Warm Itto-kan : Itto-kan warmer

In winter, it is difficult to use paint or oil in Itto-kan 'cause viscosity rises. Just put an Itto-kan on the warmer, and it starts to heat. Very easy.

(hakko.co.jp)

Warm cushion

USB Hot Coaster

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Cigarette case with timer : Otasuketto

If timer is set, the case doesn't open until the set time.

(?/ konna.jp: Approx. $42.00)

Shockolate Vault Jar

Revolver style pipe

Balance to obtain good habit

Timer for cup noodle

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Multi-knife with 73tools : Suisuchampu XXLT

Multi-knife with 73 tools, like knife, bottle opener, ball-point pen, etc.

(VICTORINOX: Approx. $380.00)

Multi-knife with 85 tools

The USB Swiss Army Knife

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Hat which isn't flew away by wind : Berunu-I no boushi

The brim of this hat is in the shape of wing cross of the airplane. Wing of the airplane is made so that upward power may work. This hat, on the contrary, is made so that downward power may work. Also, harder and harder wind blows, bigger and bigger that power becomes. So you don't need to worry about a hat even in the strong wind.

(?/ cataloghouse.co.jp)

Fly drive away hat

Wearable loudspeaker

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