USB Mask
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Fri 2007/02/23 22:22
The jolly hay fever season is upon us right now and Japanese citizens are dropping like flies (including me) from the amount of pollen lurking in the air. People are starting to spend their annual 20,000 yen on hay fever related products which include liquid that you pour into your nose and spit out from yer mouth.
Hay fever sufferers can now spend their hard earned cash (2,480 yen to be precise) on more coolsome hay fever products like this USB Sukkiri Mask. Sukkiri (すっきり) means "to feel refreshed" and this USB mask will help channel air into the surgical mask that many people wear all day long.
If you have some portable USB power then you could also wear this in public. Maybe I should do the same in preparation for Vader in Tokyo...
Images from Mycom and discovered on Japan Sugoi.
Hay fever sufferers can now spend their hard earned cash (2,480 yen to be precise) on more coolsome hay fever products like this USB Sukkiri Mask. Sukkiri (すっきり) means "to feel refreshed" and this USB mask will help channel air into the surgical mask that many people wear all day long.
If you have some portable USB power then you could also wear this in public. Maybe I should do the same in preparation for Vader in Tokyo...
Images from Mycom and discovered on Japan Sugoi.
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anime/cosplay events organizer
lol XD hello hay fever! and now it's the time to look like one of those student gangsters XDDD but that mask would be a geek's stuff ^^
(ID #44725) Posted on 2007/02/24 01:17
Professional Student
Wow. Talk about scary....
(ID #44728) Posted on 2007/02/24 01:55
Could You say Darth Vader?!
(ID #44729) Posted on 2007/02/24 02:28
Link Cosplayer, Video Gamer, Amatuer Programmer, and Artist
Wow, though it sounds impressive it looks... quite weird. lol It's a great idea but I think they need to wait on the technology. I would probably do the liquid in the nose and out your mouth before I would try that though! XD
(ID #44730) Posted on 2007/02/24 02:29
I guess it's about enjoying life even when ill! I wonder how much this gadget costs. And no thanks by the way. Note: Talking about the liquid in the nose, I did that a number of times in my life when I had a cold and it works well. Not painful at all. (On the inverse, getting water in the trachea then the rest of the respiratory canal is something you would rather avoid, because you feel like having your lungs on fire...!!)
(ID #44731) Posted on 2007/02/24 02:57
Kinda makes you wonder if its worth it >.>
(ID #44732) Posted on 2007/02/24 03:01
I meant... The nasal spray, not the glassful one ;p Sorry, sorry.
(ID #44733) Posted on 2007/02/24 03:03
Student
mmm i usually have hay fever near mid- sept to nov then it goes away... but i wonder does the mask work or not ahah..
(ID #44734) Posted on 2007/02/24 03:05
I think it looks nifty so I would buy it irrelevant of hay fever symptoms! ^o^
(ID #44735) Posted on 2007/02/24 03:13
That is just bizarre...
(ID #44738) Posted on 2007/02/24 03:39
Now....we're back to our stormtrooper years again. And i'll never wear something like that in public. BTW, it does look pretty cool.
(ID #44739) Posted on 2007/02/24 04:31
wat exactly does it do....either way even if i no or not i wouldn't wear it coz there is no need for me to =) very resistant to hay fever, colds etc
(ID #44740) Posted on 2007/02/24 05:03
Gordon Pekeur in south africa -cape town-
whoa, that mask is cool ... I dont have/get hayfever, but it would be cool to use while airbrushing Gundams and G. kits ... Ps: cant wait to see the Mirai fig Danny, thx for the feedback .... =P
(ID #44741) Posted on 2007/02/24 05:53
even though I'm allergic to pollen I'm afraid I'm not cool enough for that thing.
(ID #44744) Posted on 2007/02/24 07:23
kaito kunn in Hong Kong
haha dats funni. it'll be pretty kool if u had dat in your vader mask
(ID #44745) Posted on 2007/02/24 07:59
Custom Pc Builder, Muppet, Pyromaniac, Demolitions Expert
I get hay fever pretty bad but where i go i would probably have very limited use or it wouldnt be useful at all. I tend to have to go through a load of fields when I go fishing (am a membership holder of a pretty big private lake which is located in essex..yeah right in the middle of them f**king farms)
(ID #44746) Posted on 2007/02/24 12:02
i'd wear it, its like wearing a motocross helmet, with a wire
(ID #44747) Posted on 2007/02/24 13:25
radical anime fan in Singapore; starting to freeze up. Mmm, end-of-year weather. (Registered on 2007/01/25 21:20)
Polytechnic Freshman. Mmm... fresh.
waitttt a minute... whaddya mean, dropping like flies?
(ID #44750) Posted on 2007/02/24 14:05
Hmmm, now if that mask was in black, i might just wear it :P But speaking of hayfever, i guess when the season comes ill need to get my stuff -.- Do Sakura trees make hayfever act up? cos i really want to see them one day...and i hope it wont cause me suffering >_
(ID #44752) Posted on 2007/02/24 14:39
the design is pretty gd but i dont think i would wear it. "dropping like flies" - makes hay fever sound like a killer disease. should we be afraid?
(ID #44753) Posted on 2007/02/24 15:34
Tiny Red Man in シンガポール＠ナンヤンポリテク...
wear this in ur next tv appearance..
(ID #44755) Posted on 2007/02/24 16:02
Dan in Alberta, Canada
Interesting technology, but i don't think i'm going to wear this one.
(ID #44756) Posted on 2007/02/24 16:38
does it come in different colors?? hahaha but is it really working?
(ID #44757) Posted on 2007/02/24 17:02
Total technology as usuall in japanese people XDD.
(ID #44758) Posted on 2007/02/24 17:06
Crotch guard cooler.
(ID #44759) Posted on 2007/02/24 17:19
cool and really stupid at the same time. imagine if you wore it in the pool.... instant death.
(ID #44761) Posted on 2007/02/24 20:00
Another innovative invention brought to you by the japanese, they are so innovative, yet so hilarious, thanks danny for bring this to us!
(ID #44762) Posted on 2007/02/24 21:22
lol funny
(ID #44763) Posted on 2007/02/24 22:31
Interactive Media Design and Graphic Design
for costume party maybe, ;-)
(ID #44764) Posted on 2007/02/24 22:41
wow... talk about what technology can do these days eh
(ID #44787) Posted on 2007/02/25 07:23
bakagundamzero in Manila, Philippines
I have got hay fever too. If this thing actually works I'd probably get this gadget too!! Ah the wonderful, funny, yet useful stuff the Japanese make. I love their spirit of innovation.
(ID #44816) Posted on 2007/02/26 07:42
"Crotch guard cooler" - haha! Nice one. Looks pretty cool, though having a cable on something like that is a bit limiting. Youd have to drag your PC around with you on a trolley!
(ID #44820) Posted on 2007/02/26 09:47
Kousaka in US in South Carolina USA
Looks cool. Despite its uselessness to me, I'd buy it just to have it.
(ID #47551) Posted on 2007/05/08 13:13
Part human, part student, 100% loser
This could also help those people with breathing problems like asthma, I thinks this is a great idea!
(ID #69780) Posted on 2008/01/15 16:15
hey you could wear it while you sleep and it would keep you pillow dry from drool... i wonder if it chops your voice like when you talk in a fan cause that would be cool... a poor man's darth vader mask
(ID #205298) Posted on 2008/06/05 23:30
This would be great to wear while playing a flight simulator - hopefully there is an olive green or black colored version so as to be more realistic.
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