Lip syncing Tengu adds some merriment to your USB port

We know, you're probably on your third USB hub by now, but even if this forces you to purchase an entirely new machine in order to cram one more USB-powered whatchamacallit into it, it's simply a must. Meet Tengu, the USB lip syncer that politely sits beside your machine until it gets wind of nearby tunes, after which its face lights up and the digital mouth begins to try its best at matching the words coming from your speakers. Unsurprisingly, the design will reportedly be manufactured by none other than Solid Alliance, and while it's hard to realize how awe-inspiring this thing is in just the picture above, click on through for a video demonstration you won't soon forget.

[Via EverythingUSB]

[nih @ Aug 3rd 2007 6:10AM]

Made of win and awesome.

[satans older brother @ Aug 3rd 2007 6:22AM]

What a mega-uber USB-hub was used to create that video?
And why is this not in sync at all?
And why is this news?
And why are you reading comments?
And why am I writi

[satans older brother @ Aug 3rd 2007 6:24AM]

What a mega-uber USB-hub was used to create that video?
And why is this not in sync at all?
And why is this news?
And why are you reading comments?
And why am I writi

[LordFarkward @ Aug 3rd 2007 6:31AM]

cool. my years and years of training finally paid off. i can finally make someone shut up before they can finish a sentence, and i can do it over the internet >:)

[Rees Clissold @ Aug 3rd 2007 6:40AM]

That makes me laugh. Throw in a nasty jab at Microsoft / Sony / Nintendo / Apple and you've got every single pointless blog comment* ever devised, all in one place. Maybe you could make a multiple-choice based system?

(* I'm not saying that all blog comments are pointless, just that the "why is this news" type ones are!)

[kirby @ Aug 3rd 2007 7:10AM]

This is old,

it was on engadget Japanese like 2 days ago.

Sounds like a slow news morning ;).

[anonymous @ Aug 3rd 2007 10:42AM]

so sad, too bad...

but why would you care to view the Japanese sight when you can't read any of it.

[kirby @ Aug 3rd 2007 11:16AM]

Who ever said I couldn't read it. ;)

[Edward Townend @ Aug 3rd 2007 8:07AM]

I think the joke was if you exceed the maximum device limit of 127. Though I don't think it counts if it's just drawing the power from a USB port, so I guess you're right really.

[johnzilla @ Aug 3rd 2007 9:00AM]

I'd buy one if it came with an API so you could make the lips move as you wished.

[Jon H @ Aug 3rd 2007 9:10AM]

That would be fun to watch while playing a FPS or watching a horror movie, instead of playing music.

[omf @ Aug 3rd 2007 10:07AM]

Ok, first: I want one. Second: This guy's going to make a killing. Third: Why didn't I think of this stupid idea??

[omf @ Aug 3rd 2007 10:08AM]

Anyone hear where/when it can be purchased?

[eric cumbee @ Aug 3rd 2007 10:41AM]

oh lord someone call Homeland Security it's a minature one of those bombs they had in Boston last year.

[greg @ Aug 3rd 2007 11:08AM]

hooking it up to the cable box FTW

[aboutjosh @ Aug 3rd 2007 11:45AM]

Why would they use a song about doing a horse for their promo?

[Magallanes @ Aug 3rd 2007 12:34PM]

Moonites ?

[No3rdW @ Aug 3rd 2007 1:06PM]

So these things are about $37 US, but I doubt the manufacturer ships to the US since they don't even have an English translation of their site.

Someone needs to import a ton of these and sell them to Engadget readers :)

[ocelot67 @ Aug 3rd 2007 4:17PM]

Ships at the end of August. Rakuten will ship anywhere. Learn Japanese. ;)