Tomy Hi-Kara karaoke cube is world's smallest
By Joshua Fruhlinger 
posted June 17th 2008 12:59PM
posted June 17th 2008 12:59PM
posted June 17th 2008 12:59PM
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How original..
But uh.. forgive me if I'm wrong but isn't the point of karaoke that the words are easy to see for everyone from a distance
Unless it comes with a TV out it seems a bit pointless..
Also do the headphones mean there are no speakers in the device?
Once again that removes part of the fun of karaoke...
Besides I think I may look a bit silly singing along to my favorite tunes outside which is presumably where this is designed to be used..
Is she legal?
I'm telling Chris Hansen.
"Legal" is subjective to the country you find yourself in.
Age of Consent isn't the same all over the world.
HERE IS THE AGE OF CONSENT GLOBAL MAP !!!!!
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/Age_of_Consent.png
Thanks for the handy map Flash point. I might modify the colors before using it but it's a good start.
she is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njrmL1y3ul8
Minilap...
I just get so tired of everyone thinking the entire world has to do everything like America.
age of consent.
age of purchasing alcohol/tobacco
age of signing legal documents...
THEY DON'T
and what's funny is, if you take a look at most of the societies where the age of consent is lower than Americas, for the most part, they are less violent, with far lower murder rates, far fewer rapes and far fewer cases of single parent homes.
Is this what they mean when they talk about society objectifying women? A guy sees a picture of some cute girl on the internet, and the first thought that comes to mind is: is she over the age of consent?
Seriously, perverts, get real girlfriends! And I don't mean love bots!
Hey, Flashpoint. You are a stupid C.H.U.D.!! In Japan (where this photo was taken), the age of consent is 14. If you have ever spent any time in Japan, you would know that the country is full of molesters and rapists and killers. Take your whiney, holier-than-though self and try posting something that makes sense and actually relates to what the thread is about.
Some of those places have an age of consent as low as 9. I don't care what anyone else thinks, that's disgusting.
whats up with all the butt ugly asian girls today?
@ happy_penguin
Just one country with that sick policy: Yemen.
Flash does have a point though. I mean, we should really be more focused on teaching people to be responsible, instead of just making laws to restrict age groups. Yes, consenting at 9 years old is just wrong... But for example, having to wait until you're 25 before being able to rent a car is pretty stupid. Instead, maybe just a credit check and DMV history should be all that's required. You could be a good businessman or even a millionaire at age 24, yet you can't even rent a car. I actually encountered this at my job. My boss is from a different country so he's not familiar with all the crazy laws we have. It's quite embarrassing to tell that to your boss.
"So, I need you to go to X, rent a car and we'll put you up in this hotel-"
"Um, well, actually I can't do that."
"What do you mean?"
"Well, the thing is... I'm not old enough to rent a car."
In regards to age of consent, it seems like instead there should be some kind of caveat to prevent younger people from getting taken advantage of. A friend of mine almost got thrown in jail right after turning 18, because his girlfriend's parents didn't like him, so they called the cops once he hit 18. His girlfriend was a few months younger, but it doesn't matter, an 18 year old getting busy with a 17 year old is considered rape.
And in my experience, often the more restricted people are, the more they screw up when those restrictions are lifted. I have a lot of religious friends and it seems when their parents are really strict the kids go nuts when they go off to college or move out... like get crazy drunk all the time, start doing drugs, get thrown in jail, etc. Whereas the less restricted ones don't tend to do that.
Ugh, that was long winded, sorry. Regarding the actual article... Cute. (the karaoke box, I mean). I could imagine girls into karaoke totally digging that.
She's 11.
Dude, no matter what country you are in, thats just morally incorrect
to all would be peder-asses who've posted already:
we know how repellant you are to women in real life, but must you do everything you can to chase them away from posting here too?
@Flashpoint "and what's funny is, if you take a look at most of the societies where the age of consent is lower than Americas, for the most part, they are less violent, with far lower murder rates, far fewer rapes and far fewer cases of single parent homes."
worst internet correlation of all time
Who care if she's legal, is not like this is nude or anything.
She might not be naked in that picture, but she has already taken all her cloths off inside my head. Maybe I should change my name to mini pervert.
How about, great big pervert.
Or great "pig" pervert?
I think I like the pig better. :D
I bet people at Gizmodo love this!
Now I can sing karaoke on the train or at the gym. People everywhere will love me and my voice!
So... wheres that Firefox 3 article disappeared to Engadget?
OMF, its 17th.
Wondering that myself.
Yeah, and the site is actually pwnd.
Ddid anyone who ticked the box to get an email reminder for Download Day merely get a link to download firefox... v2?
I just downloaded it from the Mozilla download page: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-rc.html
Karaoke is sooooo excruciating! Like chalk squealing against a chalkboard and the chalkboard is the inside of my skull. Please, make this delusional scourge stop!
oh my god. what is that look on her face? does she want something?
what does she want? why is looking at me like this?
i can't stop starting at her... and i am asian..why does this happen to me?
I would be all over it if this can be hacked to play MP3+G files and a TV out. That would be HOT!
Well this fills the one-person karaoke machine niche market. Now they could try to perfect it by making a no-person karaoke machine!
The more I think about it, the more I realize just how ridiculous the concept is. I mean, come on! It completely defeats the entire purpose of karaoke!
the headphone-mic combo is perfect for making you look (and sound) like an ass by singing off-key, to music that only you can hear!
My thoughts exactly. Now you won't even know how bad you sound!
um, i got karaoke on my iphone, and one of those griffin plug in karaoke mics, so i think that's the world's smallest karaoke machine.
you tell em, r-type!
More like the world's kawaii-est promotional model girl!
TOMY... I played with their regular delicious plastic electronic super happy pow-pow chi-choo-choo-bi trains in my toddler years.
its a portable videoke huh? i can take it to the bus, put on the headset, sing my heart out, i wonder if i'll ever reach my destination.
It's one thing to sing to background music... but when your voice sucks and your background music is in the headphones you're a sonic menace to society
I'd hit it but I wouldn't tell anyone about it.
she's like 10!!!!!
You know an Ipod Shuffle almost counts as a Karaoke machine,My PSP ,Samsung Beat and Ipod Nano count as Karaoke Machines.
what about singing along to a mufflerless old clunker car?
The whole point of karaoke is to watch the words and sing along, how can you do that when the screen is that small. You'll look like even more of a goof squinting into the small screen for the next line of "Hammertime!".....FAIL
Love the sarcasm in the post... digg it really.
Keep them coming!
Pacard bell pulled this off in a smaller manner back in 2005 or something, and Archos did it later.