Tuttuki Bako "poking box" lets you torment low-res creatures
By Donald Melanson 
posted Nov 20th 2008 2:17PM
posted Nov 20th 2008 2:17PM
While we don't expect it to be the type of interface that'll replace touch screens anytime soon, Bandai is certainly forging some interesting new ground with its so-called Tuttuki Bako device, or "poking box," which actually lets you stick your finger right into the device to control the on-screen finger. That's apparently done with the aid of some motion sensors which, as you can see in the video after the break, seem to work at least reasonably well. In addition to boasting various "games" like poking a panda, poking a face, or poking a stick figure, the device also doubles a desk clock, and it's available your choice of red, black or lime green. As you might have guessed, however, it's not available 'round these parts just yet, though you can apparently pick one up in Japan now for the rough local equivalent of $30.
[Via Today and Tomorrow, thanks Lennart]
[Via Today and Tomorrow, thanks Lennart]
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too easy.
The best thing would be to just close the comments now.
I agree with Larry just close the comments before its too late.
But I'm here specifically for the poking box jokes!
@UnixSystemEngineer
Thats too bad for you, because I don't think anybody is really gonna take a stab at this one......
They need Justin Timberlake to promote it.
Step 1...
The crazy thing is, if you rearrange the letters of this device is spells out "Tutto Bukkaki". Tutto is italian for "whole". So basically it means Bukakki Hole. Coincidence... I think NOT!
@Promo: You spelled bukkake wrong.
Also this would make a great kancho game.
Too easy.. and what a coincidence
http://i38.tinypic.com/uvdl4.png
Apparently the Japanese don't get enough poking
As soon as I saw the picture I smiled to think of the comments that were surely awaiting me.
...Too...many...jokes - must...sort...brain.......
I agree...i'm just continually laughing at all the possibilities...the things you can poke with your finger, the things you could put in there aside from your finger, the demo shown on the video...etc....
Does it come in flavours that accomodate giants' fingers? Obviously we can't leave them out of the equation. 6" girth will be about right.
Its for fingering not fisting.
its not a glory hole
or is it?
You know someone back at this company is thinking the same thing. Electronic glory hole boxes......
It ain't right. Just go find a girl or guy and do it like real people. If you can't do that, there's always Rosie and her 5 friends.
lol
6 inch girth is not fisting...keep thinking...dirtier...
it's not a tumor
Oh lord...
FINALLY!
Careful! You might poke an eye out with that!
Ace Ventura?
this is a blog disaster waiting to happen. However, I should note that I "lol'd" at this little gadget. Might actually make a decent novelty gift. And I don't say that often.
Pandora's box must be closed soon. Can't.....resist........much........looonnggeeeeeerr!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Finally, a cheap girlfriend.
*applauds*
Well done, Lowest.
So who are you? Lowest Ranked or Highest Ranked?
You called?
teaching kids to finger while they're young. horrible lol
"Just stick it in and wiggle it around"
The plan can't go wrong.
http://www.bash.org/?352172
http://www.engrish.com/2007/08/i-wouldnt-poke-that/
please, whatever you do, don't show this to the sex toy industry....
Rats.. if only my iPod Touch had this feature! It would be a perfect little device... Too bad Apple didnt think of it :(
dolphin healthcare
That's a funny punchline, but damned if I don't know what it means.
I want one of these things wired into my girlfriend so I can finally figure what the heck is going on in there.
Girls are powered by dreams and magic, so just be careful.
Girls are real?!
The Japanese are a very weird, very repressed people.
Waaaaah! I insulted the Japanese!
What the hell is going on here?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJlYtwT_S90
WTF, indeed. Those wacky Japanese and their virtual molestation boxes...
ok ok... all great but easy jokes aside... I would actually get this for my desk at work. See how many people would really stick their finger in it.
I play that same game with your mama at parties.
make this thing a little bigger and other stuff will fit in teh glory hole! , now that's what i call low-res creature tormenting!
Umm.... yeah.... just way too easy.
Not sure what's scarier - that someone thought of a device like this, or that someone put money and time into actually bringing it to market...
cyborgs are better.
2 crude comments for the price of 1:
1) Dr. Jellyfinger's Virtual Prostate: A party favor at Urologist conventions!
2) The upscale product has room for the whole fist.
i at least left that part up to the reader's imagination
I dated a girl once that all my friends called "the poking box." I could never figure out why...
i have never lol'd harder
AlI (eligible) jokes aside, I could imagine this technology to be used to train fine motor skills with motorically challenged people. As far as I'm concerned, the training mostly occurs during childhood and kids tend to put in quite a significant amount of effort in stuff if it is only presented/realized in a child-oriented, playful manner.
Who wants seriousness in lieu of a "poking box" article?
Or, to put it simply, I guess:
"y so srs?"
poke this... ( )*( )
Don't put your finger in that box...you don't know where its been!
I keep waiting until they say this is a fake product but its just not happening......
Theres too much they can do with this product........ I can just imagine what these reprogrammed will do and alittle bigger....... Eventually theyll say "practice safe sex on your poking box, dont share without a condom"......
i will NOT be buying one of these...
Liar.
Hmmm...I think we can all see where this is heading.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhwbxEfy7fg
Yours is that small? Damn, how do hold it? With two fingers?
Too bad your carbon footprint is so big. Idiots shouldn't have access to resources.
Ok, that video was disturbing.
I just saw this a few days ago in the thinkgeek printed catalog I got in the mail. Looks like they are out of stock online, however.
http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/japanfan/ad59/
Too ... many ... possible ... jokes ...
Can't ... resist ... much ... longer ...
*brain implodes*
Make the HOLE bigger so I can stick my ____ in it.
Classy.
Make the HOLE bigger so I can stick my classy in it?
That doesn't make sense!
spoogeman cant has subtlety?
No you fools..the blank is "DICK"
And the fun doesn't begin until you ask the box to pull your finger
Naw, I'm going to have to go with "GOLD FINGER" on this one
How about showing a pencil sharpener which virtually sharpens the inserted finger, throwing little bits of it around?
no.... no that is just plain wrong XP that is one messed up game..... i'll buy it for a friend for christmas as a present lol
> torment low-res creatures
In other news, PETA is calling for a boycott of this animal-abusing torture device.
I wonder why PETA hasn't say a word about Pokemon, you known those japanese animation where a group of kids fight each other using their mascot.
This thing is great. Finally a poor man's virtual reality machine. Next comes the "Licking Box", with replaceable flavor packs. :oP
But what does it feel like inside the box?
The question on the mind of every unpopular teenage male...
The question on the mind of every engadgeteer...
fixed.
So is this a digital fleshlight?
the future scares me.
It'd be great if that low-res bee totally stung that guy's finger.
Just like warm apple pie.
Rakuten still has it for import
http://search.borderless.rakuten.com/borderless/search.action?sp.id=true&sp.sm=0&sp.vm=0&sp.k=tuttuki&sp.l=en&sp.pf=&sp.pt=
ummmm.... did someone just ejaculate on that face? wtf was that?
I think it was intended to be a sneeze; evidently Tuttuki Bako Girl is allergic to being poked in the face.
Oh man, just imagine how they do quality testing for these.
N they should come up with a version where you can upload your own images to poke.
Images like Bush. The president and Eve's
So the rumors are true about the size of asian men?
now if that hole would have been slightly bigger...
If you can jailbreak this thing, you can put your finger in whatever you want!
Surprise, surprise, in reality it is a pencil sharpener. (ouch).
Go ahead pull my finger... there I sed it ;)
Errrr...this is waaaaay old.... has been on the internetz for weeeeeks now...
Wrong, wrong, wrong. Wrongity-wrong-wrong.
It's moments like this that make me thankful for fringe Japanese inventors and Silvio Berlusconi, unintentional entertainers of the world.
Errr... did you guys happen to see the sample animations on the official website?
http://www.asovision.com/tuttuki/images/about_dot03.gif
Woops, posted before I watched the video.
does it come with sound effects?