Oh, the joys of
self-diagnosis. Thanko's unleashed a USB dental "microscope" to let you check out the inside of your own mouth in great detail -- because you're so much more knowledgeable than a real dentist, right? This puppy's got six LEDs plus a small CMOS camera so you can shoot JPEGs / BMPs or 1,280×1024 resolution vids of your champers then check them out on your home computer. Of course, the sample shots (which are disgusting and after the break) inexplicably show a closeup of someone's scalp, demonstrating that this USB badboy has a variety of uses, all of them pretty gross. Is there something wrong with us if we just don't want to see our bodies in that much detail? It's only available on Thanko's Japanese site for the time being, and costs in the neighborhood of $80, but we have a feeling that it'll show up in the States anyday now... as soon as Oprah gets wind of it.
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posted Aug 2nd 2009 7:05PM
look, it's the government run dental plan!
engadget is not allowed to reference gizmodo.
thats like jalopnik referencing autoblog.
gawsh.
ಠ_ಠ
Or you could use it to give yourself a colonoscopy.
Or you could just use a mirror.
nay... too much effort
But this thing can be use in all sorts of terrible places that a mirror can't reach...
...or a proctologist.
For some reason, I am seeing the Japanese and the US citizens use this in other ....er.... cavaties....
Fret not! I'm sure there will be plenty of importers bringing this to an orifice near you!
That is not a "microscope". You could get the same images shoving a regular digital camera into your mouth. I was expecting super-super close ups of cavities. This wont help at all.
My dentist actually has a microscope camera that can take super close-ups of cavities and fillings. He uses it to take before and after shots of procedures and keeps them in your file.
Sweet. Now I dont need to the doctor to do my colon exam.
Hahahaha you guys are too funny!
JK its sad how hard you try
... because all the comedy critics flock to engadget to find the most witty and sophisticated humor :/
seriously, its a tiny camera with a light that can get up-close shots, do you expect engadgeteers to talk about anything other than the various nooks and crannies to explore with it?
the only thing I find sad about the whole deal is your wasted time actually writing out your reply.
This new technology opens up a whole new world of cinematic possibilities! My mouth will be Los Angeles, with skittles as drug runners and a precocious daughter of the police commissioner played by a bit of apple stuck between my molars.
That's not someone's scalp. I have one already, and that's exactly the picture I get when I take a picture of the roof of my mouth. Isn't that what the roof everyone else's mouth looks like?
I think I know a use for this, but just to let you know it won't be going in the mouth
Engadget, you are really lacking on your blogs. Get it together.
http://www.penny-arcade.com/images/2006/20061008.jpg
John Gabriel, dentista
My dentist has had one of these for at least two years. They take pictures every checkup, and review the ones from the past.
Laura, if you're grossed out by *that* I think you should put the iPhone down and never go near that internet thingy again. Ever. Total hideousness is prowling just a click away from everything.
haha. I'm pretty sure in no time Jap-porn will be using this technology. xD ROFL j/k
Yea...out of focus crappy japanese novelty item here we go!
For External use only?
HAHAHA omg each comment keeps getting funnier!!!!
My dentist (http://bestdentalcareaz.com/scottsdale.php) actually has a microscope camera that can take super close-ups of cavities and fillings.