Forgotten and Unseen Electronics Part 27

If you sleep on the bus or train you can buy this. It's a sleep mask called the Noriko-san which has a scrolling display on it to tell people where your stop is so they can wake you up at the right time. It was made by Pyocotan (an inventor from Japan). I can't find a site where you can buy it but I did the find the site of the inventor:

http://www.pyocotan.com/

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Posted By: phantomspy1 - Fri Jul 03, 2009
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It must be nice to have that kind of faith in fellow man. Or, tremendously disappointing, I guess. It could go either way.

Posted by kingmonkey in Athens, Ontario on 07/03/09 at 12:50 PM

Can we get it to read, "Leave me the @#$@#$ alone!"?

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 07/03/09 at 12:59 PM

big cities here would have these being stolen of sleeping peoples faces. then the cops would ticket the sleeper for attractive nuiscence for having the thing.

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 07/04/09 at 01:03 AM

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