USB Pollen Blocker looks zany, hopefully it works great

usb-bee-pollen-hoodTrust the folks over in Japan to come up with something crazy from time to time, and here we are with the $56 USB Pollen Blocker that is a surefire way of getting you noticed whenever you are around at the office. After all, who the heck wears a mask like this at work? It might sound nuts, but the USB Pollen Blocker is actually justified in its existence, since each year would see the general Japanese populace get attacked by pollen, and this more or less happens during the spring. Thanko hopes that with the introduction of the USB Pollen Blocker, one’s eyes and nose will be protected against the irritating pollen.

Granted, the USB Pollen Blocker would look a whole lot like a beekeeper’s mask as well as a hazmat suit, where it is touted to offer 99.9% protection from the pores in the air, as though you are in your very own clinical isolation chamber. It comes with a USB-powered fan on top so that the entire shebang will not mist up, all the time ensuring that nasty pollen will not enter into your breathing path. It works great at work, as the visor boasts of a large viewing area so that you can still see what goes on in front of the computer.
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Thanko USB Head Massager Vibrates Away Bothersome Bossholes

Thanko is a Japanese gadget firm that makes just about anything you can think of and a slew of things sane people wouldn’t think to plug their your USB ports. If you need a set of Santa boots to warm your feet using USB power, Thanko has it. If your butt gets too hot in the summer, get the Thanko water-cooled seat cushion. You get the idea, if it’s powered by USB you can find it at Thanko.

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If your boss is a bosshole, and you really need something to help get rid of the headache from listening to him prattle on about spelling and punctuation constantly causes you (maybe that’s just me) Thanko has a USB head massager. It looks as weird as you might expect it too. It will undoubtedly mess up your hair, and will do nothing to impress that cute girl that works down the hall.

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What it will do is adjust to fit most domes, no matter how gargantuan, and vibrate when plugged in. The idea is that it will help get rid of stress. If you need to use it and you don’t have a USB port, it can be powered by batteries.

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The USB-powered head massager is available for ¥2,980 (~$30 USD) in Japan.

[via EverythingUSB]

Thanko – 7.5mm biz card sized portable battery – Increased in battery capacity by 1200mAh over the previous model

Thanko - 7.5mm biz card sized portable battery - Increased in battery capacity by 1200mAh over the previous model

We wrote about Thanko’s “Gokuusu Battery 4.5mm” with 1000mAh capacity last month, and today they released the new model with high-capacity 2200mAh called “Gokuusu Battery 7.5mm”.

Just like the previous model, it can used as a 4GB USB flash, and also it’s compatible with 4 different connect adapters: lightning connecter, dock connecter, microUSB, and miniUSB.

Price: ¥3,980
Size: 87x55x7.5mm
Weight: 61g

Thanko – Pen-shaped video camera – Able to shoot 1080p full HD video

Thanko - Pen-shaped video camera - Able to shoot 1080p full HD video

A pen-shaped video camera that is able to shoot 1080p full HD video is now out from Thanko.

Videos or photos you take are saved on a micro SD card inside of the pen-shaped video camera, and by connecting a big-screen LCD TV and miniHDMI terminal located in the upper part of the video camera with a HDMI cable (sold separately), you can watch the videos and photos easily.

The pen-shaped video camera also has a USB terminal built-in so that you can connect it to your PC directly and then you can charge its battery or use it as a card reader.

The pen clip part is used for the lens’s protection cover.

For your information, you can actually use it as a pen.

Price: ¥7,980
Size: W15xD15xH144mm
Weight: 36g
Power source: USB terminal
Interface: USB2.0
micro SD card: Max.32GB
Charging time: 4 hours
Battery life: 50 minutes
Moving image resolution: 1920×1080p
Still image resolution: 2592×1944p

Thanko – 30X optical zoom telephoto camera “APOLLO2″ – Take a good photo of an object roughly 40 meters away

Thanko - 30X optical zoom telephoto camera "APOLLO2" - Take a good photo of an object roughly 40 meters away

Thanko just released a telephoto camera called “APOLLO2″ with 30X optical zoom. You can take a good photos or videos of objects that are roughly 40 meters away. Photos and videos you take are saved on a SD card (sold separately).

By using the accompanying tripod stand, you don’t need to worry much about camera shakes.

Price: ¥19,800
Camera body size: W100 x D28 x H60 mm, 145 g
Lens size: 31(diameter) x L110 mm, 118 g
Power source: AAA battery x 3
Interface: YSB2.0
Still image resolution: 4032×3024 / 3472×2604 / 2560×1920 / 2048×1536 / 1280×960 / 640×480
Moving image resolution: 640×480 / 320×240, 30fps
Screen: 2.4inch TFT LCD
Lens: 10X – 30X Optical zoom, F3.0

Thanko Android SmartTV Brings A New Lease Of Life To Your TV

Everything around us these days seem to have to come with a mandatory “smart” moniker – we have smartphones, smart houses, smart cars, smart buildings, and smart TVs. Well, if you happen to have a dumbed down TV, so to […]

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Thanko – Android SmartTV Quad-core 2 – Transform a large LCD TV at home into a Android device

Thanko - Android SmartTV Quad-core 2 - Transform a large LCD TV at home into a Android device

Thanko just released a device called “Android SmartTV Quad-core 2″. With it, you can transform a non-Adnroid device like a LCD TV into an Android device.

It has 1.6GHz Quad-core, Android OS4.2, and 2GB memory built-in. Since it has 2 USB terminals, you can use it with a keyboard, mouse, portable HDD and so on.

Price: 14,800 yen
Size: 122x175x121 mm
Weight: 250g

Thanko – Raremonoshop.jp – Thanko now shipping overseas

Thanko - Raremonoshop.jp - Thanko now shipping overseas

At the beginning of this month, Thanko, whose interesting and unique goods are often featured on AkihabaraNews, finally opened their global online shopping site called “Raremonoshop.jp” for overseas customers.

With the launching of the site, they are currently offering a special 10% discount for all purchases worth 50 USD or more through July 31.

Visit Raremonoshop.jp and you can actually buy their funny goods including the necktie with a fan to cool you down or the self-shot stick to take a great photo of yourself, etc.

Thanko – Alcohol Checker for iPhone 5 – Test the level of alcohol in your blood in 20 seconds before driving a car

Thanko - Alcohol Checker for iPhone 5 - Test the level of alcohol in your blood in 20 seconds

If you drank too much last night, probably you should test the level of alcohol in your blood with Thanko’s “Alcohol Checker for iPhone 5″ before starting driving a car.

After setting “Alcohol Checker for iPhone 5″ to your iPhone, breathe in the device and then you will get the result in 20 seconds. The result will be shown both in numbers and colors (green, yellow, and red depending on the alcohol level).

No extra battery is needed because iPhone 5 supplies power to the alcohol checker. It can be used with other devices that have a lightning connector such as iPad and iPod.

Price: ¥1,980
Size: 32 x 48 x 13 mm
Weight: 13 g

Thanko – Moshi Moshi Watch – Answer an incoming call on your smartphone with the wristwatch – Act like a spy agent in spy movies!

Thanko - Moshi Moshi Watch - Answer an incoming call on your smartphone with the wristwatch - Act like a spy agent in spy movies!

“Moshi Moshi Watch”, just released by Thanko, could be very interesting product for people who like spy movies and have ever wished you were a spy.

“Moshi Moshi Watch” is a wristwatch. But it’s not just a regular wristwatch. It enables you to answer an incoming call on your bluetooth compliant smartphone with “Moshi Moshi Watch”. It vibrates to let you know somebody is calling your smarphone and you can answer the call on the wristwatch and talk. You can even make a phone call with the wristwatch.

Price: ¥7,980
Size: 46 x 51 x 13 mm
Weight: 26 g
Battery charge: By USB