Hasta La Gadget!

Thanko just released the “32 LED Smartphone Flash” for smartphones and tablets.  Smartphones’ flash is often not sufficient and the in-camera doesn’t have a flash, therefore, for example, when you want to take a photo of yourself it’s not easy for you to take a good photo in a dark place.  However, “32 LED Smartphone Flash” will enable you to take a good photo of yourself easily.

It’s got a 3.5 mm plug built in. To start using “32 LED Smartphone Flash”, simply place it in the earphone terminal of a smartphone or tablet and turn it on. You can charge it through the USB port on a PC, etc. It is usable with any smartphone and tablet with an earphone jack. It’s adjusts to angles that you want.

Price: 1,980 yen (including tax)
Size: 60 x 13 x 77mm
Weight: 34g

Yes, everything is small in Japan but this is extreme!

Thanko released an extremely small functional camera that looks like a mirrorless interchangeable lens camera. Despite it’s super small size (38x33x28m, 17g), it is capable of taking photos and movies. Photos and movies can be saved on a microSD card. Battery charge is done via a USB port.

It also features a strobe that detects darkness and flashes automatically and a “Motion-sensing” function that starts taking about 2 minutes of video by detecting body movement. It’s a more useful camera than expected.

Price: 5,980 yen (including tax)
Size: 28 x 33 x 28mm
Weight: 17g
Accessories: USB cable, strap, small bag for the camera
Saving format: Movie – AVI, Photo – JPEG
Resolution: Movie – 1280×720, 1 mega pixel, Photo – 2560×1920

The Thanko miniature camera can be ordered here.

Thanko released a camera mount that you can use to secure a video camera with 2 powerful suction cups on the hood, side or top of a vehicle. It allows you to make a unique video while you drive.　 It is designed to withstand a load of 130kg (150kg on a horizontal place) so you don’t need to worry about your valuable camera dropping off of your car.

You can use it anywhere suction cups can attach.

Price: 24,800 yen (including tax)
Size: 350 x 130 x 195mm
Weight: 1.8kg

Here is a drive through the streets of Tokyo to give a demonstration:

Price: 24,800 yen (including tax)
Size: 350 x 130 x 195mm
Weight: 1.8kg

It can be ordered here.

Thanko released a totally waterproof MP3 player “Waterproof MP3 Player LITE 4GB”. You can listen to music under water with this product and it’s perfect for using while you surf, swim in the pool, ski, etc.
The earphone jack is not a plug-in type but screw-in type, so it doesn’t allow water to enter the main body. 2 kinds of ear pieces come with the product: regular ones for a regular life and ones for underwater that have 3 small plugs lined on each side.
Price:  7,980 …

Sometimes, being all uptight and formal is just not our style. After all, why be so formal when you can sit back and relax when the situation allows it, especially after you have had a particularly difficult day at the office? I guess this is where this pair of Thanko Prism Glasses is all about. There are moments when you just want to kick your shoes off, relax and lie down on the bed, all the while wanting to watch what’s being shown on the TV without requiring you to lift your neck. Now, if you were to get a pillow to support your head, it would end up aching after a while, and is definitely not good for the posture.

Enter this Thanko Prism Glasses, where it works in the same principle as that of a submarine periscope. All you need to do is slip on a pair of these puppies, lie down, turn on the TV and voila! – you are able to view what’s going on without having to strain your neck. Best of all is, the Thanko Prism Glasses are flexible and large sized enough to wear over your existing pair of glasses, assuming that they are reasonably sized, of course.

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