Now you can listen to your iTeeth
September 04, 2006 01:00am
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SCIENTISTS have invented a toothbrush that lets you listen to pop songs while you scrub away - by transmitting the soundwaves through your teeth and jawbone to your ear.
The device, called Tooth Tunes, plays for exactly two minutes - the amount of time dentists recommend should be devoted to brushing every morning and night.
It is initially being targeted at children, but could also be marketed to the so-called iPod generation of adults.
American maker Hasbro claims that Tooth Tunes will "single-handedly change children's attitudes to brushing".
A single piece of music is stored in a microchip in the brush's handle. When a button is pushed, it plays on a minicomputer and is transported along the bristles, through the teeth and jawbone and into the ear.
While the user hears "a cross between the sound of music coming out of a stereo and the sound of humming to oneself, onlookers are aware only of a buzzing noise similar to an electric toothbrush".
September 04, 2006 01:00am
Article from: The Courier-Mail
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SCIENTISTS have invented a toothbrush that lets you listen to pop songs while you scrub away - by transmitting the soundwaves through your teeth and jawbone to your ear.
The device, called Tooth Tunes, plays for exactly two minutes - the amount of time dentists recommend should be devoted to brushing every morning and night.
It is initially being targeted at children, but could also be marketed to the so-called iPod generation of adults.
American maker Hasbro claims that Tooth Tunes will "single-handedly change children's attitudes to brushing".
A single piece of music is stored in a microchip in the brush's handle. When a button is pushed, it plays on a minicomputer and is transported along the bristles, through the teeth and jawbone and into the ear.
While the user hears "a cross between the sound of music coming out of a stereo and the sound of humming to oneself, onlookers are aware only of a buzzing noise similar to an electric toothbrush".
