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Massage Me Video Game Jacket

What would you say to a video game console that’s not controlled by a joystick, a mouse or even a Wii-mote, but instead by the relaxing touch of massage?

The Massage me jacket lets the person giving the massage get their game on while the person receiving the treatment gets to chill out. More intensive massage results in better game play, motivating the masseur to give a good rub down…

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October 5th, 2007 2 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

are you looking at my headgear?

filed under: gadgets | strange and wonderful

Head Spa Massager

So what do you suppose this strange contraption is? Could it be some kind of thought control device? Perhaps a new version of the Flowbee hair-vacuum? Maybe it’s an alien brain extraction system? Or is it just the latest fashion trend from the runways in Milan?

Sorry to burst your bubble, but this goofy looking helmet is a newfangled head massager…

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September 14th, 2007 2 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

weird japan: sega foot massager

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SEGA Ashipure Foot Massager

After you sit around waiting for SEGA’s new Sonic game to load, nothing is more relaxing than a nice foot massage. Well, at least that’s what the game maker has got in store for visitors to one of their arcades in Shibuya, Japan.

According to a visitor to the arcade:
…there is a Sega arcade in Shibuya that has this bizarro Sega-made foot massage machine called Ashipuri…

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January 15th, 2007 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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