Coden Endoscope – Adventure Trip to a Micro World

The president of a Japanese electrical manufacturer wanted to see the inside of his ear while he was cleaning it and asked the product development department to invent sth like that. The result was the Earscope S, that was launched a few years ago with a rather bad resolution though serving the purpose. The product was developed further over the years and the outcome along other endoscope products is the "Earscope GXL", a high–end model for household use with a 7400 pixel image. Through the finder with a dimmable light, you can see the inside of your ear 4 times of the original size. This whole earcleaning trend in Japan went as far as now actual earcleaning parlors are opening around Tokyo with Coden Video Earscopes plugged into a monitor and the customer relaxingly watching his ear being cleaned by professional hand. As for the home model, using the included light guide instead of the earspoon, you can also enter to a adventure world of your car engine, computer, fax machine etc. Price is about US172$. Product Page

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