Poke your boss, crush a stickman with new Japanese toy
November 20, 2008
Japan's toy giant Bandai employee demonstrates "Tuttuki bako", or poking box, a palm-sized plastic box with a simple digital display on the front, a coin-size hole on the side and a motion sensor inside. When you stick your finger in the hole, a virtual finger appears on the screen for petting or even torturing the animal or stickman.
If the financial crisis makes you want to poke a finger in your boss's eye or unleash some high karate kicks in the office, a Japanese toymaker may have the -- virtual -- answer.
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What's next, a squeeze ball that can display the boss's picture on the surface?