Japanese Co. Sells Ghost Detector

A Japanese company called SolidAlliance just put a portable ghost detector on the market. The gadgets went on sale Friday in Japan as a novelty item. It is called ghost radar. The usb device beeps and flashes red lights in response to unusual magnetic waves.

In Japan it is selling for 19,800 yen (US$185; euro140). The company president says, "the device detects invisible phenomena and so the system is confidential, this is not a game. This is a measuring device."

Japanese Co. Sells Ghost Detector

SolidAlliance Corp.'s portable GhostRadar beeps and flashes red lights in response to unusual magnetic waves. It also reacts to body heat and perspiration detected by a sensor where users place their thumbs.

The gadgets went on sale Friday in Japan and the first shipments to the United States are on their way, said SolidAlliance Vice President Yuichiro Saito.

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Just a curiosity I found. Perhaps some of you might be interested.
Forgive me, it is a slow news day....


[edit on 3-4-2005 by makeitso]

This guys probably watched the movie Ghostbusters one time too many!



Anyway, nice find!

Hey, your right, it even looks a little like the stay puff marshmellow man!




On a more serious note, I am curious what "unusual magnetic waves" it is scanning for, and how that works exactly.