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Tooth Tunes



Tooth Tunes is a children's toothbrush released by the Tiger Electronics division of Hasbro in 2007. A single toothbrush has a manufacturer's suggested price of USD$9.99. Each brush plays a two-minute song clip from a particular artist to encourage a child to brush their teeth for the dentist-recommended two minutes. A single toothbrush comes with one song.

Once activated, a small CPU in the handle plays the featured song on the chip by transferring vibrations through the bristles, which act as transducers, into the front teeth, through the jawbone, and into the inner ear. The user hears a mix between a natural vocal hum and the song being played.[1][2][3] The intentional result was for the music only to be audible to its user, however the music emanating from the toothbrush can be heard by those nearby, with increasing volume as pressure is applied to the brush head.

Andrew Filo, one of the toothbrush's inventors, said that he worked on the project because of his childhood fascination with his ability to hear himself humming.[1]

Contents

Artists and Songs Featured

  • Aly & AJ - "Walking on Sunshine"
  • The Beach Boys - "Fun, Fun, Fun"
  • Black Eyed Peas - "Let's Get It Started"
  • The Cheetah Girls - "The Party's Just Begun"
  • The Cheetah Girls - "Shake a Tail Feather"
  • Destiny's Child - "Survivor"
  • Drew Seeley and Zac Efron - "Get'cha Head In the Game"
  • Hannah Montana - "The Best of Both Worlds"
  • Hannah Montana - "Pumpin' Up the Party"
  • High School Musical Cast - "We're All in this Together"
  • Hilary Duff - "Wake Up"
  • Jamiroquai - "Canned Heat"
  • Jesse McCartney - "Beautiful Soul"
  • Kelly Clarkson - "Walk Away"
  • Kiss - "Rock and Roll All Nite"
  • Smash Mouth - "All Star"
  • Queen - "We Will Rock You"
  • The Village People - "YMCA"
  • DeEtta Little and Nelson Pigford - "Gonna Fly Now (Theme from Rocky)"

Future Toothbrushes

  • Music from Ashley Tisdale
  • Music from Vanessa Hudgens
  • Music from Corbin Bleu

Trivia

The advertisement, which can be seen here, has a striking resemblance to Apple's 1984 commercial.

References

  1. ^ a b "I'm a punk toothbrush ... you're a blues toothbrush". the Daily Mail.
  2. ^ "Hasbro Tooth Tunes toothbrush makes you a loud mouth". Engadget.com.
  3. ^ "Hasbro's Tooth Tunes". we make money not art.

See also

  • Hasbro
  • Tiger Electronics
 
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