2008-11-28

The high-tech top around which it continues turning for 3 hours while changing to seven colors

"The high-tech top" is collecting popularity. It continues turning around the top to a surprising thing for as long as 3 hours. The car-accessories manufacture company "ohinata" in yurihonjo city developed it. The motor for vibrator of the cellular phone discarded in large quantities is reused. The order came also from overseas and 50,000 pieces were already sold.
This high-tech top is a product made from a plastic, and is an about 4 centimeters diameter. The built-in motor operates and it continues rotating by centrifugal force for a long time. The light of the light emitting diode built in the top changes to seven colors, such as red and blue, one after another.
It is sold also at "Tokyu-Hands" in Japan. There is an order from Germany, France, etc. on the Internet, and it came to be arranged in a toy store in the U.S. Now, the order received from overseas occupies 40 percent of the whole.
[The high-tech top which rotates for 3 hours is popular - November 25, 2008 The Yomiuri Shimbun Akita version ]
The page of "the high-tech top" of a company site is here. It can purchase by a mail order. 2000 yen per piece.

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