Facebank eats coins

Behold the frightening Facebank. Its rubbery lips drool when you wave coins in front of its motion-sensitive eyes, and articulate to devout them when fed. Designed by Takada in Japan, it's the perfect gift for anyone who works in the U.S. automobile industry.

Don't miss the video:

Face Bank from Dynamism on Vimeo.

[#1 posted by Pope Bugg IX , December 9, 2008 11:38 AM]

It even says "NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM!" albeit in a drone-y, scratchy, whiny motor voice. (It requires a tad bit of using one's imagination, but as far as I'm concerned, that's what he's saying)

[#2 posted by Rob Beschizza , December 9, 2008 11:53 AM]

I concur with the Buggist NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM! hypothesis.

[#3 posted by Paul Coleman , December 9, 2008 11:59 AM]

I believe that this is how we all will be stored in hell. Stacking us all as facebanks seems like it would be space efficient for satan.

[#4 posted by dculberson , December 9, 2008 12:05 PM]

Brownlee already determined that it swallows souls and not coins:

http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/12/05/facebank-swallows-so.html

[#5 posted by tomservojr , December 9, 2008 12:39 PM]

I saw this in a store on 8th St. in New York a couple days ago and it completely freaked me out. They were also selling Japanese DSis, but my girlfriend dragged me out by the hair before I could give them all of our rent money.

[#6 posted by Rob Beschizza , December 9, 2008 3:32 PM]

Oop.

I'll add a link to John's post, but leave it up given the good comments.

[#7 posted by Gary61 , December 9, 2008 3:42 PM]

Looks like he'd rather have a nice sweet banana.

[#8 posted by karengeier , December 9, 2008 5:45 PM]

what a terrible demonstration.

[#9 posted by technogeek , December 9, 2008 7:10 PM]

I presume "devout" was supposed to be "devour"...

(Are we not men?)

[#10 posted by DMcK , December 10, 2008 11:44 AM]

The nostrils are a "nice" touch.