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Japanese company makes virtual shadow boyfriends to help protect women who live alone.

Silhouettes of karate fighters, bodybuilders, and domestically dedicated dudes make would-be criminals think youve got a live-in boyfriend.

Not only is Tokyo Japans largest city in terms of population, its also where youll find, by far, the most educational, economic, and artistic opportunities. Because of that, many young people head to Tokyo when they move out of their parents home, in order to be closer to their workplace or college.

Because most Japanese people dont really like the idea of having a roommate, a lot of these young people end up living alone, including young women. But while Tokyo is much safer than large cities in many other countries, crimes do happen, and criminals often consider young women who live alone to be easy targets.

Using a projector controlled by/attached to a smartphone, Man on the Curtain throws a silhouette of a man onto your curtains, so that when people outside look at your windows, there will appear to be a guy inside, thus masking that you live alone.



If youre wondering how thats better than just putting a cardboard cutout by your window, Man on the Curtain is full-motion, projecting videos of actual actors (in silhouette) for an extremely lifelike look. Currently, the system has 12 different options, including such intimidating routines as a boxer throwing practice punches, a marital artist going through a karate kata, a bodybuilder working out with dumbbells, and a sports fan swinging a baseball bat around.

Since itd be easy to deduce that a short loop is a fake, each video is roughly 30 minutes long, with a variety of motions. Leo Palace 21s introductory video doesnt get into the specifics of how the system is operated, it seems like itd be easy to program it to cycle from one routine to the next, which would give you about six hours of silhouettes before any footage needs to be repeated.



Granted, some of the options, such as the man vacuuming or playing guitar, arent going to be as effective if a would-be criminal is close enough to the window to notice the lack of sound. But the images themselves are very convincing. While the Man on the Curtain isnt something that Leo Palace 21 is commercially offering just yet, it is giving away five prototype units, and applications can be submitted here.
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why don't these girls just ask me to come over for the nights, I'll do it for free
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Do they have one for "Guy who studies the blade"?
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We've come full circle
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yet guys aren't allowed sex toys
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"man that guy has been standing there forever!"
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So, first Japanese women had skirts that allow them to transform into vending machines & now they have genjutsu boyfriends? What other ninja trickery are they going to pull?
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darkbuster posted...

So, first Japanese women had skirts that allow them to transform into vending machines & now they have genjutsu boyfriends? What other ninja trickery are they going to pull?

Sounds like a cuphead boss

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Probably turn into a giant moon that can shoot UFOs.
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