LEDs in mouth for a bright smile

Artist Daito Manabe shows off his LED enhanced smile. (Via Japan Probe)

[#1 posted by jjasper, April 28, 2009 9:14 AM]

The frog got there first.

[#2 posted by dropleaf, April 28, 2009 9:43 AM]

Pretty sure Laurie Anderson did this in 1983, though with boring old incandescent lights, of course: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Live.

[#3 posted by InsertFingerHere, April 28, 2009 9:45 AM]

Hulk like !

[#4 posted by Takuan, April 28, 2009 9:50 AM]

offers interesting ideas for those with dentures.

[#5 posted by The Lizardman, April 28, 2009 10:52 AM]

There have been plastic dentures with pressure switches for lights and just plain old glowsticks in the mouth for some time now doing effectively the same thing.

Going back over a decade myself and a couple other performers have threaded small bulbs on wires through our nasal cavities and down into our mouths with crystal balls held in our teeth to create human spotlights. An old picture can be seen on this page:

http://www.geocities.com/jfmenu/sideshowfreaks.html

Scroll all the way down

[#6 posted by Antinous / Moderator, April 28, 2009 12:20 PM]

Pretty sure Laurie Anderson did this in 1983

Oh, yeah?

[#7 posted by p96, April 28, 2009 12:22 PM]

#5: http://www.bewild.com/grglmo.html

[#8 posted by Takuan, April 28, 2009 12:34 PM]

I'm thinking a higher production value than plastic cheaters. Real false teeth (heh!) some illuminated, some as tiny aquariums with living things in them.

[#9 posted by JPW, April 28, 2009 1:03 PM]

I am positive I did this at a Talking Heads concert . . . and the LED was lithium powered even back then. It was probably 1983 as well.

[#10 posted by StudioRobot, April 28, 2009 9:42 PM]

dude THE LIZARDMAN hangs out on boingboing.

amazing.

[#11 posted by Anonymous, April 28, 2009 11:48 PM]

Reminds me of a painful memory of the time I got a wicked sunburn on the back of my throat from attempting this same sort of stunt with a camera flash.

It turns out that mouth tissue isn't very well protected from excessive photon bombardment.

live and learn I guess...