Dyson CameraJet: The only toothbrush with a camera and a jet(www.dyson.com)
18 pointsby mgh2an hour ago18 comments
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  • xatttan hour ago
    The press release includes an image of a person brushing and looking at an image of their teeth on a phone. If you are actively brushing with toothpaste, the quality of the image will likely be as good as an unprepped colonoscopy.

    It’s unlikely to yield any actionable information, other than scratching the pimple-popping gross-up itch.

    On second thought, I am now half-expecting a home colonics device from Dyson. Easy setup… just lay down on your side in your bathtub.

    • ricardobeat5 minutes ago

          > This includes a proprietary non-foaming toothpaste, formulated without SLS (a common foaming agent)
    to help keep foam out of the way so the camera can see clearly and support Gap Optical Targeting™,
    alongside a low-foaming mouthrinse formulated for use with the precision jet
    • chikinpotpi40 minutes ago
      > unprepped colonoscopy

      That is a phrase I didn't have on my HN bingo card for the day.

    • piskov38 minutes ago
      That’s why they developed a special toothpaste with less foaming (see the presentation video on youtube)
    • warkdarrior37 minutes ago
      Plot twist: you can use the same device for mouth and colon cleaning.
  • general_revealan hour ago
    Toothbrushes are a crappy device. I’ve seen some stuff lately that’s like a whole mouth brush, like a mouth guard. With a small pipe to the mouth guard feeding water, you can pretty much car wash your mouth every morning in 60 seconds. Sloshing water around in your mouth often creates way more pressure allowing water to go through the gaps in your teeth (cleaning them). But the waterpik sellers will convince you that isn’t true.

    That’s the problem with highly skillful people that follow tradition. I’m sure the engineers are brilliant behind this (camera toothbrush designers), but they are still following tradition of this old idea.

    Anyways. Sometimes you have to trust that you are well beyond tradition and are free to redefine all rules. Be fearless.

    • boguscoder21 minutes ago
      Whole mouth brush was a gimmick for almost two decades if not more, maybe these days its more adequate but I can only imagine what it could do to gums. Doctors can’t wait..
    • cenamus28 minutes ago
      That whole mouth brush is also crazy exspensive, while I'd assume Philips' Sonicare line is well and profitable
  • scosmanan hour ago
    The year is 2031, the Meta LlamaBrush won't start until it's played a 30s unskipable ad for Doritos spearmint.
  • ihumanable13 minutes ago
    I appreciate that whoever is approving naming at Dyson doesn't care about making boring names.

    - Pencil Fluffycones

    - Ball Animal 3 Extra

    - V16 Piston Animal Submarine

    These are real product names that they were happy to ship. I like that they ship these absurd sounding names.

  • skhamenehan hour ago
    I have a Waterpik Fusion 2.0

    Sometimes I’ll add mouthwash or hydrogen-peroxide to the tank, it works well. Usually I start with a quick rinse, then a brush with the flosser on, then a finishing brush with the flosser off.

    I see this and am unsure if it’s over-engineering a less effective solution. It’s neat, but I can’t say it excites me; am curious to see reviews and comparisons. The form factor does seem a bit odd though, visually it’s mediocre imo.

    • KPGv239 minutes ago
      I had some deep-ish gum pockets and switched to this pattern, and many of them resolved over a year without intervention:

      0. tongue scraper 1. brush with normal toothpaste 2 min 2. floss 3. mouthwash 4. rinse 5. brush with a dry toothpaste that you don't rinse

      I started to treat it like an important health step, less a chore. Like exercise or cooking healthy food instead of buying shit takeout.

      • bryanlarsen8 minutes ago
        I just hit 6mm in one location. I have 4 months to avoid an intervention. Do you have a source / more info?
  • earless1an hour ago
    I saw this on X and assumed it was well done satire of the current state of the industry.
  • mikert8943 minutes ago
    Thought I read elsewhere that if these get dirty they are essentially blowing dirty water into your gums, which can cause health problems

    tools like this almost need the same level of sanitization you would see at the dentist.

    other than that, I am very interested

    • feverzsj32 minutes ago
      Qualified product should use antimicrobial plastic. You still need to disinfect it using mild disinfectant like iodophor.
    • piskov37 minutes ago
      Don’t get it dirty
      • vel0city13 minutes ago
        You're most likely using it in the same room where you poop, probably storing it next to a basin where you wash your dirty hands, and putting it in one of the dirtiest places in/on your body daily. It gets soaking wet hopefully twice daily.

        I hate to break it to you, but it will get dirty.

  • NaiveBayesian18 minutes ago
    > Dyson CameraJet™ runs on 16 million lines of code

    Yikes...

  • sdcfgy15 minutes ago
    Meh. My toothbrush engine has around 100 trillion pathways in the neural network and sophisticated vision and motor capabilities.

    Also it didn't push Brexit for years then piss of to Singapore.

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  • feverzsjan hour ago
    What a stupid design. The jet stream can't even reach last back teeth.
    • nosioptar30 minutes ago
      It wouldn't be a dyson without a shitty design.

      The only dyson products I've used that didn't suck were their vacuums. (To be clear, their vacuums are shit and do not suck as well as even a cheap shark.)

      • wolfi111 minutes ago
        ok, the pun is good
  • ge9616 minutes ago
    100K Pixel lol I guess 0.1MP doesn't sound impressive

    Idk that is kind of trippy to see your own teeth in real time as you brush them

  • ftchdan hour ago
    Hmm, they didn't go with CamJet..
  • madaxe_again32 minutes ago
    I don’t even see how you can share direct to TikTok with this? Or have they got their own social network for toothbrushing? Can I use this to talk with someone using the Dyson ActiveDouche?
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