A Korean artist has created LED Eyelashes which give new meaning to ’sparkling eyes’! I cannot for the life of me think why anyone would want to wear these…surely there’d be a constant glare in your eyes!?

According to the inventors:

“LED Eyelash is a clever product that speaks to many Asian women’s desire for bigger eyes. It features an inclination sensor with mercury to turn on and/or off. The sensor can perceive the movements of the pupil in the eyes and eyelids. If someone wears it and moves her head, LED Eyelash will flicker following the movement.”

The guys behind this invention have posted an unnecessarily long video on YouTube which shows some Japanese girls wearing the eyelashes out and about in South Korea looking generally creepy and unnerving. They seem to be powered with a little pack which is held up by the wearer’s ears so they seem to be wearing headphones at all times…. with wires running from their eyes to their ears this is harldy cutting edge couture. The eyelashes are made even more ridiculous by the bizarre ‘chicken-head’ movements of the girl modelling them!

Can’t see these taking off although I’m sure opticians everywhere are hoping that they will.