Babies suck on pacifiers a lot. Little kids do also. It looks like they are really working hard - but there is no way to know _how_ hard.
Pacifiers with weighted backs are nothing new - these stand on the back when set down with the nipple in the air as opposed to lying on your precious Hellboy comics. I propose that a tiny lightbulb be set in this weighted back, completely encased in clear plastic. Two wires and a spring extend into the nipple. When sucked, these wires move together and apart, generating power. The glow of the bulb would correspond to suck power.-- bungston, Oct 14 2003 Ken Dodd - British comedian http://www.comedyon...images/ken-dodd.jpg [po, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004] Blinky Binky http://www.wear-fla...ry.com/pacifier.php [FarmerJohn, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 06 2004] possibly resulting in a set of teeth like Ken Dodd.-- po, Oct 14 2003 Well ... I'm not sure I want to put wires and a spring in a baby's mouth. But it would be cute to see the nuk flashing as it bobs up and down. Might freak the baby out or make him cross-eyed.-- k_sra, Oct 14 2003 Diapers. Yet another untapped energy source.-- RayfordSteele, Oct 14 2003 Who benefits? You realize that babies are rarely actively sucking on a pacifier, yes? And when they are, do you really want them to light up like Rudolph? I'd be afraid that either the kid would grow up cross-eyed, addicted to its pacifier or both.-- phoenix, Oct 14 2003 Please list reason. Certainly not "widely" known to exist.-- Worldgineer, Oct 14 2003 FJ's linky product is worked by batteries. bung's idea is for baby to light up the dummy (pacifier) by suck power.
I don't agree with the mfd.-- po, Oct 14 2003 I don't understand why you're picking on Ken Dodd. Don't all Brits have teeth like that?
(Ducks, runs, hits door, opens door, runs some more)-- phoenix, Oct 14 2003 Revenge of the Robot Babies.-- Eugene, Oct 14 2003 Can't stand dummies/pacifiers . Might as well put a piece of duct tape over the kids mouth. --- squeak, Oct 15 2003 I'm suspecting the intentional absence of the word "piezoelectric".-- Worldgineer, Oct 15 2003 random, halfbakery