You may be like me when it comes to pressing gadgets against my skin, I can sometimes break out horribly. Well, there is a funky new MP3 player from Japan (where else?!) which may actually help as it, get ready for this claim, cleans skin as you listen to the music. Erm, how many MP3 players do you normally press against your skin anyway?

The product by mpion uses negative Ions and, according to Tech, can clean skin pores when applied to the face far better than old-fashioned soap and water. Apparently, the two modes that can be activated alternately banish microscopic dirt or help diffuse skin cream.

Well, that’s the marketing buff anyway. For over $150 it’s not exactly a cheap gizmo and it only comes with 128MB of memory for the music.