Designer Jesper Nilsson took one look at the hypodermic needle and had a flash of inspiration: The skin-piercing sharps need to be more kid-friendly, right?

The result of this terrifying insight is the Syrinx, a needle and syringe made to look like a cute little animal. See the picture above to see just how fun it is! The idea is that kids will be less scared of a glinting needle if it is disguised as a mouse wearing sunglasses and with the number 13 painted on its haunch, but what is much more likely to happen is that the poor child will probably grow up with a world-class mouse-phobia.

And is a mouse the best they could do? What about making things a little more educational? As the Syrinx is designed to calm children whilst taking their blood, what about shaping it like a giant mosquito, its proboscis now a razor-sharp, surgical-steel spike that pierces the soft pink skin effortlessly and sucks out the blood within. What could be more kid-friendly than that?

Prick of The Syrinx [Yanko]

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