# Dyson's $500 Toothbrush Has a Camera Inside It — 661 Engineers, 16 Million Lines of Code, Just to Floss You **URL:** \ **Category:** News & Articles\ **Tags:** tools, earn-money, tips-tricks, ai, news\ **Created:** [September 3, 2026, 4:37pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/dysons-500-toothbrush-has-a-camera-inside-it-661-engineers-16-million-lines-of-code-just-to-floss-you/325266 "2026-09-03T16:37:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
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# 🪥 Dyson Built a $500 Toothbrush With a Camera Inside It — 661 Engineers, 6 Years, 16 Million Lines of Code to Floss For You _bro put a 100,000-pixel spy cam in your mouth and called it oral care. and honestly? kinda works._ **$500 price tag · 28 photos every SECOND · 470,000 dental images used to train it · fires a water-jet at plaque in 100 milliseconds** The [Dyson CameraJet](https://www.fastcompany.com/91586538/dyson-just-solved-flossing-with-a-toothbrush-that-does-it-for-you) dropped Sept 1. Same company that made hairdryers a status symbol now wants to livestream your gums. ([Fast Company](https://www.fastcompany.com/91586538/dyson-just-solved-flossing-with-a-toothbrush-that-does-it-for-you) · [official page](https://www.dyson.com/oral-care/electric-toothbrush/camerajet)) so the vacuum company looked at your bathroom and went “what if the toothbrush had eyes.” deadass. and instead of laughing them out of the room, 661 engineers spent six years making it real. this is peak “we have money and audacity” energy and i am here for it. > **🧩 Dumb Mode Dictionary** > > | Fancy Word | What It Actually Means | > | --- | --- | > | **Gap Optical Targeting** | tiny camera spots the space between your teeth | > | **Macro-lens camera** | a lens that can film super close-up stuff (like inside your mouth) | > | **Endoscope** | the snake-cam doctors shove places to look inside you | > | **Machine learning** | software that got shown 470,000 pics of teeth till it “knows” a plaque gap | > | **Water flosser** | shoots a thin jet of water instead of using string floss | > | **Razor-and-blades** | sell the gadget cheap-ish, then milk you forever on refills | > **🦷 What this thing actually does** > > - **Films your mouth 28 times a second** with a 100,000-pixel macro camera stuck in the brush head. > - Software called **Gap Optical Targeting** watches the footage live, spots a gap between two teeth, and **fires a burst of mouthrinse into it within ~100 milliseconds** — basically flossing you mid-brush. > - Comes with Dyson’s **own non-foaming toothpaste** and low-foam rinse (so the camera can actually see). > - The camera is a legit **endoscope** — the [MyDyson app](https://www.dyson.com/oral-care) shows you a live feed of “what your dentist sees.” > - Colors: Ceramic Pink and Ceramic Ultra Blue. Because of course. > **📊 The receipts (the numbers are unhinged)** > > | Stat | Number | > | --- | --- | > | Price | ~$500 | > | Engineers on it | 661 | > | Years in development | 6 | > | Dental images used to train it | 470,000+ | > | Lines of code | 16,000,000 | > | Photos captured per second | 28 | > | Reaction time to hit a gap | ~100 ms | > > Sixteen million lines of code. To brush your teeth. The Apollo moon landing ran on way less. ([PR Newswire announcement](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/dyson-camerajet-the-first-toothbrush-with-a-camera-and-a-jet-to-target-the-gaps-and-remove-plaque-between-your-teeth-302865389.html)) > **🗣️ What the timeline's saying** > > - Half the internet: “a camera. in my MOUTH. so my toothbrush can be hacked now too??” > - Dentists: quietly interested because the live-view could catch problems early. > - Broke people: “cool, i’ll keep using my $4 brush and dental string, thanks.” > - Everyone: **$500** is a phone. It’s a used car down payment. It’s rent in some places. > - The real question nobody’s asking — where does all that footage of your face-hole actually go? ([Dyson oral care hub](https://www.dyson.com/oral-care) doesn’t scream about it.) > **💡 The part that actually matters** > > Strip away the meme and here’s the move: Dyson didn’t sell you a toothbrush. They sold you a **razor-and-blades trap**. Proprietary toothpaste. Proprietary rinse. Proprietary brush heads. The $500 is the _hook_ — the refills are the _bill for the rest of your life_. > > And they built a mini medical camera cheap enough to bolt onto a bathroom gadget. That last part? That’s the door somebody’s gonna walk through and make money on. Not Dyson. Somebody like you. #### Cool. A Robot Now Watches You Brush… Now What the Hell Do We Do? (⊙\_⊙) ![person brushing teeth](https://media.giphy.com/media/26FLdmIp6wJr91JAI/giphy.gif) Dyson just proved regular people will drop $500 to see inside their own mouth. That’s a signal, not a toothbrush. Here’s where the quiet money is 👇 > **🪥 The Refill Bootlegger** > > Razor-and-blades gadgets always have one weakness: the blades cost different amounts in different countries. Dyson’s [non-foaming toothpaste and rinse](https://www.dyson.com/oral-care) are locked to this brush — you literally can’t use normal paste. That’s a captive customer with no options. Find the region where refills launch cheapest, buy in bulk, resell where they’re “out of stock” or overpriced. > > 🧠 _Example:_ A 24-year-old reseller in Malaysia notices the CameraJet rinse ships to Singapore weeks before it hits smaller markets. He buys 6-packs at local price, lists single packs on [Shopee](https://shopee.com) and regional Facebook groups at a 40% markup to desperate early-adopters. Clears ~$700/month on the gap. > > > 📈 **Timeline:** First sales in ~2 weeks. Dies in 4-6 months once Dyson evens out global distribution — grab it while the shelves are uneven. > **🖨️ The Accessory Land-Grab** > > Every hyped gadget launches _naked_ — no cases, no wall mounts, no travel covers. The camera lens on this thing needs a hygienic cap nobody’s selling yet. First person to design and 3D-print CameraJet accessories owns the search results before the big brands wake up. > > 🧠 _Example:_ A design student in Poland models a magnetic wall-holder + lens cap for the CameraJet in [Tinkercad](https://www.tinkercad.com) (free), prints them on a cheap Ender-3, and lists them on [Etsy](https://www.etsy.com) the same week reviews drop. “dyson camerajet stand” has near-zero competition — she rides page one for 3 months. > > > 📈 **Timeline:** First orders in ~10 days. Plateau at ~8-10 weeks when factory-made copies flood [AliExpress](https://www.aliexpress.com) — bank the early markup. > **🦷 The Screenshot Second-Opinion** > > Here’s the sneaky part: this brush is a working mouth-endoscope with a live feed. Owners will screen-record footage they don’t understand. Meanwhile there are thousands of licensed dental hygienists worldwide who’d read a 30-second clip for pocket money. Bridge them. You’re the middleman charging a finder’s fee on async “is this gum thing normal?” checks. > > 🧠 _Example:_ A 22-year-old in the Philippines sets up a simple intake form ([Tally](https://tally.so), free) where CameraJet owners upload footage. She routes clips to a small pool of remote hygienists, who reply within a day. She charges the user $9, pays the reviewer $5, keeps $4. 60 clips a week = real money. > > > 📈 **Timeline:** First paid review in ~1 week. Watch the rules — as it grows you’ll need proper disclaimers (“not a diagnosis”) to stay legal. Honest version scales; sketchy version gets shut down. > **📸 The Pre-Visit Funnel** > > Flip the last hustle B2B. Local dentists constantly hunt for new patients and hate wasted chair time. Offer them a done-for-you “send us your at-home camera footage before your appointment” system. Now the dentist walks in already knowing the problem, and you charge them a setup fee plus per-lead. You’re selling shovels to the gold miners. > > 🧠 _Example:_ A hustler in Brazil pitches 5 neighborhood clinics a simple booking page ([Calendly](https://calendly.com) + a footage-upload link). Clinics pay ~$120 setup + $15 per new patient who books through it. Three clinics say yes = a few hundred a month for a system you built once. > > > 📈 **Timeline:** First clinic signed in ~2-3 weeks (dentists are slow). Sticky once it works — they don’t switch. Slow burn, but it compounds. > **🎰 The Launch-Scarcity Flip** > > Dyson does limited colors and launch shortages on purpose — the “Ceramic Pink” will sell out first. Classic scarcity play. Grab launch stock in a market where it’s available, resell into markets where it’s “coming soon” and people are impatient and rich. > > 🧠 _Example:_ A 23-year-old in the UAE pre-orders 4 units at retail the day they list, then flips them on local marketplace apps to buyers in countries with no launch date yet, at a $120-per-unit premium. Four units = a weekend’s beer money for basically clicking “buy.” > > > 📈 **Timeline:** Only works in the first 4-8 week launch window while supply is regional and uneven. Once it’s on every shelf, the premium is dead — pure sprint, not a marathon. > **🛠️ Follow-Up Actions** > > | If you want to… | Do this | > | --- | --- | > | Test the refill gap | Compare Dyson [oral care](https://www.dyson.com/oral-care) prices across 3 country sites | > | Sell accessories | Model in [Tinkercad](https://www.tinkercad.com), list on [Etsy](https://www.etsy.com) | > | Run the review desk | Free intake form on [Tally](https://tally.so) | > | Pitch dentists | Booking page via [Calendly](https://calendly.com) | > | Flip launch units | Watch the [CameraJet page](https://www.dyson.com/oral-care/electric-toothbrush/camerajet) for stock | **⚡ Quick Hits** | You Want | Do This | | --- | --- | | 🦷 See the real specs | Read the [Fast Company breakdown](https://www.fastcompany.com/91586538/dyson-just-solved-flossing-with-a-toothbrush-that-does-it-for-you) | | 🖨 Print accessories free | Design in [Tinkercad](https://www.tinkercad.com) | | 🛒 Spot the refill arbitrage | Check [Dyson oral care](https://www.dyson.com/oral-care) prices by region | | 📸 Start a review desk | Free form on [Tally](https://tally.so) | | 🧾 Read the official claims | [PR Newswire release](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/dyson-camerajet-the-first-toothbrush-with-a-camera-and-a-jet-to-target-the-gaps-and-remove-plaque-between-your-teeth-302865389.html) | _they spent 16 million lines of code so you don’t have to hold a string. the future isn’t flying cars — it’s a camera watching you brush and a subscription for the privilege._