Mood Music
Completely useless for those who are colorblind. Also, generally useless.
Emergency Yodeling Button
If Staples’ “That was easy!” button proves insufficiently annoying, try the Emergency Yodelling Button. American technology, central European neuroticism!
Margaret Thatcher Nutcracker
Some items speak entirely for themselves. Yours for a tenner.
$300 Stress Eraser
Stress Eraser is a “biofeedback training device,” that tells you your pulse rate, and displays a graph showing how it’s gone up and down in the last few moments. Why would one want to do this? To ride the Vagus! From the blurb:
“Many people assume their pulse rate stays very constant. This is not the case. Pulse rates continually move up and down. The StressEraser displays the up-and-down movement of the pulse rate as a wave. What causes your pulse rate to move up and down? … The up-and-down movement of your pulse rate is caused by the activity of one nerve in your body: the vagus nerve. The vagus nerve is the primary pacifying nerve of the body. Each time the vagus nerve activates, it pacifies the organs and glands that it touches.
The Stress Eraser will tell you when your Vagus nerve is aligned with your meridians, or whatever, so that you can chill out better. Which you will very much need to do, as this jumble of recycled electronics kit parts will set you back $300.
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