Me too, but I'm more than a little sceptical about the claims they make.
I'd be less wary if they had gone through FDA testing and could make proper, analytical statements. With $13M to spend, I'd expect them to be able to afford the process.
FDA process is way more than $13M generally for real medical devices. Regardless, if they're exempt they're exempt. FDA won't look at something that isn't regulated / has straightforward technology
I tried this. The sensation on the skin was a step below pain but a step above annoying and uncomfortable. I noticed no other effects. I only tried it once. YMMV
Their website is impossibly vague. Have they ever disclosed the operating principle?
I found the video to be incredibly vague and aside from being flashily produced and making me hungry it really didn't enlighten me to what the product does (or claims to do).
I too have tried this. One of the founders walked me through the controls (which you can set to as mild or as uncomfortable as you like).
Once on, you're supposed to try and forget about it. I think you'll notice that if you try to think too hard about your shirt collar, it will feel uncomfortable too.
So if you "try to feel something", you may not like it, but if you attach it and walk around mingling at a party, you will notice soon that you feel quite easy-going.
The thought that you could be wearing this at a party mingling, and not be ACTIVELY talking about it is pretty ridiculous. They'd have to be all but ubiquitous to not be the subject of every convo you have every second while you're wearing it.
Has anyone seen studies that examine the longer-term effects or lack thereof? I'm not touching this stuff until someone has studied the long-term effects.
Seriously, meddling in the workings of a running engine that we barely understand? I'm all for other people early adopting this tech, but I probably won't try it on in the mall.
Skeptical on this implementation, but it raises an interesting question. How close are we to having wireheads/current addicts walking around with drouds attached to their heads at all times? At what point does current addiction become consumer-grade? I guess the bonus with this implementation is that it doesn't involve dropping a wire into your brain.
I think this is a cool idea; however, after paying $299 you only get 5 calm and 5 energy strips that are guaranteed for one time use. After that they cost $19.99 for another 5. This would be a very expensive "habit".
Not to disagree with you, but if you're just interested in buying from them anyway, there are always reshipping services [1] that those living outside of the USA have to use more often than they would like.
Oh, yes, I should have told "reviewed it" or something similar.
But according to them the effect was clearly there so it was not like finding the best sounding speakers but finding the speakers that make a sound. I think that you can find this with less rigorous testing.
I disagree. Your mood is possibly the most subjective experience you can have and it is heavily affected by your own perceptions of what it should be. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for people suffering from all sorts of psychological maladies is significantly effective because we are so able to affect our own perception of reality.
Therefore, they really, really need to do a rigorous experiment before we can derive anything meaningful.
Please do not take the wild claims of these advertisers seriously. Mood and energy are barely defined, let alone able to be controlled reliably by a bit of transcranial stimulation.
This is a fabulously interesting field, but we should be spending millions on basic research, not Skymall level products trading on ignorance. (Yes, the two are not mutually exclusive, but the latter will hold back the former)
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[ 2.5 ms ] story [ 68.9 ms ] threadI'd be less wary if they had gone through FDA testing and could make proper, analytical statements. With $13M to spend, I'd expect them to be able to afford the process.
Maybe that's the issue?
Their website is impossibly vague. Have they ever disclosed the operating principle?
http://www.thync.com/resources/scientific-publications
Once on, you're supposed to try and forget about it. I think you'll notice that if you try to think too hard about your shirt collar, it will feel uncomfortable too.
So if you "try to feel something", you may not like it, but if you attach it and walk around mingling at a party, you will notice soon that you feel quite easy-going.
Has anyone seen studies that examine the longer-term effects or lack thereof? I'm not touching this stuff until someone has studied the long-term effects.
[1] google for 'reshipping service' https://www.google.ru/search?q=reshipping+service&ie=utf-8&o... or try Shipito (I had success with it) https://www.shipito.com/
But according to them the effect was clearly there so it was not like finding the best sounding speakers but finding the speakers that make a sound. I think that you can find this with less rigorous testing.
Therefore, they really, really need to do a rigorous experiment before we can derive anything meaningful.
This is a fabulously interesting field, but we should be spending millions on basic research, not Skymall level products trading on ignorance. (Yes, the two are not mutually exclusive, but the latter will hold back the former)