I have little tolerance for hippie dippy new age crap, and even less for useless USB gadgets. So when the two come together in some kind of USB hippie amalgam, the result is hard to resist.
This device is called Eye Candy, and seems to be some kind of USB powered sensory replacement tool that artificially stimulates your taste buds through an ersatz lollipop. I can't really figure out the mumbo jumbo description, but it includes plenty of talk about how your brain determines the resonant frequency of different types of sensorial (sic) information.
There are six different flavors of Eye Candy, each tailored to help you in particular behavior area such as meditation, assertiveness, and focus.
Eye Candy should be available soon for about $90 each.
Eye Candy, via The Gadget Blog
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By jimzello at 10:13 PM ON 09/14/08
yeah... get back to me when you've got a Philip K. Dick Mood Organ and I might be interested.
By coonass at 10:29 AM ON 09/25/08
heh heh.. he said "organ"... about something that goes in your mouth... heh heh
By coonass at 10:38 AM ON 09/25/08
seriously, if this isn't a total load of crap, it could wind up being dangerous, because a device designed to stimulate the gustatory center of the brain could also trigger epilepsy (if it works at all, that is). The amygdala is not far from the center of the brain most likely to be triggered by electrical stimulation of the taste buds, and if a lesion exists in or near it, electrical activity around the taste buds might cause psychomotor seizure activity.