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posted by martyb on Sunday July 22 2018, @03:13AM   Printer-friendly
from the drink-your-oval^Welectrolytes dept.

Hackaday does a tear-down:

This is something we’ve been waiting a very long time for. The Church of Scientology uses devices called E-Meters to measure Thetans in the body. We’re not going to discuss this further, because we don’t want to be murdered. In reality, the E-Meter is simply a device that costs five thousand dollars and only measures the resistance of the human body. It does this by having the subject hold two copper cylinders and a simple Wheatstone bridge. Why does the E-Meter cost five thousand dollars? As [Play With Junk] found out, it’s an exquisitely engineered piece of hardware.

[...] What’s most impressive is the quality of the components that go into a machine that effectively only measures the resistance of the human body. The ‘trim’ pot is a Vishay wire-wound precision potentiometer that costs somewhere between $20 and $60. The power switch is an over-specced switch that probably costs $5. The control pots look and feel great, and the wiring is wrapped around chokes.

Is it powered by Thetans? Because that would be awesome.


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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by PartTimeZombie on Monday July 23 2018, @12:01AM (1 child)

    by PartTimeZombie (4827) on Monday July 23 2018, @12:01AM (#710953)

    My only contact with Scientology came about in the early 1980's when I was young and clueless.

    The Scientologists who approached my friends and I were extremely attractive young ladies wearing rather revealing tank tops (and at least one of them had forgotten her bra that night).

    We eventually worked out what was going on, and I am proud to say none of us parted with any money, but it was a close run thing.

    They are pretty clever at pitching to their audience.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 23 2018, @06:17PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 23 2018, @06:17PM (#711363)

    you should have told them about your e-meter and the free readings you were offering: one night only!