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Thync Review: Where We Just Say Yes to a Drug-like, Brain-Zapping Wearable

posted by takyon on Wednesday July 29 2015, @11:30PM   Printer-friendly
from the aggression-implant dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

Thync is a consumer product. And that's exactly how we're reviewing it – much like we would a new iPhone or laptop. We share our experience and make our recommendations, but we aren't writing any research papers or conducting any double-blind studies on it (though the company does link to some of those on its website).

After using Thync every day for the last week and a half, I'm convinced that it's one of the most exciting new tech products of 2015. Like taking a hit of Mary Jane, it can push me from an anxious, over-thinking mood to one where I'm cool, collected and laid-back like a THC-infused Rastafarian. And if I'm feeling sluggish or unmotivated, Thync can also peel that layer away, like the sun burning a morning fog off of my consciousness.

I heard about the brain-mod crowd a couple years ago at the New York Maker's Faire. A team from DARPA gave a talk on an electro-stimulation cap they said was meant to fight Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in veterans. This seems to follow. Has anyone from Soylent experimented with trans-cranial electro-stimulation?

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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Wednesday July 29 2015, @11:44PM

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday July 29 2015, @11:44PM (#215656) Journal
    Trans-cranial? Why... that would be stupid! I mean, look, the distance is just too big... what you want to do is to place it straight on the erogenous zones.
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  • (Score: 2) by Gravis on Wednesday July 29 2015, @11:51PM

    by Gravis (4596) on Wednesday July 29 2015, @11:51PM (#215658)

    what you want to do is to place it straight on the erogenous zones.

    well, considering all the nerves lead back to your brain...

    • (Score: 2) by Immerman on Thursday July 30 2015, @12:31AM

      by Immerman (3985) on Thursday July 30 2015, @12:31AM (#215666)

      Yeah, but the erogenous zones are so nerve-poor, at least the obvious ones. Hands, feet, and face are where the high nerve-density is at.

      • (Score: 3, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 30 2015, @12:37AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 30 2015, @12:37AM (#215669)

        Obviously you have never found a clit. Look closer. It's small and it has high nerve density.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 30 2015, @08:28AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 30 2015, @08:28AM (#215802)

    Actually the brain is the ultimate erogenous zone. All the other zones do is causing specific stimulations of the brain.

    • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Thursday July 30 2015, @10:58AM

      by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Thursday July 30 2015, @10:58AM (#215828) Journal
      You tryin' to fuck my mind?
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