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?
(Score: 2, Insightful) by anubi on Thursday July 30 2015, @01:00AM
One of the things I would love to see is a .jpg of the waveform these things generate.
"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." [KJV: I Thessalonians 5:21]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 30 2015, @02:23AM
Well, if they did it wrong the most important wave will be a flat line ----------------
(Score: 1) by anubi on Thursday July 30 2015, @03:22AM
I should have read the article more closely. Its DC!!!
A waveform would not tell me much now, would it ;)
I thought it was something like these. [nexalin.com]
These have a quite sophisticated waveform.
I am fascinated by these devices. I cannot vouch for whether they do or do not work, but I present the link for your edification.
"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." [KJV: I Thessalonians 5:21]