(Video n*s*f*w due to swearing)
Some very clever hackers at Harco Laboratories have created a device that gives you a little electric shock - wait for it - for thinking. By hooking up a device that monitors brainwave activity to a little electric shock kit (which, I guess you just pick up at Walmart?) they have been able to create something that punishes you for using your brain. (It's like a metaphor for the internet or something!)
But lest you think this has been done solely for reasons of scientific inquiry, take a look at the video above and you'll see that these guys really get a kick out of inflicting pain on people. That aside, however, the availability of brainwave monitors for around $100 means that we're likely to see some very cool stuff come around in the near future. Let's just hope that it won't only be used to shock people who are busy concentrating on something.
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Navneet Alang is a Toronto-based technology and culture writer whose work has appeared in The Atlantic, The New Republic and The Globe and Mail. Between 2010 and 2011 he wrote technology commentary for TECHi on Apple, cloud video and the future of the desktop computer.
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