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The Trust Wristband: A Must for Any State or Federal Regulator

cityfile · 03/17/09 11:43AM

Here's an accessory that Andrew Cuomo should really consider keeping around the office so he's prepared the next time he grills another Wall Street CEO: the Truth Wristband Kit that was just released by Make magazine. How does it work? "The wearable device dynamically reflects your psycho-emotional response to the world, promoting internal states to be externalized and made into interactive forms of expression. Measuring the galvanic skin response (a marker of emotional arousal commonly used in lie detector tests), this device's lights turn from blue to red as the wearer becomes aroused." In other words, Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis and the boys at AIG don't stand a chance. [Make]

Scoble promises to get his kid off World of Warcraft

Jordan Golson · 03/13/08 05:41PM

Robert Scoble found Make Magazine's Phil Torrone at SXSW. After exchanging pleasantries, Phil made Robert promise to get his kid to do projects and get him off World of Warcraft. "Do you think the world's problems will be solved with World of Warcraft or by engineers?"