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GEARFUSE: The Happiness Hat Tortures You Into Smiling
Gizmodo: The Happiness Hat Will Spike Your Skull [Happiness]
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smile forcefully ! http://bit.ly/SE205 16 days ago |
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LOL here's the solution: The Happiness Hat Forces You to Smile (or get a spike in the head) http://bit.ly/1D6nLx 18 days ago |
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wonder if a beanie is an acceptable look at work? http://bit.ly/SsSoC 20 days ago |
The Happiness Hat Tortures You Into Smiling
GEARFUSE —
happiness-hat1 You will smile and you will like it! The Happiness Hat is designed to sense when you’re smiling. If you’re not smiling, the hat shoves a metal spike into your scalp until you are smiling . How’s that for a little extra motivation? The device is designed to teach you “improved social-interacting.” Why… ow… so… ow… serious? happiness-hat2 happiness-hat3 Link [ via ]
The Happiness Hat Will Spike Your Skull [Happiness]
Gizmodo —
... you in the back of the head with a metal spike. Nothing makes people happier than sharp skull pain! The whole thing is a project by interactive artist and designer Lauren McCarthy, designed to train you towards "Improved Social Interacting." On the one hand, it seems like something out of a dystopian nightmare. On the other, you have such a pretty mouth when you smile! Why not show it off? [Lauren McCarthy via Core77]
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Happiness Hat like braces for your smile
MAKE Magazine —
... by Lauren McCarthy is very jolly at all. Intended to help one train themselves to smile, it uses a bend sensor to detect if it's wearer is smiling, and then stabs them with a meta spike (!) if they aren't. I could easily imagine this being part of the official dress code in some creepy dystopian society. Interesting take on a personal augmentation device, though. [via core77] ...
Happiness Hat jabs you in the head, dude just smile!
Gizmo Watch —
... Happiness Hat by artist, designer Lauren McCarthy. The Hat has a bend sensor attached to the cheek, which measures your smile, so when it senses you not smiling, a servo motor orders a metal spike to strike the head in the back, reminding the wearer to smile again. Okay, my pokes couldn’t get people smiling, a metal dash in the head could do the trick, well thoughtout, Lauren.
Via: Vimeo/Core77
No more frowning with the Happiness Hat
Gizmodiva.com —
... why this Happiness Hat created by interactive artist and designer Lauren McCarthy is just what I need. It's such a cool little hat that it senses that you aren't smiling and shoves a metal spike into your head until you do. So it's either smile or wince in pain. It's quite ruthless, but anything to spread some happiness around.
happiness hat from Lauren McCarthy on Vimeo.
[Core77]
Knit hat stabs you in the head if you don't smile
Boing Boing —
... has sensors that detect when you're smiling — when you're not smiling, it sticks a metal spike into your head. Here's a short description from her web site:
An enclosed bend sensor attaches to the cheek and measures smile size, a servo motor moves a metal spike into the head inversely proportional to the degree of smile. Through repeated use of this conditioning device you can train your brain to smile all the time.
Happiness Hat web page via Core77
