Techalyzer

Romance is in the air this Spring and everybody is busy texting each other and leaving loving messages.  However sometimes you are not always getting the texts that you desire and in fact you find yourself at the other end of all kinds of misunderstandings thanks to the very nature of texting.

If you are always being texted by individuals who are not necessarily saying the things you like then you might enjoy this new program for your iPod called Cell Stickes by Fiona Carswell.  Basically if someone sends you a message that is odd or that is somewhat critical and insulting you can send them one back that sort of seems to have something to do with the message but in reality has nothing to do with it This is a stickie that you choose from a menu and then paste over the original message.  Basically it is a stickie placed over the real message to make it seem like a pleasant misunderstanding that changes the entire tone of the conversation has taken place.  You can also use these stickiest to diffuse ugly situations and make a normal conversation seem more romantic.

If you like hunting then you will love hunting bugs. Now a new fun gadget called the Fly Goodbye Pistol has been invented. This prevents you from having to smash up and mush up mosquitoes after you kill them.  This is basically pistol that has some glue at the bottom of it.  The challenge of course is to have good enough aim to actually aim and shoot the fly. The gun then sucks in the fly and it gets rapped inside the gun. It is on the market in may and it will cost about thirty bucks to buy.  Mostly it is only as effective as you are when it comes to aiming the gun and killing the bugs.  Otherwise what it really amounts to being is a very glamorous fly trap.

If you want to feel extra prosperous while working on your computer you can also get a gold bullion mouse. This mouse looks like a gold bar. It is made from plastic. It is a wireless mouse and it costs about forty dollar or so.  Basically you can use it as a form of wealth bringing Fang Shum. Who wouldn’t draw wealth to their business using a bar like this as a mouse? 

One of the weirdest gadgets seen online lately is the bat shaped clothes peg. This looks like an old fashioned wooden peg that you basically use to hang your clothes on a line to dry but instead of just wooden prongs you have bat wings holding it up.

that is bang designed to perform a thorough complexion analysis.  It allows you to see what your skin looks like up close and without makeup. It reveals things like bacteria and makeup but the most important thing it reveals is sun damage. Sun damage looks like dark spots that are just beneath the skin.  This type of scanning of the skin can tell you whether or not you have to go to the doctor to get your skin analyzed.  

We have known for a long time that sun, tanning-bed exposure and smoking make wrinkles and sun damage worse.  However in many cases, the damage could have occurred during one’s youth and cannot be changed. Early detection and preventive measures, along with a daily skin-care regimen, are essential for the health of skin.  That is exactly the value of this type of technology.

Wrinkles, age spots, changes in pigmentation and loss of elasticity are signs of skin damage. In the early stages, they can be difficult to detect simply by examining your face in a mirror. However pre-cancerous growths are not easy to see in the mirror.

The new technology is called the TruVu Digital Imaging System and it easily detects sun damage and other skin problems that may be other wise invisible to the naked eye.

One of the most advanced, state-of-the-art complexion analysis systems available, TruVu represents a multimilliondollar research-and-development investment by Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies. It was selected by the company as one of five sites in the U.S. to host the patented TruVu system.

TruVu’s uses state of the art lens, filters and polarized florescent and ultraviolet lights to allows you to see highlight fine lines, redness, irritation, bacterial activity, clogged pores and the effects of sun damage. Be forewarned!  When you first see yourself in this type of light you can look a little scary.

The device itself looks like a small round space age television set with a keyboard that helps you to do an in depth analysis of your own skin.TruVu’s sophisticated lens, filters and polarized florescent and ultraviolet lights highlight fine lines, redness, irritation, bacterial activity, clogged pores and the effects of sun damage beneath the skin’s surface.

It is expected that we will see this gadget in a lot of beauty salons soon but individuals will also be able to buy them.

Brain imaging technology is usually used for medical purposes, such as diagnosing strokes or finding tumors. However new uses for it have been discovered by marketers.  This brand of entrepreneurs are actually known as neuropreneurs.   This is a whole new breed of marketers that are using medical technology to spy on us to find out what turns us on or makes us geto out that credit card to pay for something.

Brain scans can help marketers see what goes on in our brains when we see products like cars, compuers or clothes that we really like.  Parts of the brain change on the scan and the marketers see these activated areas as evidence that we buy something.  Literallly areas of our brain actually light up when we like something.

Marketers say that they can use information from brain scans to help created improved products and services. However consumers are worried that if neuromarketers know what turns us on they will just learn how to exploit our brains so they can buy stuff from us.

Is this just another myth about the multi uses of technology? A recent article published by researchers at Carnegie Mellon, Stanford and the MIT Sloan School of Management reported that brain activation patterns captured by fMRI scans can be used to predict purchasing decisions, at least in laboratory studies.  An experiment was conducted in which the subjects were each given twenty bucks to spend on themselves or priced products that appear on a computer screen. 

Researchers discovered that the part of the brain circuit that activates pleasure lit up when the subjects were shown certain products.  This part of the brain is called the acumens nucleus.  If the subjects did not like what they saw the nsula which plays a part in the experience of painful emotions such as fear, disgust and anger was activated. The scientists were able to use these patterns of activation to accurately predict whether participants would choose to purchase each item.

The neuroscientists used taste tests and MRI scans to understand at the neurological level why Coca-Cola always outsells Pepsi. Brain scans showed increased activity in an area of the prefrontal cortex associated with thinking and judging when participants were shown a Coke can before tasting a beverage. The researchers concluded that brand information was significantly influencing participants’ preferences.  Just think of the potential for marketing us anything once marketers know how to activate these areas of our brain!

The question is now whether it is ethical for marketers to use these tactics in order to convince us to buy things or to wipe the competition out of the market.