Hapbee - Choose How You Feel - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 04, 2020, 02:09:47 am
content: Such a blatant scam.https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/hapbee-choose-how-you-feel#/Check out who the investors are:https://hapbee.com/teamThey are also owners of the two companies they are "Featured By"

author: SiliconWizard
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 04, 2020, 02:47:11 am
content: Ahah, no kidding!That sounds like bad news for the antidepressant market.Seriously though, if such a simple gadget could actually modulate the mood of anyone, that could potentially be a very dangerous tool. It's obvious it can't work, but the idea itself (especially since it seems to be controllable through a phone app - how secure) is a complete non-sense from any safety POV. Talk about remote mind control!

author: Haenk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 04, 2020, 08:08:28 am
content: Put a speaker minus the cone under your pillow, turn up some fancy AC/DC (hah, got them there!) music, sleep happily ever after and feel relaxed.

author: TomS_
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 05, 2020, 02:23:33 am
content: They say they use patented technology, so the details of how this supposedly works should be publicly accessible somewhere?

author: Cyberdragon
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 05, 2020, 04:57:24 am
content: Quote from: TomS_ on March 05, 2020, 02:23:33 am(cartoon villain voice)Yes, give me the blueprints for the ultimate mind control device! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAWhat?! What do you mean it's fake?! How dare you foil my plans again!

author: lwatts666
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 06, 2020, 07:54:18 am
content: It comes in two versions:1) Full Commercial Version - Makes you feel angry that you paid hard earned money for this junk.2) Freeware version - Makes you feel happy you didn't have to pay for this junk.

author: Bud
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 06, 2020, 08:45:56 am
content: The actors looked like dorks with that thing around their neck.

author: romelec
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: March 06, 2020, 10:30:44 am
content: They put this link in an update with the patent list:https://emulatetx.com/patents/Also:QuoteThe study in question:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6499013/Quote

author: SiliconWizard
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 06, 2020, 03:07:06 pm
content: QuoteYeah, it sounds encouraging.

author: Cyberdragon
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 06, 2020, 04:33:37 pm
content: Why has this campaign not been closed yet?Oh that's right, the people running crowd funding crap have less mental capacity than a damn ferret!

author: chickenHeadKnob
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 07, 2020, 03:25:07 am
content: EEvblog citizens, what is your boggle? What this device will become was foreshadowed in the prophetic film Demolition Man. In this film the device enabled Sylvester Stallone to have remote sex with Sandra Bollocks.I need this. I want this. For research purpose only, and not with Sandra Bollocks though, as she is too old now.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 08, 2020, 11:35:56 am
content: A little birdie told me this is what's inside:A Nordic nRF BLE moduleA TI class-D audio amplifier. This drives the "output coil". It's not even wired up correctly -- there's a DC offset issue caused by not following recommendations in the datasheet.A little tamper detect switch! Easily bypassed, though.A TI BGA lighting controller for the LEDs.This is what it does:Plays back "songs" stored as... triple-encrypted WAV files.Interferes with your (analog) headphones, if you wear it just rightHas a light!Transfers money away from stupid peopleIt's complete woo-woo.And it's design is based on a previous product that is supposed to fight cancerhttps://emulatetx.com/Same company director for both Hapbee and this woo-woo.

author: Cyberdragon
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 08, 2020, 08:54:49 pm
content: These people need to be arrested at this point.I left them a surprise in their contacts with hilarious fake info and a nasty message.As someone who lost family to cancer, it's fucking disgusting when quack medical scammers claim "cures deadly diseases".

author: SiliconWizard
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 09, 2020, 05:25:29 pm
content: Quote from: EEVblog on March 08, 2020, 11:35:56 amSo this would be supposed to be some attempt at transcranial magnetic stimulation?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcranial_magnetic_stimulationThe Hapbee whatever doesn't possibly have any of the required characteristics for being able to leverage any of this. And obviously if it ever did, it would qualify as a medical device IMO, and that would be end of the story for Hapbee instantly. (I'm sure it is already anyway.)

author: MrMobodies
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 09, 2020, 10:37:46 pm
content: I don't think wearing a collar would make me happy regardless what they say it is suppose to do and this is with any type of collar.They look strange to me wearing such a big collar as if they were dog without the leash and all of the suppose reviewers are the company.I also noticed on the Genius Network page on Thunderf00ts video that Forbes is an affiliate and I see an article they wrote:https://www.forbes.com/sites/cherylsnappconner/2014/09/30/the-top-10-entrepreneurs-whove-inspired-marketing-star-joe-polish/#87359b477603QuoteI thought that collar for what it does is marketing hype.Their people in their video looked like they were genuinely eager to hear the "great content" that all they provided.

author: mcovington
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 10, 2020, 01:14:25 am
content: Quote from: SiliconWizard on March 04, 2020, 02:47:11 amBINGO! If it works, there are safety concerns. If it doesn't work, there are honesty concerns.

author: mcovington
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 10, 2020, 01:16:32 am
content: Quote from: SiliconWizard on March 09, 2020, 05:25:29 pmBIG POINT! Have they made any attempt to get US regulatory approval for this as a medical device? If not, their future career may be rather short!

author: golden_labels
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 10, 2020, 03:07:52 am
content: But this deviceisbacked by science. Look, the placebo effect is very well studied and science confirms its existence!I also testify that Hapbee made me double-facepalm, which certainly is a change in mood. It did that despite the distance, and it was done by just emitting electromagnetic radiation (around 600THz), which induced electric current in various electronic components and then made photons being fired at my eyes, producing short changes in electric potential on my neurons.And I am not a mouse! As far as I know.

author: blacksheeplogic
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 11, 2020, 01:05:39 am
content: Quote from: golden_labels on March 10, 2020, 03:07:52 amExactly, this will work for the believers.Also, I am all for products like this that help idiots to stand-out in the crowd.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 11, 2020, 03:19:00 am
content: New video:

author: cavac
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: March 11, 2020, 08:02:25 pm
content: Quote from: SiliconWizard on March 06, 2020, 03:07:06 pmEEVblog readers are clearly very capable of drawing conclusions from an intentionally dodgy study design. Our conclusions just might be a tad different than what the people paying for the study might have hoped for.

author: Mark19960
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 16, 2020, 12:32:22 am
content: When I saw Thunderf00t post about this load of rubbish I had a chuckle.I said to myself... didn't Doc Brown try something similar with a collander and some valves?I have to wonder if that's where they got the idea.I sort of liked Doc Brown's implementation better. He was trying to read minds.Oh bloody hell... I might have just outed their next widget. A Bluetooth suction cup add-on.

author: Beamin
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 05, 2021, 10:41:20 pm
content: Just found this video on youtube and thuderfoots here is what they are ripping off. Magnetic fields do work:I had TMS(Trans magnetic stimulation of your brain) a REAL medical treatment where they put magnets around your brain. It makes your fingers twitch and can give you buzzing in your head. It costs $10's of thousands of dollars needs to be over seen by a real MD doctor and nurse and requires 20-30 45min long treatments. If you have real depression or anxiety (And good insurance) try TMS* . Works for most people lasts a few months just like the hapbee!!!!!! This is what I'm guessing they ripped the idea off of. When researching TMS I saw all kinds of products just like this all costing 100's of dollars each, none of them work. Not even an original scam.How people still fall for this when you can look everything up on google fascinates me.Any updates on them going bust or being taken down/FTC complaints?PS Canned foods are 22.4648Hz everybody knows that.