happiness hat

The Happiness Hat is a wearable device that detects if you're smiling and provides pain feedback if you're not. 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. This is the first in a series of Tools for Improved Social-Interacting.

http://www.lauren-mccarthy.com/happinesshat

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• happiness
• hat
• wearable
• interactive
• art
• design
• ucla
• arduino

[damnfunnychicken]

i hate this world -.-

[Zelduh]

Hello, I'd like to play a game.

You've been very ungrateful with the life you've been given. You should appreciate what you have.

Attached to your head is a device. It can sense if you're smiling. If you don't smile, an alarm will ring. 2 seconds later your head will explode. Enjoy your life and smile, or you're not going to even be able to frown.

[EMINEM6343]

Thumbs up if you saw this in a Ripley's Believe It Or Not book.

[xXoOoPaulaOoOxX]

yy.. o.O

[sightseek3r]

BEATINGS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MORALE IMPROVES.

[INSULTINGKLOWN]

@jeanmarie1975 oh no it is

[DeadlyInsomnia]

Ouch

[BaalKoRn]

whoa! :S This must be "the fcuking horror hat" :S

[BKI33]

Tourture is not allowed, but to gain some commercial profit the devices should be placed further down the neck and the pin should be replaced with a less harmfull device. If you then let the mechanism work vice versa it should be distributed to every civil servant around the world to ensure that they smile when you ask them to do their work.

[Dekaar]

to bad that you can't order this :/ Perfect present for my pa