11-20-2007, 08:56 AM
Quote:Some gadgets change the world. Others don't. These ones, however, are very effective at one thing in particular: teleporting money out of customers' pockets.
Q-Ray Bracelet
The FTC smacked down Q-Ray's "ionized" bracelet to the tune of $87m after the makers made deceptive advertising claims. The $200 placebo trinkets are still on sale, however the ad copy just makes vague intimations of "wellness" and the like instead of specific medical claims.
Whether "ionization" even does anything, however, is a moot point. Tested by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation at an electron microscopy lab, it found that the thing wasn't ionized at all. Even for true believers, it's a waste of wonga...
full article: http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2007/11/10....html#more
