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    Image of Curves Curves
    11/13/09

    In reply to NeuroStar TMS Depression Therapy System First To Be Given FDA Approval
    I thought shock therapy went out in the 50s. #neurostar
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    Image of pete1061 pete1061
    11/13/09

    @Curves: This seems a lot more targeted and gentile than shock therapy. #neurostar
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    Image of LastAndLeast LastAndLeast
    11/13/09

    @pete1061: and y'know, not actually electrical. Article says it's magnetism. #neurostar
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    Image of Curves Curves
    11/13/09

    @LastAndLeast: Definition: "Magnetic fields surround magnetic materials and electric currents and are detected by the force they exert on other magnetic materials and moving electric charges". Sounds pretty electrical to me. #neurostar
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    Image of roflwaffles is attempting hipster irony roflwaffles is attempting hipster irony
    11/13/09

    @Curves:
    It's powered by electricity, but doesn't use it on the patient.
    For example, a dentist wouldn't use electricity to polish a tooth. #neurostar
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    Image of Curves Curves
    11/13/09

    @roflwaffles is attempting hipster irony: I am all for it if it helps people, but it just sounds really bad. I am, personally, crazy, but thank goodness not THAT crazy. #neurostar
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    11/13/09

    @Curves: The magnetic field as described in the definition above does not carry any electric current, it is the result of the electric current. To understand the relation, electrical engineers use something called the right hand rule. If you put your hand in front of you and point your thumb up as if hitch-hiking and keep your other fingers half-curled, then the thumb shows the direction that the current flows through the wire, and your other fingers shows the direction the magnetic field travels radially around the wire (outside the wire). This is why electromagnets make normal magnets more powerful, because whenever current flows through a wire it always creates a magnetic field as well. The device described in the article is much like sticking a magnet against your forehead, except they are able to control the strength and how often the magnet is on (somewhat similar to an MRI). There would be no electrical shock at all. #neurostar
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    11/13/09

    @NotEdible: I love it when you guys get all technical. I learn an amazing amount of stuff on Giz, which is why I read it. Thanks.

    And still I think this therapy is kind of creepy. #neurostar
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    Image of NotEdible NotEdible
    11/13/09

    @Curves: No problem ;-) And despite my comment about no electrical shock, it is pretty creepy. I'm really curious as to why this would actually do anything. I wouldn't really want anything passing fields through my head, although with things like cellphones and even headphones we already do. Alas. #neurostar
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    Image of Curves Curves
    11/13/09

    @NotEdible: I figured out how it works. The patient is so terrified by this s/he SWEARS they are better so they dont have to go through it. I know it would scare ME straight. #neurostar
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    Image of Kristofer Kathmann Kristofer Kathmann
    11/13/09

    @Curves: If you think electroshock is scary, you should watch this TED Talk discussing how the presenter's life was saved by it. It was moving to me and changed my perception of the treatment.

    [www.ted.com] #neurostar
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    Image of Jacubious Jacubious
    11/13/09

    In reply to NeuroStar TMS Depression Therapy System First To Be Given FDA Approval
    Apparently dentists have an abnormally high suicide rate compared to other professions, so that chair might be quite soothing for those who need it. #neurostar
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    Image of Shadowlayer Shadowlayer
    01/02/09

    In reply to Google to Save Money by Getting Product Ideas From Users, Not Paying Them
    This is some VW-grade news, Owen where are you dude?
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    Image of frigg frigg
    01/02/09

    In reply to Google to Save Money by Getting Product Ideas From Users, Not Paying Them
    As the guy who invented the strawberry and let it slip into the public domain (who ever thought a clump of red seeds would take off), I'm not so sure I'd want to just give away any new idea I had.


    For example, my first thought was to suggest Google develop an automated process to enable end users to search for specific unknown sites using no more than keywords and phrases, kind of like a universal search routine for the web. I mean, if anyone could do it, Google could. But then I figured... am I about the make the same mistake twice? Besides, anyone with enough motivation can just use Archie and pretty much find anything they want.

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    Image of sir_pantsalot sir_pantsalot
    01/02/09

    In reply to Google to Save Money by Getting Product Ideas From Users, Not Paying Them
    I wish the people who created the software that I use all day would have at some point accepted input from users instead of just the software engineers who created it.
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    Image of Pixlmonkey Pixlmonkey
    01/02/09

    In reply to Google to Save Money by Getting Product Ideas From Users, Not Paying Them
    I've said it for years: portable wearable air conditioner. Make one and get rich.


    Oh, btw, for shame google, for shame.

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    Image of frigg frigg
    01/02/09

    @Pixlmonkey: I recall Sharper Image made something along those lines...
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    01/02/09

    In reply to Google to Save Money by Getting Product Ideas From Users, Not Paying Them
    Big hairy deal. Apple and Microsoft (among others) saves money by having paying customers work out the kinks in rev1 hardware.


    It's good to see Google following industry practices.

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    Image of Killjoy Killjoy
    11/17/08

    In reply to The World's Most Depressed People Watch the Most TV
    @medopal: Ever notice how people who watch a lot of TV will act as if they're in a sitcom or a soap opera?
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    Image of Curves Curves
    11/17/08

    @Killjoy: Giz is a soap opera but with really cool toys.
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    11/16/08

    In reply to The World's Most Depressed People Watch the Most TV
    I dont buy it. I hardly watch tv and I am certifiable.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    11/16/08

    @Curves: Certifiably insane or did you mean clinically depressed?
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    Image of Curves Curves
    11/17/08

    @Jrsy is the dude, playing the dude, disguised as another du...: Just your basic garden variety type insanity. I have been judged by a professional to be "reasonably stable". (WTF that means I am not sure.)
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    11/17/08

    @Curves: It means stable enough to function in society until such time as an event or situation triggers an instant nuclear meltdown...


    So basically no better or worse than the majority of us..

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    Image of B52HVet B52HVet
    11/16/08

    In reply to The World's Most Depressed People Watch the Most TV
    The exact second I finished reading this article, I heard the tagline from the commercial playing on my tv... "Charter, The best reality out there". Whatever happened to tv being an escape from reality, not a substitute for it?
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    Image of Gilbert Tang Jr. Gilbert Tang Jr.
    11/16/08

    In reply to The World's Most Depressed People Watch the Most TV
    And the world's happiest scoff while reading articles such as these on the Internet. That is the antithesis, right? Happy = web?


    I sure as hell hope so.

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    Image of grawss grawss
    11/16/08

    In reply to The World's Most Depressed People Watch the Most TV
    I'm depressed because I watch TV and I watch TV because I'm depressed. :(
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    Image of Ben Nadler Ben Nadler
    11/16/08

    @grawss: Isn't that the truth.
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    Image of purple-pillows purple-pillows
    11/16/08

    In reply to The World's Most Depressed People Watch the Most TV
    any link between aimless web browsing and depression yet?
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    11/16/08

    @purple-pillows: I'm conducting my own personal study...
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