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Cure Hiccups

Cure Hiccups

Yesterday, in our quieted Fabrica building, the topic of curing hiccups by sticking a finger up one's anus came up a number of times. I stumbled upon this today. It seems, maybe, a bit more civil...


This device (which peculiarly looks like a hands-free version of one of those "cup and string" phones) is a metallic cup with one electrode making contact with your cheek and another electrode making contact with the temple. When the cup is full of water and you begin to drink, an electrical circuit is created, thus stimulating the vagus and phrenic nerves and "reliably interrupting the Hiccup Reflexive Arc."

via Design Corner

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ReBlogged by matt prins on Oct 10, 2006 at 10:47 AM Posted by matt prins on Oct 10, 2006 at 10:47 AM

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