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Patent 6,277,079 -- A Love Accessory
Posted by Paul Szynol on Monday, December 02 @ 02:57:14 EST Oddities
The patent is for "an earring that flashes in synchronism with the wearer's heartbeat."

The earring can detect medical conditions -- a syncopated flash for arrhythmia, I suppose -- but the inventors recommend the device for "a lover . . . [who wants] to determine when his or her partner is excited by observing the rate at which the partner's earring flashes."

Probably a fairly good lie detector, too.

A New York Times article lists an array of interesting inventions -- patent 6,277,079 among them.

 
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