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<p>From their <a href="https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/elf-emmit-a-wearable-for-the-optimized-self-sleep#/">indiegogo page</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>ELF emmit: A Wearable for the Optimized Self</p>
<p>ELF emmit improves focus, sleep, stress, &amp; more, combining ancient traditions and modern technology.</p>
<p>ELF emmit uses non-invasive and FDA Approved technology to actively influence positive change in your daily life by emitting pulses at specific frequencies, optimized to attain a desired state of mind, at any given moment.</p></blockquote>
<p>They claim they can change any one of the 5 brainwave types: gamma, beta, alpha, delta, or theta by emitting &#8220;pulses&#8221; at certain frequencies.</p>
<p>I have a friend who is a mechanical engineer. He previously worked for companies that manage proton therapy systems. I showed him the indiegogo page and this is what he said:</p>
<p>&#8220;Yeah, this is bullshit. In TMS, the instantaneous coil current is actually very high, into the kiloamps. A headphone output will provide maybe 500 mW of power into some fairly high resistance. All they did was put that output through a very small coil. In other words, if this worked, we would be dead if we brought our heads next to a power transformer.&#8221;</p>
<p>So yeah. ELF Emmit = Snake Oil. $119 Snake Oil.</p>
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