"a crystal oscillator sits at the core...resonate with the frequencies of the human energy system"

[uppityperson]

Reading my Massage Therapy Journal (official mag from AMTA, american massage therapy association, our professional organization which is devoted to professionalizing massage therapy, giving info out about mt, helping with continuing ed, and providing professional liability insurance), I came across this gem.

BALANCING ENERGY
Research on the effectiveness of Sympathetic Resonance Technology (tm) (SRT) in balancing and enhancing the human biofield is promising. The Q-Link is said to strengthen resistance to stress, enhance athletic performance and minimize effects of electromagnetic pollution. A crystal oscillator sits at the core of the pendant and works like a tuning fork to resonate with the frequencies of the human energy system. Frontier scientist Beverly Rubik, in a 2001 white paper, showed how this new paradigm technology works. Australian researcher Rodney Croft's 2002 peer-revied study showed that STR can lessen the effects of mobile phones on the nervous system. Pro golfers and Olympic athletes are among those who sing Q-Links praises. You're supposed to wear the Q-Link pendant at the middle of your chest all the time.. You can wear it under your clothes, and it's waterproof so you can leave it on when you bathe. I wore one for the recommended 30-day trial period (at which point you can ask for your money back if not satisfied), and found myself very sensitive to it. I had particularly vivid dreams. I fell like my computer stamina improved, and I noticed I had a higher level of energy while working. The Q-Link pendant could be a product of choice for the busy massage therapist

http://www.qlinkproducts.com/p_how_works.shtml
White acrylic pendant costs $99.95, but I'd recommend the titanium one for only $239.95 or the brushed gold one which is merely $999.00! Buy 2, they're small!

Maybe I should put together my unethical massage therapy package and make a fortune.

[salvorhardin]

1. Ah, the Q-Link

Surely the gold standard in woo-vertising.

Consisting of nothing but a small coil of copper wire, a printed circuit board and a surface-mount zero-ohm resistor all connected to... absolutely nothing.

But don't let that deceive you, oh no. You see, so says the intrepid inventor, the Q-Link doesn't use electronic components "in a conventional electronic way". Oh, and supposedly there's some magic pixie dust embedded in the resin holding it all together. My guess is it does nothing in an absolutely conventional way though.

http://www.badscience.net/2007/05/the-amazing-qlink-science-pedant/

[bluedawg12]

2. Sounds like a fancy vibrator.

:evilgrin: