The keycase that requires you to be real psyched about driving
By Barb Dybwad 
posted Jul 7th 2005 9:03AM
posted Jul 7th 2005 9:03AM
Dude, are you pumped up about your ride? No, we mean it — you gotta be really friggin' excited, aight, and you can't be fakin' it neither because Crispin Jones's keycase won't even open if you're just feeling ho-hum. It uses a galvanic skin response sensor to measure your level of excitement, and if you pass the threshold it'll reveal its contents — otherwise, you're S.O.L. You're just gonna have to find some way of making that next grocery run feel really, really fresh.
Why did this thing have to be invented?
The article says it detects sweat on your finger. Maybe you could lick your finger if you're bored out of your skull?
I'm usually pretty excited when I get into my Cadillac EXT but I would never be stupid enough to put my keys or anything of value in this thing leaving my chances of opening it to chance.
This gadget is going to be a huge FLOP!
I think this is great! It's just a way of imparting a little bit more chance into life. For us singles with boring jobs, or too much time to spend in the house, or with a little bit too much regularity: perfect. Granted, I like it when things are out of control...
How about having it open after detecting something even more exciting, like a low blood-alcohol level?
If something like this was implemented on a car, along with fingerprint recognition, it could keep people from cutting off fingers to steal cars. Not that it's something that happens too often, but the paranoid would sure appreciate it. It would be annoying though, to have to do something to get yourself excited everytime you were getting in your car.
"I have a headache."
"But sweetie, I need to pick up Johnny from soccer practice and the box says I'm not excited enough!"
I'd never make it to work if I kept my keys in one of these.
*places thumb on device* *fails*
*gets flat head screw driver* *starts car*
"Sorry, I can't come to work today. I'm just not psyched enough."
Heh.
I think that this is a poorly designed attemt to reduce travellers. If you dont really want to/need to drive then in wont let you... to bad it wont work that way.
yeah, #5...because that's really exciting!
(sarcasm)
haha this is great :D what a utterly useless gadget. :)