Dr. Whippy keeps the soft serve comin' to cheer you up

Ah c'mon, it's essentially a foregone conclusion that ice cream leads to happiness, so it's no surprise to hear of an invention like Dr. Whippy. This ingenious device reportedly analyzes ones voice as he / she answers questions and determines how stressed the individual is, and as you may expect, the more unhappy one seems, the more ice cream is dispensed. Score one for the pessimists.

[Via WeMakeMoneyNotArt]

[Zach J @ Sep 12th 2007 8:22PM]

sigh... vanilla

[Jide Osan @ Sep 12th 2007 8:23PM]

soft serve has been abolished in NY

[KiraXD @ Sep 12th 2007 8:25PM]

Emo Ice Cream... great just what the world needs lol,

[Akiosarin @ Sep 12th 2007 9:57PM]

couldnt agree more xD one emo = entire ice cream contents in one machine, let alone the country ^__^

[Cosmos @ Sep 12th 2007 8:26PM]

But, if you're really happy and it only gives you a little, then wouldn't that make you unhappy?

[Chris @ Sep 12th 2007 8:34PM]

Yes, it's a viscous cycle.

[nowhere @ Sep 12th 2007 8:42PM]

Then you ask it for more, it makes you happy either way in the end.

[bodypainter @ Sep 22nd 2007 12:26PM]

That's exactly what happened to a friend of mine who tested this art-installation on the ars electronica in lin/austria a few days ago...

[richard @ Sep 12th 2007 9:05PM]

Mmmmmm, viscosity... softserve isn't very viscous though.

[Chris @ Sep 12th 2007 9:27PM]

Ah crap. I wish I could say that typo was supposed to be a pun.

[beef @ Sep 14th 2007 5:47AM]

Actually I consider soft-serve to be pretty viscous compared to water. Maybe not compared to 'real' ice-cream though.

Ah the great conversations on tech blogs.

[engaget_Robin @ Sep 12th 2007 8:27PM]

Wow ... a product that rewards unhappiness? Sounds like a emo trainer.

[riggs @ Sep 13th 2007 8:27AM]

gotta cut em all!

[fernando @ Sep 12th 2007 8:34PM]

If I talk about Bush the machine would run out of ice cream

[Matt @ Sep 12th 2007 9:16PM]

Keep politics out of this! For Heaven's sake we get enough of this crap as it is! Is nothing sacred anymore!?!

[humpty @ Sep 12th 2007 8:42PM]

Frozen yogurt for me, thanks.

[Mike @ Sep 12th 2007 8:46PM]

so what if it detects cut wrists.... sprinkles?!?!

[Dave @ Sep 12th 2007 8:50PM]

I'm so fat it's making me depressed.
HERE HAVE SOME MORE ICE CREAM.

[Akiosarin @ Sep 12th 2007 9:58PM]

LMAO XD!!!!!!!!

[Beata Yamin @ Sep 12th 2007 8:55PM]

This is the stupidest waste of time these people should put their efforts into curing cancer or something because people can determine how much ice cream the want with out the help from this machine.
Sorry I'm just in a bad mood.

More ice cream sir?

*Smashes machine*

Now I'm happy

[riggs @ Sep 13th 2007 8:29AM]

well no ice cream for you sir or madam.

[keithwwalker @ Sep 12th 2007 8:57PM]

and if you are feeling vulnerable, Dr. Whippy takes advantage of you...

[Tom @ Sep 12th 2007 9:03PM]

If I hold a crying baby up to it, will it break down?

[Tavis Veighey @ Sep 12th 2007 9:11PM]

I am confused, is this susposed to cheer you up, or reward you for being depressed?

I mean if my dog does something bad, and I give her a cookie, that encourages her to do that bad thing again...

[nate @ Sep 12th 2007 9:23PM]

but we are not dogs.

[Tavis Veighey @ Sep 12th 2007 9:42PM]

OK how about this then...

You have a 3 year old. 3 year old crys. You had 3 year old a cookie. 3 year old learns that you get a cookie when you cry...

ANd before you try to say, "But I am not 3 years old". Think about it this way, if you get a reward for a behavior, are you likely to repeat that behavor? If you answer no...... Then you are lying. ;)

[Patrick @ Sep 13th 2007 1:09AM]

Ah crap! That would have been...
uh...that was a good one..."viscous". haha. errrr...

[kyle allen @ Sep 12th 2007 9:33PM]

does this remind anyone else of the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy?

[Tony @ Sep 12th 2007 9:35PM]

was on giz yesterday.

come on engadget! at least spy on them!

[David @ Sep 12th 2007 9:39PM]

What if you're lactose intollerant?
"No, I don't want ice cream, I mean it! I really really mean it!"
I can only imagine this was the idea of some very cruel people.

[squeak @ Sep 13th 2007 11:16AM]

If you are allergic to bees, would you stand and poke the beehive then? ;)

[mark @ Sep 12th 2007 10:12PM]

now thats an invention worth talking about!

[Ryan Durbin @ Sep 12th 2007 10:18PM]

wouldn't less ice cream make you unhappy, or more ice cream encourage unhappiness...

[jbcaro @ Sep 12th 2007 11:55PM]

I am so 3 scoops of pistachio

[Burzhui @ Sep 13th 2007 12:12AM]

yum yums

[Andrew @ Sep 13th 2007 12:41AM]

What if you're frowning cause it's your turn to clean the damn thing?

There's a reason why they don't sell domestic sno freez machines...

[Patrick @ Sep 13th 2007 1:10AM]

Lol! My stomach! I have never laughed at a posting here so hard. Just a little obscure, don't you think? Maybe if you want more ice cream you can repeat what you did for a smaller amount, or even push a button, pull a level, turn a dial...but really, the voice says it all.
BTW, KiraXD, I also didn't realize the emo were into ice cream that much. I know what I'm getting my emo family member next Christmas! iiiiiice cream!!!

[Rynth @ Sep 13th 2007 4:23AM]

He's called Cr Whippy cus' he makes the girls slippy..

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[triptogenetica @ Sep 13th 2007 6:11AM]

thankyou Margaret Thatcher.

[Twitchy @ Sep 13th 2007 6:25AM]

Well done...automated comfort food.

[Butter @ Sep 13th 2007 7:28AM]

Wow, this thing better be accurate, cause if I'm stressed and this thing doesn't get exactly how much, I'm reacting like my girlfriend. Hope this thing likes sleeping on the sofa.

[Ike @ Sep 13th 2007 8:08AM]

Aren't emotionally distressed people more likely to become obese? This must be the invention of a "pharmaceutical company". More sick people, more money spent on meds.

[pAT @ Sep 13th 2007 10:14AM]

How f'd up do you have to be to get caramel sauce?

[IrishGandalf @ Sep 13th 2007 11:00AM]

but will it blend?

[Warren @ Sep 13th 2007 11:31AM]

Si I don't get it. If I'm happy - I don't get ice cream? Wouldn't that condition me to be sadder and sadder, especially if I like soft serve?
What kind of idiot would make a machine like this?

[Brad @ Sep 13th 2007 12:58PM]

I think its great that it encourages you to eat to handle depression. Isn't that a wonderful idea? Is it any wonder this country has dietary issues? People self-medicate with food all the time.

[Handle IT @ Sep 13th 2007 1:55PM]

I see the cone as half empty.

[silvarga @ Sep 13th 2007 2:35PM]

I'd like to buy one of these for Chris Crocker. If it doesn't make him at least a *little* happier about Britney Spears, then it will inevitably drown him in a sea of melted ice cream quicksand.

On another note, If it offered coffee flavored ice cream laced with cyanide, this would make a great Starbucks Suicide Kiosk.