Posted on 08/23/2010 3:27:29 AM PDT by mattstat
Power to the people! In the form of a small silicone bracelet into which is embedded a Star-Trek-The-Next-Generation-esque hologram (an entire deck being outside the range of present technology).
Athletes and, even more importantly, celebrities the world over have begun to don the Power Balance wrist trinket in the pre-Copernican belief that its vibrational powers will aid them in their quest for glory.
According to the website, the bracelet is “designed to work with your body’s natural energy field. Founded by athletes, Power Balance is a favorite among elite athletes for whom balance, strength and flexibility are important.” The hologram itself
is based on the idea of optimizing the body’s natural energy flow, similar to concepts behind many Eastern philosophies. The hologram in Power Balance is designed to resonate with and respond to the natural energy field of the body.
Shaquille O’Neal wears one. He says that it “really works!” O’Neal remembers one game in which “there were about three of my teammates with the product on and we won that game by 57 points!” His towering seven-foot-one inches and weighing in the vicinity of a Volkswagen Beetle apparently had nothing to do with it.
England’s Daily Mail, in yet another scoop, is reporting that actors Gerard Butler, Robert De Niro, Demi Moore and others more important than you or I will ever be are wearing the trinket, too. The paper quotes co-inventor Josh Rodarmel (his brother Troy was the other inventor):
Power Balance Band
Everything in nature has a set frequency. The body has a frequency and things which cause negativity to the human body – like cellphones and radiowaves – break down its natural healing frequency...
(Excerpt) Read more at wmbriggs.com ...
I could quit drinking and achieve the same effect.
How can this be advertised on TV? What a crock. The commercial seems to aim at oldsters who are afraid of falling.
Oh geez. I've heard more believable technobabble on Star Trek.
Wooly,
But not have nearly as much enjoyment.
Makes as much sense as trying to spend our way out of debt.
>>> the bracelet is “designed to work with your body’s natural energy field. Founded by athletes, Power Balance is a favorite among elite athletes for whom balance, strength and flexibility are important.”
Hologram is a new wrinkle on an old scam. Copper bracelets have been pushed this way for ages.
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I hope it works better than the copper bracelet. :)
Unfortunately, I know a Christian pastor who has taken up selling these things. His version calls these little lucky charms “bioantennas”.
Who invented it; Gene Roddenberry?
A mind over matter thing. Power of suggestion. People are such smucks sometimes. Remember the copper bracelets that was supposed to cure arthritis among other things?
The demonstration of its power was really very impressive.
I was asked to stand up straight with my feet together. My arms were at my sides and I was asked to cup my right hand. The salesperson then placed her fist into my hand and then transferred her weight to my arm.
Without the bracelet, I was easily pulled off balance toward the side she was on. With the bracelet I was able to support her weight without tipping over to the side.
It appears to me that the demonstrator simply needs to shift slightly the direction of the force they are applying to get the effect they want.
If they lean on my right hand with the direction of their force toward the center of my right foot, then no torque will be exerted to my body and I will be able to support their weight.
If she leans on my right hand with the direction of their force just slightly toward the right side of my right foot, then there will be a torque applied to my body with no way for me to counter it. The torque will cause me to rotate around the outer edge of my right foot and I will begin rotating out of balance.
It's a pretty neat trick when performed by somebody who is good at it. The shift in direction of the force is extremely slight and would be difficult to detect.
Shaquille O’Neal wears one. He says that it “really works!” O’Neal remembers one game in which “there were about three of my teammates with the product on and we won that game by 57 points!”
Of course it was the bracelet that did it, what was I thinking.
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