It’s been a long day, and you have a screaming headache. You want to rub
your temples, but you’re tired and your arms feel heavy and cramp after like
three seconds. But why should we have to rub our own temples in this day and
age? We don’t. There’s a group of engineers out there ready to take care of
that for us, and their campaign is up on Indiegogo
If this company of
engineers had an “As Seen on TV” commercial, it would start like this: “From
the inventors of the Sleep Shepherd — the hat that helps you sleep — comes the
Who wants to rely on a whisk, a girlfriend (we can be moody and our hands get tired too), a drunk, or a clubhound named Klauss to get a head massage? No one, that’s who. So Mind Rocket made the Vi-Band portable, affordable and rechargeable. Portable, because girlfriends, drunks, and weirdos from the club can be expensive to transport, and pointy metal contraptions don’t go over well with airport security. Affordable because relaxation shouldn’t be the exclusive domain of the wealthy; after the campaign is fully funded a Vi-Band will go for about $30. Rechargeable because, as the Vi-Band website says, “Your head’s comfort shouldn’t depend on a pink bunny with an affinity for percussion instruments.”
The Vi-Band
is essentially a neoprene band with brushless vibration motors built into it
over your head’s pressure points. You get a massage without begging anyone to
do it for you, or annoying them and deafening yourself with electric buzzing.
An integrated printed circuit board lets you select massage modes. The battery
can be recharged via micro USB. Seems like the perfect accessory for long
trips, to go with your curved neck pillow. Now you can actually sleep instead
of just pretending you’re sleeping so the halitosis sufferer next to you won’t
feel the need to speak in your direction.
The
Vi-Band creators, Joe, Matt, Ryan and Tucker — aka Mind Rocket — are actually a
team of rocket scientists with a serious sense of humor and possibly no
girlfriends, as indicated by their YouTube video. Also, Matt and Ryan are
twins. Check out their pics if you doubt it.
Different band prints
are set to be released as rewards every $5,000 — this writer is especially fond
of the fictional ’80s dojo designs. The bands inspired by genetically modified
and martial arts-trained reptile aren’t bad either, but would probably be
better as massagers and sleep masks, since otherwise they make it look like you
have eyes on your forehead.
Back the campaign to put
in your two cents (or $2) on which designs they should manufacture. Since, as
we’ve said, this isn’t the group’s first rodeo, we can expect Vi-Bands to ship
on time if they hit their funding amount. Already over 65 percent and 22 days
still to go.
By Aliya Barnwell
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