CHEAP!

I am looking to market a small, hand-held device that can be carried
around and can be discreetly pointed at unsuspecting people, like women,
politicians, bank managers and the rest.

A manufacturer in China who can give me a world-wide exclusive and a
strict promise of no counterfeiting would be ideal.

The target cost is US$2 but any less could take your answer into Tip Territory. 

Only an ACCREDITED RESEARCHER of THREE YEARS' STANDING who is also a
NATIVE CHINESE SPEAKER will be acceptable.

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Clarification of Question by probonopublico-ga on 30 Nov 2004 01:37 PST

Exceptionally, Pinkfreud may provide an answer on compassionate grounds.

But it had better be funny!

>> Only an ACCREDITED RESEARCHER of THREE YEARS' STANDING 
>> who is also a NATIVE CHINESE SPEAKER will be acceptable.

Well, heck phooey. I am disqualified on most counts. However, my poor
old feet hurt quite a bit, as if they have been three years standing.

Sounds like those X-Ray specs that used to be advertized in American
comic books in the 1960s

Hey Bryan,

Just what exactly would this small, cheap, hand-held device do once
its pointed at these unsuspecting people???

Steph53

Hey, Steph

This is actually a TOP SECRET project but because I know that you are
absolutely trustworthy I will share my plans with you.

My intention is to exploit a new opportunity for lie detection:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/11/30/brain_scans_show_truth/

Just imagine the potential ...

When a woman asks her fellow, 'Do you really love me ...?'

There will be NO ESCAPE provided that she has armed herself with the ProboKit (TM)!

Bryan 35

(Well as you always insist on giving your age, I feel I should reciprocate.)

Yeah - that looks like it is susceptible to a generalized version of Goodhart's Law
- which is :
   Any observed (Economic) relationship holds true until it is used as
a basis for policy, and then it breaks down

A bit of training on a lie detector or an MRI scanner, and I'll bet they don't work

Brilliant Bryan35 !!!

The Probokit(TM) should belong in every household in the world.

I can soon say "I knew him when"..... 

Steph

Roger ...

Tut! Multiple Tut!

The Question is NOT 'Does it work?'

BUT

'Will it sell?'