Philips’ Mirror of Emotions

The Rationalizer, a concept jointly developed by Philips and ABN AMRO, consists of two units aptly named EmoBowl and EmoBracelet. Intended for online investors working at home, the lights intensify and turn a brighter red when your emotions flare, offering what it calls a “mirror of emotion” to warn you that it might be good to take a breather and calm down before making any irrational financial decisions. A clever and surprisingly simple idea — flashiness aside, it looks like it’s just primary motivation is pulse detection — but frankly going by the website alone, we didn’t believe this was real at first.