“The worst panic attacks have made me feel like I’ve lost control completely, like I’m getting a heart attack, and life is about to end. The soothing techniques are all at the back of my head, but so difficult to apply. In that moment, I’d kill for The Hand from The Addams Family to come into my real life in a new avatar – as a soothing hand that reassures me and helps calm my nerves, so I know I’m safe.”⁠

“Social media scrolling is a problem I want to be rid of with passion. Hence the hand swatter. I often find myself brainlessly consuming content for hours at an end, which could be better occupied in many different ways. This hand swatter will help me get there, I just know it.”⁠

“People can be marvelous and lovely but, let’s face it, also, awful and horrid. I happen to have a propensity of always welcoming people who fall in the latter category with open arms and I’m tired! Naturally then, if there’s a device that can signal a person’s overall rank on the good vs bad person meter, I’d be the first in line to buy.”

“I get pretty agitated when people are verbally aggressive. And we’ve all been in situations where we’re neither the angry ones nor the ones at the receiving end of anger, but really wish there was a way to stop it. And that’s where this mega violin comes into the picture – self-activating to play a calming tune any time it senses aggression in the air.”