It’s amazing how big a part coffee plays in our lives. When it’s hell week and we’re desperately pulling all-nighters, coffee keeps us going. When it’s 9 a.m. and we’re just starting a day of interning at the office, coffee’s our best friend. But what if I told you that your life no longer needs to revolve around cups of caffeine, because now you can get a bracelet that will allow you to absorb caffeine straight through your skin? That’s a lot less Starbucks in your life, a lot less time waiting in lines, and a lot more money in your bank account.
Joule Caffeine Bracelet is indeed a real product, according to Cosmopolitan, and its founders have already raised over $66,000 on Indiegogo with the promise of selling something “better than coffee.” The founders promise that their product will guarantee “no crashes, no long lines at the coffee shop, no stained teeth and no calories.”
How does the bracelet work? Like nicotine patches, the bracelet contains a transdermal patch that will deliver caffeine straight through the skin into the bloodstream. Each dose/patch contains an equivalent amount of caffeine to a medium-sized cup of coffee and lasts for four hours, a pretty good amount of time to get you through your morning lecture. The patch will moderate the amount of caffeine being put into the bloodstream, so you can get an evenly distributed dosage and avoid crashing.
The price boils down to about $29 for a bracelet and a month’s supply of patches if you contribute to the Indiegogo campaign right now. But there is no release date set for this miracle product—Maybe 2016 is the year we finally satisfy our caffeine fix through wrist accessories!