You’d think that ice cream dispensers were one of those gadgets that have reached a technological plateau, but this one has a couple of intriguing new bells and whistles. It’s voice activated, for one thing. For another, it will ask you a few simple questions, measure the level of stress in your voice, and calculate your serving accordingly. Basically, the more you whine, the more you dine.

I don’t know. This sounds like a two-edged sword, or a double-scoop cone, or something. Sure, ice cream is great comfort food, but the last forty years or so of social policy really don’t suggest that giving whiners a big dish of ice cream is going to reduce the level of whining in the room.

(Via Hot Air.)