Expando-Vision

Introduced in 1983 by Stimutech. It was a device that could flash subliminal messages on your TV screen as you watched TV. The maker emphasized the ways this could be put to use for self-help (weight-loss, stop smoking, stop drinking, etc.). But they did sell a "Sexual Invitation" program that surreptitiously flashed messages of seduction: "Sex is OK, Let us make love, I am OK, We share sexually, Let us kiss, Let us caress, Let us be naked, We explore bodies, Let us be together.”

John Dvorak, InfoWorld - Dec 26, 1983

Lansing State Journal - Dec 4, 1983

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Posted By: Alex - Fri Oct 19, 2018
Category: Innuendo, Double Entendres, Symbolism, Nudge-Nudge-Wink-Wink and Subliminal Messages | Technology | Psychology | 1980s

Comments

It's not creepy at all. It doesn't suggest images of Uncle Pedo inviting his target niece "to watch a little TV". That's just your perverted mind.

Posted by Yudith on 10/20/18 at 11:02 AM

Someone clearly had heard of these new-fangled magic home computer thingies, and may even, at one point, have seen a demonstration, but had never actually used one.

Posted by Richard Bos on 10/20/18 at 12:44 PM

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