Pin the Tail on the...

Japans' new app!

Which evidently comes on the tail end of some pre-established neurowear resembling cat ears. See what I did there?
For all those cat fanatics and furries out there, or those who just simply like to wear a tail, and who want just a little bit more cat in their life, Japan is helping you take that next step. A recently demoed prototype, called Shippo, which means tail(original I know), lets you have just that, a tail. Tails in Japan are by no means a big thing. Or even a new thing for that matter. It has actually been decades since people have started wearing a faux fox tail design, whether it is in real fur or fake. One might think that this idea, as many an idea start in Japan, probably started in someones deep slightly perverse mind, and taking it to the next step to draw the very picture of their imaginings; but I think that this fashion and concept pre-date even the first of those people. You see people in Japan have long since believed in a nine tailed fox goddess who can become human. Humans. Foxes. Tails. I think you understand well enough. But this here isn't no ordinary tail you see. This one wags you see. OK, so not that different from any other cat or dog, or manufactured wagging tail. But it is a step up, or at the very least a step toward technology, bringing that old-fashioned fox tail of Japan's anime and idol fan bases into contemporary technological company.
This tail, uses your brainwaves as a mood base and formats your tails oscillation to the same calibration as your mood swings. That sounds much fancier than it is. Basically it wags. It wags on two speeds: slow and not so slow. You brain thinks in different measured than they would have you believe in this product, but essentially, they are playing off the fact that people tend to think more when agitated by some stimulant which transfers to the tail speed. Otherwise if you are placated  your brain speed would be at a rather normal tempo and it would reflect in a slower tail speed. Or if you are dead, it would move not at all. At least in theory. I can't promise you that they have tested that.
You might wonder how it would work. I am sure there must be some sort of headgear involved, since, after all, it is based on your neurotransmissions. I think that might actually be why the people in this commercial are wearing hats. Because they don't want to tarnish their products image by the unsightly headgear you might be wearing. Granted it will have to be on the smallish side to fit under these hats. And one day it might be even more minimal in a similar format of a hairband. Kind of incredible. In addition to the headgear to read your brainwaves, there is also a heart rate monitor that some in ear-size, as in it is an ear clip-on.
So I said it was an app, but what exactly does it do? Well it geo-tags your locations and moods at the times and shares them on your choice social network. Now what exactly does that achieve? I can't exactly tell you. I think I read that they are predicting them to share the locations in hopes of promoting certain locations are relaxing or exciting...but even to me that sounds like a bit of a long stretch. If people want this accessory, it isn't because of its geo-tagging options. It is because they get to wear a tail.