With finals coming up for many colleges and high schools, being able to focus on you studies is critical. Well, you are in luck. There is a device that is just perfect for your quest for academic greatness. May I present The Isolator.
This creepy little beauty is designed to ensure optimal concentration by blocking out all sound and limiting your vision to a small horizontal slit that will focus your vision on one line of text at a time. The helmet comes equipped with an oxygen tank so you can, you know, breath.
If this looks like something out of a science fiction story that George McFly would be reading in Back to the Future, there may be a good reason for that. The helmet was designed in 1925 by Hugo Gernsback, an inventor but also considered “The Father of Science Fiction” for his publishing work (Wonder Stories). Even the annual awards given for literary achievements in science fiction or fantasy are named for him; the Hugo Awards.
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