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There Is Now a Bracelet That Transmits Caffeine Directly Into Your Bloodstream

The Joule Caffeine Bracelet is doing its best to one-up coffee-to-go culture.
Espresso makers: so old school.alessioparatore/Flickr

Like rude people on public transit, caffeine dependency is a near-unavoidable fact of urban life.

There have been efforts to accommodate it. An app exists so you can pre-pay for your coffee and bypass a bleary-eyed wait in long morning lines; some stores keep their doors thrown open around the clock to welcome the energy-deprived masses at any time of day or night.