Ever reach for your phone, desperate for a dopamine hit, only to realize it’s just a slab of clear acrylic in your pocket?

Meet the Methaphone: part prank, part personal trainer for your impulse control.

Many of us are obsessively checking our phones, whether there’s a reason to or not. So, the makers of Methaphone created this entirely non-functional facsimile, as a gag, only to realize it truly hit a nerve.

The sold-out device/art piece shows how universal the need to wean ourselves off our devices is, and it’s already become a social media sensation.

Check out the IndieGogo campaign, which explores the concept of a device that does nothing at all.

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