Proposal, Project 1

I wanted to make something that would satisfy peoples need to fiddle incessantly all the time, but i soon realised that there were infinite objects to fidget with, and my toy/machine would be entirely uneccesary. Instead, i opted to make something that would stop people from fidgeting all the time, even if it is a comforting way of occupying our hands. This machine would follow the principle of aversion training. Whenever someone tries to fiddle with it - and it should be so tempting to do so - they will find them selves rather in pain and somewhat dissatisfied with their experience. Another interesting feature of the device would be that of branding/marking the user as a fidgeter, in the hope that the subsequent public humiliation would make the user averse to fidgeting.

This whole project is a play on old fashioned rules of etiquette and the means used to enforce them (i have heard stories of spikes being put on tables to stop children eating with their elbows on the table).
I am planning on making the machine from wood, because its a material i really like working with and shaping. I have also entertained the idea of cutting several pieces of thin plywood and laminating them, to allow a really controlled shape. This would hopefully be quite attractive, seeing the plys run around the surface of the toy.
EXCITED!