IQ Tax “healing” machine teardown
date
Feb 4, 2024
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3b03f25a36ab7450e9b0b0ec011d2d8b55429b95ec7a87cb97e734aa2af1877e
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Post
author
Hugh “plushugh” He @ Radio Club
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healing-machine
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Published
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teardown
summary
Teardown of an old “bio-information wave healing machine”
I got this old “bio-information wave treatment device” from a garbage thrift recently.
This certainly is a scam back in the 2000s, labeled with markings like “produced by the Guangdong Sports and Health Materials Factory” and registration numbers.
A google search suggests this pending patent:
But this doesn’t seem to be for this specific device, which would be obvious later.
![Front view of the device](https://www.notion.so/image/https%3A%2F%2Fprod-files-secure.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fa6d45fbc-5027-46a2-b663-2ac14a151f24%2F642bb3a0-048f-4018-b16a-95155e7725dd%2FIMG_0499.jpeg?table=block&id=648a05f2-fc14-41df-843d-eb7418536bfd&cache=v2)
This device also comes with a pair of electrodes connected to a male 3.5mm TRS connector that was lost in transit.
![Closeup of the machine’s front plate, showing a gauge, a 3.5mm jack labelled OUT, and a dial](https://www.notion.so/image/https%3A%2F%2Fprod-files-secure.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fa6d45fbc-5027-46a2-b663-2ac14a151f24%2F27471bdd-d8aa-4d88-94b8-ab5e9b775cf6%2FIMG_0500.jpeg?table=block&id=ca09c945-3c11-45cd-a761-a2bc12cc3e6d&cache=v2)
![Back view of the device, with an unmarked 3.5mm TRS jack](https://www.notion.so/image/https%3A%2F%2Fprod-files-secure.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fa6d45fbc-5027-46a2-b663-2ac14a151f24%2Fc39f3289-906d-4ac9-ad3f-8fe4a2ad2ca2%2FIMG_0503.jpeg?table=block&id=743f8368-b84a-4a95-8308-8f8a206d282b&cache=v2)
Don’t know what this 3.5mm jack is for though.
![Bottom of the device with four rubber feet and a battery cover](https://www.notion.so/image/https%3A%2F%2Fprod-files-secure.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fa6d45fbc-5027-46a2-b663-2ac14a151f24%2Fde30cf82-3aab-4841-809a-8a67d76d24ca%2FIMG_0501.jpeg?table=block&id=a1b912aa-fdea-45b1-9bcd-f02d73e9291e&cache=v2)
It seems to take a few of those huge alkaline batteries used for the lighter in stovetops. It’s however surprising that a desktop device decided to use batteries instead of a wall plug, guess its just another cost saving measure for this useless device.
![Closeup of the device’s battery holder](https://www.notion.so/image/https%3A%2F%2Fprod-files-secure.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fa6d45fbc-5027-46a2-b663-2ac14a151f24%2Fb03c68ff-4c68-4169-99b0-19996bfba299%2FIMG_0502.jpeg?table=block&id=62d0c89d-599f-44af-92f4-1d30e6d0b129&cache=v2)
After taking out 4 screws(2 on both sides) of the device
![Side view of the device, showing two screws](https://www.notion.so/image/https%3A%2F%2Fprod-files-secure.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fa6d45fbc-5027-46a2-b663-2ac14a151f24%2F2c685046-6cec-472e-a2ac-fb7c29ea2412%2FIMG_0504.jpeg?table=block&id=e8ee6317-ebe1-4f34-8c32-a8a6fc6b2f77&cache=v2)
It shows an rather uncomplicated hand-soldered circuit board with a few caps and a ton of resistors.
![The device with the case opened from the top, showing the internal organs of the device](https://www.notion.so/image/https%3A%2F%2Fprod-files-secure.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fa6d45fbc-5027-46a2-b663-2ac14a151f24%2F8cfc840f-7f69-4690-9472-3adb10ae0466%2FIMG_0505.jpeg?table=block&id=8e072433-f0d6-4bc0-b85f-27221a79b6f9&cache=v2)
![Inside of the device, showing the back of the front panel](https://www.notion.so/image/https%3A%2F%2Fprod-files-secure.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fa6d45fbc-5027-46a2-b663-2ac14a151f24%2Fe9e4d6c7-8795-40e6-a911-ab1cc1ec08bc%2FIMG_0510.jpeg?table=block&id=96caa690-81ce-471e-9240-c1877446185c&cache=v2)
![Closeup of the internal circuit board, with an THT IC(14pin), which has its labels scratched off](https://www.notion.so/image/https%3A%2F%2Fprod-files-secure.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fa6d45fbc-5027-46a2-b663-2ac14a151f24%2F9365867b-cd4b-409c-b107-516c2fd52730%2FIMG_0506.jpeg?table=block&id=1ac284bd-ce6d-4bae-b005-16dc2cbcffb3&cache=v2)
![Another closeup of the circuit board](https://www.notion.so/image/https%3A%2F%2Fprod-files-secure.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fa6d45fbc-5027-46a2-b663-2ac14a151f24%2F1affb959-b6ef-4144-997e-d5be33436122%2FIMG_0507.jpeg?table=block&id=97f97bfe-3e30-4676-a691-05bf9389a2a3&cache=v2)
Interesting enough, the labels for the integrated circuit seems to be scratched off, as expected for an suspicious device.
A few extra pics for reverse engineering if you are interested to figure out exactly what this device does.
![The back of the circuit board, after being taken out of the case](https://www.notion.so/image/https%3A%2F%2Fprod-files-secure.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fa6d45fbc-5027-46a2-b663-2ac14a151f24%2Fdbdbc0f7-f2f1-4689-abfc-f2700e0444a3%2FIMG_0513.jpeg?table=block&id=a2b774e4-d787-4af9-9201-e62c09df9058&cache=v2)
![The front of the circuit board, after being taken out of the case](https://www.notion.so/image/https%3A%2F%2Fprod-files-secure.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fa6d45fbc-5027-46a2-b663-2ac14a151f24%2Feeafb27d-c8dd-464d-9fe9-ce7d027cef71%2FIMG_0514.jpeg?table=block&id=0d39cd03-db66-417f-8358-d4a446762610&cache=v2)