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Harvard dropout develops spray-on caffeine that absorbs through the skin

Sprayable Enegery. (Photo courtesy Indiegogo)

Drinking coffee is so complicated. You have to make it, carry it, swallow it and digest it.

Thankfully, a young entrepreneur funded by a grant that encourages students to drop out of university has developed a product to apply caffeine like perfume: it's called Sprayable Energy.

Ben Yu, a 21-year-old who left Harvard after receiving the $100,000 Thiel Fellowship, which encourages students to leave school and pursue big ideas, according to Bloomberg Businessweek, used his time to develop spray-on caffeine.

He and his partner Deven Soni say their unscented product lets caffeine soak directly into your body through the skin, skipping all of that unnecessary digestive stuff. They recently launched a crowd-funding campaign to develop the product and have raised $19,693, more than their goal of $15,000.

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"What if you never had to worry about being tired again?" the opening line of the campaign asks. The creators claim the spray works gradually to keep energy flowing rather than causing a caffeine crash and jitters.

However, Anya Kamenetz at Fast Company tried the product, and wrote it gave her a rush that was "a bit disconcerting."

Regarding safety, the inventors say you can't overdose on caffeine by dousing yourself, because your skin will only absorb a certain amount before saturation.

Would you swap out your morning brew for a spray bottle?