It's a slab of wood, with letters engraved on it. Moving the provided wooden pointer according to subconcious ghost- provoked impulse will point to letters, forming a message.
Unlike the Ouija Board, this device will contact only the ghosts of those who were never born; useful for chatting up Emperor Norton II or Alan Turing's daughter. However, the letters are unfortunately all in the Voynich Manuscript language, and therefore all messages are indecipherable.-- Hive_Mind, Jun 12 2012 Qsû{l uÇåblï
[?]-- Alterother, Jun 12 2012 Turing was one of the brightest minds of the 20th century and one of Apple's early victims, wasn't he?-- UnaBubba, Jun 12 2012 //one of Apple's early victims,
That is so dreadful...-- not_morrison_rm, Jun 12 2012 Not enough cog steps, surely.-- wjt, Jun 12 2012 I doubt this would actually operate as stated. [-]-- sqeaketh the wheel, Jun 12 2012 But a ouija board would, [squeak]?-- UnaBubba, Jun 12 2012 Now I'm wondering if nonnein boards are used at deboutances.-- Phrontistery, Jun 14 2012 random, halfbakery