Written by: Tiobe
Pavlok, a new device touted by its creators as “the habit-changing wristband,” is a module that can be worn anywhere on your body, and connects to an app to track your behavior and beep, vibrate or shock you when you engage in a behavior you wish to change. Now you, too, can use electro-shock treatments to quit smoking, or stop texting that ex-lover who is bad news, or put down the game controller and get on the treadmill.
“I know that electro shock sounds crazy, but sometimes crazy works,” says Pavlok founder Maneesh Sethi in his Indiegogo video.
If being shocked is not enough motivation to change a bad habit, the device can also utilize shame, posting to social media sites like Facebook when a user engages in a bad habit they have selected to curb using Pavlok.
Pavlok connects to Apple and Android smartphones using Bluetooth.
The Indiegogo fundraising campaign for Pavlok has already reached 239 percent of the campaign goal, with an Oct. 30 end date. Assuming all goes as planned, the device will be available to the public April, 2015 for $149 a pop.
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Source:
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/pavlok-the-habit-changing-device-that-shocks-you
http://www.gizmag.com/pavlok-shock-wearable/34082/
I can already see the headline- “Mother arrested for using shock collar on misbehaving toddler”
Yep. This could be everywhere.
Most stupid invention ever made… what if people were to use it against other peoples? Or even worst, against kids for their “education”? please, do not let imbeciles buy these kind of things. Just having to look at the guns in the US
I sense some kinky videos to come out of this.
with no right understanding, these kinds of devices would come more and more, and the people who supporting them will find nothing wrong and useless when comes to term the use of their effects…
with no right understanding of how and why its existence comes to place, there is useless just by protesting and aginst these kinds of devices been manufatured, sold, and used.
So why you are writing an article like this? Sound more promotion…