A Shockingly New Gadget To Help You Stop Bad Habits.

A bit of background from the company website: A few years ago Maneesh Sethi hired a girl to slap him in the face whenever he used Facebook. His productivity increased 4x --- so he knew he was on to something. A few weeks later, he asked his friend Dan Kaminsky if they could build a shock collar that shocked him when he went on Facebook. Dan said: Let's go to RadioShack. So they built a prototype, and were fortunate that an incubator in Boston, Bolt, decided to invest. They then introduced Maneesh to his co-founder, Jim Lynch --- the original inventor of LEGO Mindstorms and the senior engineer on the Roomba Floor Cleaning Robot. And Pavlok was born. Different people want to change different behaviors and the company says Pavlok can help you. "How does Pavlok know what I'm doing?" you ask. Pavlok uses an ecosystem of apps that will run on both your computer and phone. These apps can track and monitor any number of things that you choose. For examples the PAVLOK FIT app will allow users to select their gym from a list of gyms in their area. Then, using the geo-location on your phone, Pavlok can tell when you go to the gym and how long you stay for. Don’t go to the gym – shock! Or you can download Pavlok software that will monitor your online activity. You get to plugin your 'blacklisted' websites, such as Facebook, Reddit, Buzzfeed, etc. Once you do this, Pavlok intervene (with a shock) when you accidentally visit these sites. 

Giz Wiz Video:  http://youtu.be/MklqivSeHv8%C2%A0 

Company video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FP88Gji98sU 

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