| Representational image only. Photo: Dado Ruvic/ Reuters Finally, some good news for those unable to chuck their Facebook addiction. A pair of PhD students at Massachusetts, Robert R. Morris and Dan McDuff, have come up with a new keyboard device that gives an electric shock to the user when he/she spends too long on Facebook. In a report on Daily Mail, the gadget called Pavlov Poke sits under the user's wrist and monitors the websites and applications being used. For instance, if the user keeps checking Facebook between work or spends too long chatting on various forums, the device gives him/her an electric shock. The electric shock is dangerous but not dangerous, the duo said. The pair have filmed a video explaining the concept of the device and what drove them to come up with it. The device has been named after Ivan Pavlov, who developed the theory of conditioning in dogs. Morris and McDuff ruled out any plans of selling the device and said that they would keep it as a prototype only.  via Technology - Google News http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEesjg-OIJvLyHxe6NmOcytr-dzag&url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/device-electric-shock-facebook-addiction-india-today/1/301183.html | |||
| | |||
| | |||
|
0 comments:
Post a Comment