Along with the idea of "digital detox" or technological self-control comes the idea of tech as an addictive substance, producing dependence or disease. Frustrated by their excessive Facebook use, two friends studying at the MIT Media Lab took this idea to its logical conclusion: harsh and painful conditioning to break the habit. Robert Morris and Dan McDuff hooked an Arduino and electrodes to a laptop and created something known as the Pavlov Poke, a combination productivity tool, conceptual art project, and implement of torture.
Use a distracting site like Facebook too often, and the Arduino will send a shock through a keyboard rest and into your hands. An alternate version substitutes emotional abuse for physical, sending an alert to...
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/23/4651366/pavlov-poke-treats-facebook-addiction-with-shock-aversion-therapy
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