Hardware "Pavlov Poke" that can overcome Facebook addiction with electric shock

SNS represented by Facebook has a kind of addiction, and some people say that there are people who spend more than 50 hours per week in SNS. A student at MIT who did not enter the preparation of a graduation thesis due to such SNS would disagree the electric shock when trying to see Facebook "Pavlov Poke(Pavlov pork) "has been developed and released.

Pavlov Poke
http://www.robertrmorris.org/pavlovpoke

Whether Pavlov Poke is the kind of machine you can understand with a single shot if you see the following movie.

Pavlov Poke - YouTube


A man who reads papers full of characters. On the upper right wipe screen is a bored looking face.


Scratch the small head ... ....


As soon as you move the mouse cursor to the tab you open Facebook ......


I clicked and displayed Facebook.


The next moment, a man shaking off his hand as "WOW!"


"The opposite is good!" Button appearing on the screen. Apparently Pavlov Poke seems to have been shocked.


This man looks male. Again I will face my paper.


When we launch Facebook ... ...


Electric shock!


A man who looks at the palm unintentionally.


Opening Facebook without discouraging is an electric shock!


And this frown face.


Still want to see Facebook.


Naturally, punishment for electric shock.


It is a look that seems to be complaining about "chicken scoop".


Having an electric shock when opening Facebook ... ...


A little regret.


Electric shock is hit and trying to see Facebook without discipline, I regret.


As Pavlov Poke looks at Facebook as "Pavlov's dog" it repeats the experience of eating electric shockConditioned reflexIt gets the logic that it gradually makes you keep away Facebook.


Robert Morris who developed Pavlov Poke. Pavlov Poke is a keyboard accessory that detects hands on the Internet and distracts attention and gives an electric shock.


Daniel MacDuff, co-developer of Pavlov Poke. Pavlov Poke is a device that corrects bad habits.


A device like a keyboard pad is Pavlov Poke. When the PC application detects that a specific operation is done, Pavlov Poke is given a directive to shock.


For example, if you specify the action "Open Facebook Page" as a trigger action in a web browser, you can correct Facebook addiction.


Although electric shock is unpleasant, it is not dangerous thing.


While Pavlov Poke is of course a joke, Morris has analyzed that it is designed such that Facebook and others are addictive and it spends a lot of time every day on a site like Facebook He said he believes that being happy is not connected.

Also, Morris says, "It is very difficult to break the temptation from an addictive site, so even if it is a joke, you can say that you need a force (correction) device like Pavlov Poke" It is a very unfortunate thing, is not it that the technology of the net is designed according to the normative behavior philosophy with morality "is raising a problem.