Smart bracelets support giving up bad habits

A smart bracelet was born, with a feature that shocked the wearer, if found they had one of the bad habits.

The smart bracelet called Pavlok , is a product of Behavioral Technology, a US technology company, that will help wearers abandon their own bad habits, such as smoking, nail biting, overeating or often 'to sleep'.

Pavlok bracelet device.

When it is found that the wearer violates one of the bad habits, this smart bracelet will emit an electric current of 350V, causing the wearer to be shocked, as a warning. The engineers who designed this smart bracelet hope that frequent electrocution will help the wearer get rid of his bad habits within 3-5 days.

The Pavlok bracelet will generate an electric current, causing the wearer to hurt when they perform some bad behavior.

Users can set up the Pavlok bracelet to automatically electrocute, if it detects that the wearer is suffering from a bad habit, such as 'to sleep' until noon. However, if desired, the wearer can ask a family member or friend to become a supervisor to give up his bad habit. These supervisors can install the Pavlok application on their smartphones, and when they see the wearer doing a bad habit that they want to give up, such as smoking or nail biting . Supervisors can activate electric shock on the bracelet, via the app on the smartphone.

If you eat too much fries, the ring will emit an electrical current that causes the wearer to suffer.

Maneesha Sethi, one of the bracelet creators Pavlok, said that the electric shock caused by a bracelet creates enough pain for the brain to memorize, but will not endanger the wearer.

'Combining negative stimuli and bad habits that you want to give up for a few days in a row will help the brain quickly link these two events together to get rid of your bad habits' - Maneesha Sethi, creator of bracelet Pavlok, said.

Sethi said the idea of ​​creating this Pavlok bracelet comes from himself, when he became "addicted" to social networks.

'I found myself addicted to Facebook. I wrote a lot on Facebook and affected my work. No smart bracelet reminds me of my routine and realizes that 'why do devices keep track of your progress, but don't help you change those activities?'. And that's when the Pavlok bracelet was born, ' Sethi said.

Currently Pavlok bracelet is being sold on Amazon for $ 210.

Currently Pavlok bracelet is being sold on Amazon for $ 210 and of course, this bracelet itself does not completely help the wearer to give up his bad habit, but must have cooperation and effort. power from people who want to give up their bad habits. Because, if not, they could easily remove this bracelet and continue to carry out their bad habits.

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