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Area company has shocking results for people trying to break bad habits
By adamg on Thu, 06/11/2015 - 12:24pm
The Boston Business Journal reports a Boston startup is getting ready to ship wristbands that you can use to give your self an electric shock every time you're about to do something you shouldn't - such as smoke a cigarette.
Pavlok's eponymous device can be set to supply as little as a "pinprick" or as much as 450 volts of searing electropain. The Journal reports interest is particularly strong among Norwegians, Brits and Germans.
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The Journal reports interest
What's interest like in countries which aren't full of sadomasochistic fetishists?
Uhub
Maybe I'll get one and use it every time I get the urge to post here....
:)
Sometimes I feel the need to
Sometimes I feel the need to visit www.shouldireadthecomments.com
I have a comment blocker
I use that's an add on for Chrome.. works well. I leave it turned on on many pages, like the herald. But Uhub, it's off. (and honestly, the comments are almost more enjoyable than the article itself.. it's what makes Uhub, Uhub)
What could *possibly* go wrong?!? (n/t)
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Lawsuit waiting to happen
I agree with UHub fan. Even if the device works perfectly as marketed, how long before the first lawsuit with the "victim" saying it caused some type of injury or trauma?
Unendorsement
I would not advise people trying to quit smoking due to cardiovascular disease to use this device.
Electric shock therapy
Didn't the legislature ban this because of issues with the Rottenberg center in Canton?
People, save yourself some
People, save yourself some money and use a rubber band that you pull and release with a snap to get you to stop.
reminds me
of the Stephen King short story, "Quitters, Inc."
450 volts?!
Correcting your bad habit(s) by potentially killing you?
It ain't the volts, it's the
From Running Scared
They've actually decided on
They've actually decided on rolling out the device under the trade name "the Milgram".
Germans?
Do these "wrist" bands come in leather?