Tuesday 27 August 2013

Pavlov Poke presents a shocking answer to Facebook addiction


Sometimes Facebook can be a bit like a timewarp. You open it to take a quick peek and before you know it, the better part of the day is gone by. MIT PhD students Robert R. Morris and Dan McDuff decided that they’d like to spend less time with social media and more writing their dissertations, so they came up with Pavlov Poke. As the name implies, it’s a sort of aversion therapy device for weaning off of Facebook that gives you electric shocks if you've lingered to long. .. Continue Reading Pavlov Poke presents a shocking answer to Facebook addiction

Section: Computers

Tags: Addiction, DIY, Facebook, MIT

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