Pavlok wristband has been developed to jolt the wearer for not doing enough exercise. The Pavlok will be available in the market this year and is far better than current tracking bands available. According to the officials of the company the band is made to change the habits of the wearers.
A wristband has been developed that will jolt the wearer as a warning if they do not do enough exercise. The smart band will give an electric shock to the user if he could not accomplish his fitness goals or daily exercise. The awesome wristband has been named as Pavlok wristband, and developed with the aim to change the behavior of the wearer towards exercise. The Pavlok will be available in the market this year and is far better than current tracking bands. The company has already collected $100,000 in investment and for further funding, a crowdfunding campaign will be launched soon. The epic bracelets will be monitoring health in an effective way.
The founder of the bracelet, Mr. Maneesh Sethi says that it’s not about electric shocking someone but to train the brains to do exercise. According to the officials of the company the band is made to change the habits of the wearers. The wristband is psychologically proven and runs already tested algorithm that enhance the users’ commitments towards health, fitness and productivity. The idea behind this amazing gadget came from work at Stanford about teaching using positive and negative reinforcement signals. However, it is not revealed that exactly how does it work. It combines multiple features to let the users have habits what they wish to have.
The powerful commitments techniques, appropriate tracking characteristics and wearable reminder collectively affect the behavior of the users. Sethi came into news when he advertised for someone to slap him if in case he got distracted. He believes that there must be some authority which controls the actions like a boss, the one who could make you do work. He naturally believes that the authority must be a real one. The slap bet worked effectively and remained a constant driving force for him that kept him focused. He finally hired a female that hit him in case he was found cheating or not doing work.
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