interestrateripoff Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/pavlok-the-wristband-that-gives-you-an-electric-shock-if-you-spend-too-much-a7039296.html Now a British software company has taken that theory to new painful extremes by creating a way for people to link their bank accounts with a wristband that claims to shock the wearer out of bad habits - like spending too much. The Pavlok wristband, which was successfully crowdfunded in 2014, can be set to monitor a user's habits and send electric shocks through the wrist when the user breaks their own rules. Is the shock fatal if you buy a house? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewig Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 This is absurd. More likely it'll give you an electric shock every time you turn down a bank loan or pay off more than the minimum credit card each month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oracle Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 This is absurd. More likely it'll give you an electric shock every time you turn down a bank loan or pay off more than the minimum credit card each month. these have been around for a while I think. they were supposed to be a pilot programme on some airlines, just in case passengers got a bit pissed and rowdy. now,you get a cattle prod up your @rse if you speak against the wholesome benevolent establishment who are re-creating society for everybody's good, you ignorant,unwashed peasants just don't see it yet. north korea is beginning to look quite tame by comaprison. (wasn't it C.S lewis that had a bit of a rant about moral busibodies and the reign of oppression they would create?...f***in prophetic) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybong Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 It just confirms the disappearance of people's grey matter - it started soon after the belated 1975 Common Market/EEC referendum. Regaining grey matter is one of the positives of Bexit but don't expect Cameron and Osborne to admit that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikhail Liebenstein Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Is the shock fatal if you buy a house? No, that requires the explosive collar version, only available to premium buyers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sPinwheel Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 I like it. Wrap it around my thingy and go on a speeding spree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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