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Cunning MIT student boffins have come up with something marvellous: a keyboard that sends a jolt of electricity into those who spend too much time on Facebook. The Pavlov Poke is the brainchild of MIT PhD candidates Robert R. Morris and Daniel McDuff, who are trying to complete their dissertations but find obsessive Facebook …

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  1. Atonnis

    Brainchild?

    How is it a brainchild? I seem to recall a certain BOFH article that involved electrical feeds through the keyboards - although ST has better ideas of using metal tracking on the keyboard keys themselves.

    To be honest, though, this doesn't really seem like anything to 'wow' anyone. Two idiots with no self control showed how they like to punish themselves...if I want to watch that there are plenty of adult sites I could visit - and those guys know how to do it properly.

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  2. Nym
    Big Brother

    I have only one question

    What's Facebook?

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    1. jake Silver badge
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      Re: I have only one question

      Nym wonders: "What's Facebook?"

      It's a thingie that causes sheeple to faceplant after they realize that the pictures they just posted are viewable world-wide.

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