00:00 writer Kevin Raposo was testing out a new app connected electroshock bracelet
00:04 by giving anyone on Twitter access to the shock controls. And he was shot
00:08 continuously for 20 minutes. Welcome back to What's Trending, I'm Adam Bozarth.
00:12 Be sure to LIKE this video and SUBSCRIBE for more. Kevin was testing out the
00:16 Pavlok, which advertises itself as a bad habit breaker. You can sync up Pavlok
00:21 with all kinds of apps to help you break everything from nail biting to Facebook
00:25 addiction. When your phone detects that you're engaging in a bad habit, the
00:29 Pavlok shocks you, which sounds terrible. I mean, honestly, the only habit it would
00:34 probably break me of is wearing the Pavlok bracelet in the first place. But
00:37 Kevin, being a tech reviewer, got creative with the controls. He programmed it so
00:42 that anybody on the Internet could zap him from literally anywhere in the world.
00:46 Kevin began by tweeting, "So I'm wearing a bracelet that zaps you with an
00:49 electric shock. I can have people remotely activate it. Try it out." Two
00:53 minutes later, "Who's the f*cker who hit the high zap? That one hurts. Stop hitting
00:58 the high zap. It f*cking hurts so f*cking bad." But the zapping wouldn't stop.
01:03 "Oh, it just won't stop." The thing was going off consistently for like 20 minutes,
01:09 Raposo explained over email to Mashable. So much, in fact, the battery died. The
01:14 Pavlok app says I was zapped about 755 times today. That's all in the span of 20
01:20 minutes. So, did Kevin learn anything from this whole experience? Kevin said, "This
01:25 whole experience taught me that people like to inflict pain on others,
01:28 especially when it's done remotely from a keyboard. But in a good way." He mused, "But
01:33 hey, I asked for it." The next day, Kevin was feeling the burn. Kevin tweeted this
01:38 photo saying, "My wrist has a visible red mark from all the electric shocks."
01:42 Although some might say he invented a new service. That one replies, "Dude, charge
01:47 money for zapping you. I don't think you realize the industry you just created. How
01:52 much money would you pay to zap a tech blogger?" For more stories like these, go to
01:56 whatstrending.com.
