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brooklynite

(94,725 posts) Fri Dec 18, 2015, 05:24 PM Dec 2015

Netflix Just Invented Socks That Pause Your Show If You Fall Asleep

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Netflix may have revolutionized how we watch TV, but it's not stopping there.

Working again with Pittsburgh-based agency Deeplocal, the streaming company just released another do-it-yourself invention. This time, it's a pair of socks that detect when you've fallen asleep and pause your program so you don't miss out.

How do they work? Allow Netflix to explain:

We've based our sleep detection system on a popular method called actigraphy. An accelerometer detects when you've stopped moving for a prolonged period of time and triggers a signal to your TV that pauses Netflix. When it detects that you've dozed off, an LED light in the cuff of the sock flashes red, warning that the pause signal is about to be sent to your TV. Any motion will stop it from firing.

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Netflix Just Invented Socks That Pause Your Show If You Fall Asleep (Original Post) brooklynite Dec 2015 OP

They need to test it with a wearer in a room where there's a kitten, puppy, or loose parrot. haele Dec 2015 #1

it detects that you've dozed off ashling Dec 2015 #2

What happens when you put them in the dryer? kentauros Dec 2015 #3

Obviously who ever invented these never watched people like me in sleep. DebJ Dec 2015 #4

Do they have shorts that will turn off that new Peter Pan commercial? pinboy3niner Dec 2015 #5

Some of my underwear don't look a day over 70 years old. nt JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2015 #7

Can I get socks that wake me when the show is over? JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2015 #6

I've been begging tech geniuses to do this for podcasts for a couple of years. blogslut Dec 2015 #8

Now NewJeffCT Dec 2015 #9

haele

(12,676 posts)

1. They need to test it with a wearer in a room where there's a kitten, puppy, or loose parrot.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Fri Dec 18, 2015, 07:09 PM

Dec 2015

Red flashing light! ooohhh - pounce! Ow, ow, ow...
Nope, too bad, your foot moved and your show did not pause.
Wait 10 minutes...
Red flashing light! ooohhh - pounce!

Haele

ashling

(25,771 posts)

2. it detects that you've dozed off

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Fri Dec 18, 2015, 09:37 PM

Dec 2015

An accelerometer detects when you've stopped moving for a prolonged period of time and triggers a signal to your TV that pauses Netflix. When it detects that you've dozed off,

But there is a flaw in their logic:

You might not be asleep
What if you just

died?

kentauros

(29,414 posts)

3. What happens when you put them in the dryer?

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Fri Dec 18, 2015, 11:20 PM

Dec 2015

Do they disappear and you get dozens of mixed argyle socks in exchange?

DebJ

(7,699 posts)

4. Obviously who ever invented these never watched people like me in sleep.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Sun Dec 20, 2015, 01:59 AM

Dec 2015

I toss and turn constantly.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

5. Do they have shorts that will turn off that new Peter Pan commercial?

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Sun Dec 20, 2015, 06:26 AM

Dec 2015

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,364 posts)

7. Some of my underwear don't look a day over 70 years old. nt

Reply to pinboy3niner (Reply #5)

Sun Dec 20, 2015, 09:04 AM

Dec 2015

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,364 posts)

6. Can I get socks that wake me when the show is over?

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Sun Dec 20, 2015, 09:03 AM

Dec 2015

They'd be great for Republican debates. Heck, they'd be pretty good for Democratic debates as well.

blogslut

(38,015 posts)

8. I've been begging tech geniuses to do this for podcasts for a couple of years.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Sun Dec 20, 2015, 09:19 AM

Dec 2015

Some sort of magic thingy that could detect a steady breathing pattern/hearbeat associated with sleep.

I play podcasts to help me drift off to dreamland and now, I've got a bazillion of them unfinished and I'm too kooky to delete them because of some unrealistic desire to complete.

NewJeffCT

(56,829 posts)

9. Now

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Sun Dec 20, 2015, 10:31 AM

Dec 2015

we just need a robot that can carry me from the couch I fell asleep on to bed.

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