That's cold: Japan tech blasts snoozing workers with AC
AFP | July 26, 2018
Japanese office workers hoping to nod off on the job may need to sleep with one eye open thanks to a new system that can detect snoozers and blast them with cold air.
Air conditioning manufacturer Daikin and electronics giant NEC said Thursday they have begun trialling the system, which monitors the movement of the employee's eyelids with a camera attached to a computer.
The computer can automatically lower the room's temperature if it detects dozing at desks.
"We hope to introduce this system commercially in 2020," a Daikin spokesman said.
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All I can say is, "fcuking good luck with that."
When I worked at Hitachi, a good 20 percent of the workforce was sound asleep at their desks after lunch 1:45pm.
And, I would gladly pretend to sleep to set the office's air conditioner thermostat lower 28°C (82°F).