Netflix Posts Playful Instructions for Smart Socks
Netflix took a playful jab at wearables, giving subscribers instructions to make smart socks that wake up dozing viewers. The company doesn’t plan to sell the socks, but it gives a blow-by-blow account of materials and steps needed. The “sleep…
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detection system” uses an accelerometer that detects when a viewer has stopped moving for a prolonged period of time and triggers a signal that tells the TV to pause Netflix. When it detects dozing, an LED in the sock cuff flashes red to warn that the pause command is about to fire off to the TV. Netflix told us it shared the schematics -- a Fitbit hack created at a Netflix Hack Day for company engineers -- as a fun way to “enhance your viewing experience if any would-be makers are inclined to tackle the project.”