Now that we are all hyper aware of not touching our faces with our hands lest we fall prey to the Rona, it’s amazing to realise how often we actually do just that
Now that we are all hyper aware of not touching our faces with our hands lest we fall prey to the Rona, it’s amazing to realise how often we all actually do dabble in the facial-digital dance routine.
It’s bloody hard not to, isn’t it?
Enter a team from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab with a possible solution: an electronic gadget containing an infrared proximity sensor that delivers a “warning vibration” when it senses the wearer is about to scratch that nasal itch, wipe a watery eye, or simply stroke the chin in a contemplative manner whilst feigning comprehension of life’s rich menagerie.
While the NASA folks aren’t planning to commercially flog the irritating doodad, they’ve made the workings available to all-comers so others can have a crack at the consumer demand.
Still on the topic of electronic intrusion into the personal space, a recent report from the US state of Michigan also prompted a cocking of the eyebrow.
Seems lawmakers there have introduced a bill banning employers from subdermally implanting their workers with microchips to better monitor productivity. Unless they volunteer for the procedure, of course. Hmmmmm …..
