Ok ... so how do you wash them without blowing the electronics?
Netflix socks detect when you've dozed off and pause your TV show
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#12Was sad to read that there's nothing Netflix specific here. The hidden requirement is your box running Netflix has to support receiving IR signals. For example, I use an Xbox One, which to my knowledge doesn't have an IR receiver.
It does. I use my Harmony remote with it and that only does IR, not Bluetooth.
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#13It's cute, but is it a joke or something more serious ?
I don't see any use for it, except perhaps saving bandwidth.
Surely it must takes some time for the device to find out that you're actually sleeping, then you anyway have to rewind back to the point you stopped watching, so I don't think it makes a big difference to go 10 minutes or 1 hour back.
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#14I thought NFLX was up today due to the Fed raise. Glad to know it was the socks.
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#15I'm mostly sad that Netflix detects nothing and pauses my show anyway after a couple episodes. : (
What interests me is how inconsistent it is.
For example, I can go a whole afternoon some days without it auto-pausing, while others as you said, you can go two episodes and it will pause on you.
I suspect Netflix tracks window focus via JavaScript at minimal, and maybe other metrics too to try and guesstimate user idle-ness.
Interestingly when I am in a full screen game (and Netflix on another screen) it "never" pauses. It only pauses when I am not doing anything on the machine and just watching (i.e. I effectively get punished for paying too much attention).
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#16Instead of flashing an LED, the socks could warm up. That way, if the socks start getting warm and you're still awake, you can react to that, but if you're asleep, your feetsies will be nice and warm. But this would be hard as a DIY project.
Sounds like the hardest part would be making sure it isn't a fire hazard. That being said I don't like my feet being warm while I sleep, so this project misses for me by being a sock. So close.
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#17webcam + motion detection would be a way to do this without additional hardware.
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#18Featuring auto pause and nail fungus.
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#19It's cute, but is it a joke or something more serious ? I don't see any use for it, except perhaps saving bandwidth. Surely it must takes some time for the device to find out that you're actually sleeping, then you anyway have to rewind back to the point you stopped watching, so I don't think it makes a big difference to go 10 minutes or 1 hour back.
This is part of Netflix's "makeit" projects[0]. People can submit ideas for DIY projects that incorporate Netflix in someway, and they pick ones they like. So I believe this would fall under community engagement.
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#20Instead of flashing an LED, the socks could warm up. That way, if the socks start getting warm and you're still awake, you can react to that, but if you're asleep, your feetsies will be nice and warm. But this would be hard as a DIY project.
Sounds like the hardest part would be making sure it isn't a fire hazard. That being said I don't like my feet being warm while I sleep, so this project misses for me by being a sock. So close.
I'm sure the same benefit could be gained through a leg band. For me, I tend to move around in my sleep, so I wonder if it would work.