But let's be serious here... WHO WEARS SOCKS TO BED?!
People who live in climates where it gets cold in the winter, turn down their thermostats at night, and get up in the middle of the night to pee?
slippers man, or a quick trip to the bathroom.
Netflix socks detect when you've dozed off and pause your TV show
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#72I RTFA, I know this an arduino-based DIY hobby project. But if something like this ever comes out for real, the ability to doze off and pause your TV show will be a trojan horse... You've seen those charts where people use their smart watch to record their heart rate during the game of thrones finale? (No? Here you go: http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2015/08/13/what-game-of-thrones-... ) Sure, downloading the Netflix pau…
I can imagine a world where the eventual primary use for type of technology is for for ad-based content where the screen pauses when you stop paying attention to the ad. No worries about that with Netflix, at least.
Please drink verification can.
Re: Netflix socks detect when you've dozed off and pause your TV show
#73But let's be serious here... WHO WEARS SOCKS TO BED?!
People who have rough feet that don't want to destroy the foot-end of their bed linens (polyester ones at least).
Re: Netflix socks detect when you've dozed off and pause your TV show
#74I RTFA, I know this an arduino-based DIY hobby project. But if something like this ever comes out for real, the ability to doze off and pause your TV show will be a trojan horse... You've seen those charts where people use their smart watch to record their heart rate during the game of thrones finale? (No? Here you go: http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2015/08/13/what-game-of-thrones-... ) Sure, downloading the Netflix pau…
I can imagine a world where the eventual primary use for type of technology is for for ad-based content where the screen pauses when you stop paying attention to the ad. No worries about that with Netflix, at least.
Have you seen Black Mirror?
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#75Earlier quoted context omitted.
I can imagine a world where the eventual primary use for type of technology is for for ad-based content where the screen pauses when you stop paying attention to the ad. No worries about that with Netflix, at least.
Please drink verification can.
For reference (screenshot of 4chan thread):
Re: Netflix socks detect when you've dozed off and pause your TV show
#76Are these instructions thorough enough for somebody with no hardware experience? How long might this project take for such a person?
Re: Netflix socks detect when you've dozed off and pause your TV show
#77I RTFA, I know this an arduino-based DIY hobby project. But if something like this ever comes out for real, the ability to doze off and pause your TV show will be a trojan horse... You've seen those charts where people use their smart watch to record their heart rate during the game of thrones finale? (No? Here you go: http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2015/08/13/what-game-of-thrones-... ) Sure, downloading the Netflix pau…
There's a start up named Affectiva which does exactly that. Emotion measurement from video which is used for, among other things, targeting ads and marketing campaigns.
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#78Earlier quoted context omitted.
That really only became possible when they decided to auto-play new episodes, which is a bad feature in general. There are quite a few shows with really nice music videos in their ending credits. Shrinking the video to the size of a postage stamp and kicking me into a new episode is a rather annoying. They also have a terrible habit of skipping the opening credits. The credits are often funny or beautiful. Every time…
Different strokes for different folks - I like watching the opening credits for the 1st episode, but not the 3rd.
exactly this
Re: Netflix socks detect when you've dozed off and pause your TV show
#79The website, http://makeit.netflix.com/ asks for us to submit our own ideas. Most of the things I think would be cool to do with Netflix involve having some form of API access to its catalog or apps. IR socks are not Netflix socks.
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#80I suspect something more accessible to the general public could be done with the heart rate sensors and accelerometers already in Android watches, Apple watches, and Fitbits.