Stop sleeping and read this. Its important for those half eyes shut staff in office.
When I first read about computers detecting when workers are dozing off on the job I felt a new Big Brother series coming up...
I remember when I worked in a bank and had to go into huge storage rooms to sort cheques, I was often woken up by my falling fowards. However in many occupations this sort of technology could be a real life saver.
Researchers are currently experimenting on miners (that probably sounds worse than it is) with computers that monitor their sleepiness. By monitoring how well a truck is being driven they can tell how awake the driver is (or how crap a driver they are). This means remedial action could be taken before a truck carrying hundreds of tonnes of coal goes off the road.
If trials prove successful this sort of technology could be really useful throughout the transport industry and who knows could even be used in consumer vehicles.
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