Have some extra time on your hands? Love watching Netflix but hate when you fall asleep in the middle of a show? You're in luck!
Netflix now offers a step by step guide to make high tech smart socks to detect when you've dozed off and send a signal to your
TV, automatically pausing your show. Never
again will you binge-watch yourself to sleep, only to wake up two
seasons later wondering what happened.
How does it work? Netflix starts with instructions for knitting socks, and helpfully includes
pattern designs for its most popular shows, including House of Cards
and Master of None.
Building the electronics setup is step
two. This includes an accelerometer (to detect when feet have stopped
moving), IR LEDs (to send a signal to the television) and a battery,
among other components.
The electronics are then inserted into
the socks. A few strips of felt help keep them comfy. In order to get
everything to work smoothly, users will also need to do a little
soldering and computer programming.
Ready to start your sock project? Check out the guide at makeit.netflix.com.
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