Wednesday, November 8, 2006

Stay Awake, for Safety's Sake

Filed under: OTC

wake the hell up

Yes, it's another post about our favorite preoccupation, sleep. This simple product from YankoDesign, conceived by Daniel Ruffle, alerts drivers when they're dozing off:

A future concept designed for the AA, this flexible rubber device uses motion combined with reaction time to determine whether or not you are suffering from driver fatigue. The device communicates with an RFID tag positioned in your car and only starts to detect whether you are tired when you are in your car. The device can be bent to fit your wrist, and has memory to stay in position, to ensure it will not fall off.

Instead of those "Live Strong" bracelets, think of this one as saying "Live Long" ...

More from designer Daniel Ruffle...

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