Again with the failing cause of the right to idleness illustrated by the lengths that scientists will go to keep us from the benefits of idleness:
Smart clothes could soon be helping their wearers cope with the stresses of modern life. The prototype garments monitor physiological states including temperature and heart rate. The clothes are connected to a database that analyses the data to work out a person's emotional state. Media, including songs, words and images, are then piped to the display and speakers in the clothes to calm a wearer or offer support.
Will the cause of the stress be analyzed, too? Maybe there is a very good, even pleasurable reason for being hot and bothered? Maybe the person needs to handle such tensions by themselves? By sitting in a chair or having tea. In fact, isn't tea - cold or hot, sweet or not - the entire low-fi answer to the problem... if there is a problem at all. Are the stresses of modern life beyond coping? Coping at least without an intervention by one's socks offering support? Have a tea. Have a nap.
Comments
Ben (The Tiger) - June 7, 2010 2:45 PM
You know what this means, Alan?
Our lives can have soundtracks, now! Soundtracks we don't have to think about ahead of time!
This is awesome.
Alan - June 7, 2010 5:54 PM
It's like soundtrack consultants.
I bet I sound like the theme from "The Greatest American Hero" or maybe "Room 222" depending on my mood.
TonyGuitar - June 14, 2010 3:50 AM
Gordon Campbell is one of our provincial leaders. Is it a sign of end-times when when a BC premier wants to do something massively stupid?
He wants to flood out 80 kilometers of rich farm basin for the site C dam project.
There is a huge dam going ahead east of Prince rupert and the EU boys who fried bauxite into aluminium left Kitimat but the huge dam they used stayed behind and now feeds the grid.
Industry is turning to on site power production for reliability. No powerlines...no blackouts. Fuelcells and Bloomboxes instead.
Fedex, Google, Walmart, Ebay and 16 or more other corporations use Bloomboxes.
With the daily integration of power-smart appliances, energy demand is dropping. Hello flouro-lamp!
What do we need white elephant Site C for?
Bloombox video link and full account at TonyGuitar.wordpress.com
Link to CBS 60 minutes. TG
TonyGuitar - June 14, 2010 4:03 AM
PS:
The tea for mellowness and calm for centuries is commonly known as Oolong Tea. Buy on the loose in China Town...East Pender.
Seriously! Non addictive, but with some mild measure of Valium effect, after the second or third cup, that is.
It's a brown tea and most satisfying. Very worthwhile. Good tasting too. Not at all medicinal in nature. Green tea is ugh, in comparison.