Netflix has produced a step-by-step guide to help you make a pair of smart socks that will detect when you’re asleep - and pause what you’re watching when you do.
Admittedly, you’ll need to have a bit of programming knowledge, as the Netflix socks require a small circuit, which then fits inside the socks.
The company has provided instructions, full details are here, but in brief, the sleep detection system is based on a method called actigraphy, which relies on an accelerometer to detect when you’ve stopped moving for a prolonged period of time.
A small LED will blink before sending the pause signal to the TV, so if you've simply been frozen still, transfixed by the action on screen, that will be your cue to move and cancel the signal.
Of course, this is all somewhat hypothetical - you need to focus on making them first. Still, a pair of Netflix-pausing socks would certainly make a nice change to the more typical Christmas socks so often found under the tree... If you fancy the challenge, do let us know if you get them working.
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