These smart socks pause Netflix if you fall asleep

Netflix provided instructions to build socks that detect when you've dozed off and send a signal to your TV, automatically pausing your show
they did this so you don't have to wake up two seasons later wondering what happened
Building the electronics set-up 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.
The electronics are then inserted into the socks.
Netflix directs users to strap a pulse sensor to their toe.

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