January 16th, 2008

Microsoft System May Monitor Workers’ Brains, Bodies

» Posted in Big Brother/Nanny State, demented at 11:21 am
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Is the world getting nutty or what?

clipped from http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,323101,00.html

Microsoft is developing Big
Brother-style software capable of remotely monitoring a worker’s productivity,
physical well-being and competence.

Microsoft is developing Big Brother-style software capable of remotely monitoring a worker’s productivity, physical well-being and competence.

The Times has seen a patent application filed by the company for a computer system that links workers to their computers via wireless sensors that measure their metabolisms.

The system would allow managers to monitor employees’ performance by measuring their heart rates, body temperatures, movements, facial expressions and blood pressure.

 

 

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Date posted: Wednesday, January 16th, 2008 11:21 am | Under category: Big Brother/Nanny State, demented
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