The Buttocks Have It

An anonymous reader writes "From this ZDNET article: Future hijackers may find that their buttocks betray them, if UK defense firm Qinetiq has its way. The company has developed a smart chair stashed with a thicket of seat sensors, according to New Scientist magazine this week. The same seats could also be used to warn cabin staff of illness among the passengers, potentially alleviating the risk of deep vein thrombosis or DVT."

Comments

Finally

[-tji]

Hopefully this technology will allow me to find that inconsiderate bastard that keeps farting near me on international flights.

DVT? Just increase the fucking legroom.

[sulli]

Damn airlines [1] do everything they can to avoid the simple fact that their seats are too small, and too close together. What will it take, a class action lawsuit? Just give passengers enough room (36" pitch is reasonable, not the appalling 30" on some flights) and the whole DVT thing will go away.

[1] Except United in "economy plus" and most American planes, though AA is reducing room again on some flights. Fuckers.

How helpful.

[chundo]

"Excuse me sir, the computer is telling me you might need a hemorrhoid cushion?"

-j

The future of embarrasment

[Captain Galactic]

"Excuse me, sir, our in-seat rectal analizers have found that you are ill. Would you like some asistance?"

Interesting...

[zCyl]

Sensors which detect seat movement. Now that's definitely a solution looking desperately for a problem.

Privacy Policy

[bobthemuse]

What is their privacy policy? How do I know they won't sell the info to Jenny Craig?

And people always call me crazy...

[MongooseCN]

...because I'm wearing tin foil underwear. Looks who's laughing now!