Blue Lights To Reset Internal Clocks

holy_calamity writes "Researchers at RPI are testing the effects of putting blue LEDs inside cars to keep drivers alert. People driving through the night are much more likely to cause accidents because our circadian rhythms just want to sleep — blue light at around 450nm wavelength can fool them into thinking it's morning and keep them awake."

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Technology For Dickheads

[pandrijeczko]

Sorry for the title but I get annoyed with the constant announcements by these annoying little companies that they have made a wonderful breakthough in technology for all of us when, in reality, it's a few neanderthals amongst the entire human race who are too stupid to work out for themselves that the contents of a polystyrene cup might be hot or that when you're tired you probably shouldn't be behind the wheel of a car...

Perhaps I should email that company with a question to see what response I get:

"So if your blue light device is designed such that I no longer need to worry about driving when I'm really tired, does that mean that if I do fall asleep at the wheel, spin out of control and kill an innocent pedestrian, it will have been as a result of the failure of your device to do its job such that I can pass on all legal liabilities to you then?"