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Germans Increase Office Efficiency With "Cloud Ceiling"

Posted by samzenpus on from the little-fluffy-clouds dept.

Griller_GT writes "According to the top researchers of the Fraunhofer-Institut für Arbeitswirtschaft und Organization (IAO) in Stuttgart, the human mind is set up to work at its best under the open sky, with changing illumination caused by clouds passing overhead. The unvarying glare of office lighting is sub-optimal, therefore, and in order to wring the last ounce of efficiency from German workers whose productivity has already been pushed to unprecedented heights they have decided to rectify this with a LED cloud ceiling."

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  1. Re:I approve! by Synerg1y · · Score: 5, Funny

    FTW,

    when they see workers dozing off they should be able to initiate thunder and lightning. A bucket rain shower in an extreme case.

  2. CEO is a genius! by GodfatherofSoul · · Score: 5, Funny

    His "researchers" also discovered that humans respond better when working at ambient temperatures and when exposed to the elements. They also like to be beaten with whips when they're insubordinate.

    --
    I swear to God...I swear to God! That is NOT how you treat your human!
  3. Re:I dunno. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I may be at my best, coding in a Zeppelin, cruising silently above it all.

    So a LED Zeppelin then?

  4. I live in the Seattle Area and I'm wondering... by ravenscar · · Score: 5, Funny

    What are the blue LEDs for?