In China, workers at Hangzhou Zhongheng Electric, Ningbo Shenyang
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and helmets that contain sensors to monitor their brainwaves, ostensibly to
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spikes such as depression, anxiety, or rage,” the South China Morning Post
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issuing the helmets, but their accuracy is still in question.
And given that neuroengineers at Columbia University recently made a
breakthrough in translating brain waves to speech, the future of similar devices
is disquieting.
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Workers in China who want non-invasive jobs should probably avoid careers in
sanitation. Though their emotions aren’t tracked, their physical movements are.
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and make sure they’re where they’re supposed to be.
It could be worse, and it was—the wristbands
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continue working, add oil!” to workers who did
not move for periods beyond 20 minutes. (“Add
oil” is a colloquialism meant as “an
encouragement and support to a person.”)
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though not to the monitoring.
In Dublin, warehouse workers and forklift
operators at grocery chain Tesco were monitored
via Motorola wearable terminals that recorded
the speed at which they moved stock and how
long they took for bathroom breaks.