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tagryn ([personal profile] tagryn) wrote2008-01-16 09:04 am

The next step beyond drug testing and keyboard logging at work

...could be this.
The Times has seen a patent application filed by (Microsoft) for a computer system that links workers to their computers via wireless sensors that measure their metabolism. The system would allow managers to monitor employees’ performance by measuring their heart rate, body temperature, movement, facial expression and blood pressure.
(hat tip: ikilled007)