Teen Inventors Connect DVR to Your Zzzs

12/24/2014

60-Second Tech

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British students made a wrist monitor that senses if you nod off and sends a signal to your DVR to record whatever you were watching. Future such devices could control additional household functions. Larry Greenemeier reports

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