dimanche 2 juillet 2017
Even Your Sleeping Hours Aren't Safe From Social Media, Thanks to This Perverse New Invention
For most rational human beings, the span of several hours of the night when we finally put down our phones and disconnect is a treasured, holy time. But for those of you who relish letting go and drifting off into a tech-less sleep, enjoy it while you can, as the night is about to get lit (with notifications).
The Aumi Mini, an absolutely horrifying, Twilight Zone-esque Kickstarter project, was surfaced by The Verge today, and the internet - as well as our sleeping habits - may never be the same. What looks like a simple nightlight actually serves as a strobing, blinking customized-color notifications system, and what it seeks to do is ensure that you never miss a single email, push alert, or social-media shenanigan ever again. With more than 150 percent of its target already backed, it's very unlikely that the Aumi Mini won't be made, which means that sooner rather than later, these devices will begin entering our bedrooms and informing us of the FOMO we wouldn't know we had without them.
Suffice it to say, Twitter had a field day with the mere concept of never being disconnected from the internet. And since you may have missed it given the fact that you don't yet have a nightlight alerting you to the goings-on of your phone while you're not looking at it, we've done a quick jaunt through the best of the best reactions to the news as it broke today.
I would honestly rather die https://t.co/kaOyI80mAF
- Kevin Roose (@kevinroose) June 28, 2017
http://pic.twitter.com/PNUgjmjned
- darth:™ (@darth) June 28, 2017
a perfect gift for someone you really hate a lot. https://t.co/wQhifsrW7M
- Caitlin Gibson (@CaitJGibson) June 28, 2017
Since I installed this nightlight, my arch-nemesis retweets me non-stop from 11pm to 7am. I haven't slept in monthshttps://t.co/zrlZyuu480
- Sir Michael (@Michael1979) June 28, 2017
- Adam Smith (@asmith83) June 28, 2017
worst invention ever. nightlight + tweets = insomnia https://t.co/HoH3oHywnf
- Josh Felser (@Joshmedia) June 28, 2017
Where's the nightlight that just lets me know when the meteor gets here? https://t.co/okXgQXqaMc
- Rory Cooper (@rorycooper) June 28, 2017
i would like the world to open up under me right about now https://t.co/x4nZXOSYsA
- Ann-Marie Alcántara (@itstheannmarie) June 28, 2017
The nightlight that notifies you of emails--a dash of cholera for your sleep hygiene. https://t.co/mKZq1Q3iP4
- Lindsay Beyerstein (@Beyerstein) June 28, 2017
Shoot this nightlight into the sun. https://t.co/BpjM1szvZy
- Adam Sarson (@Adam_Sarson) June 28, 2017
Why can't a nightlight just be a goddamn nightlight? Not everything has to be "disrupted." https://t.co/q2unkGYk9L
- Laarni Ragaza (@LaarniRagaza) June 28, 2017
Now your nightlight can make sure you never sleep again https://t.co/xweh3aWos2
- Becca (@kbeccaandrews) June 28, 2017
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