Desk lights stop busy minds being bothered

摘要

ITS annoying being interrupted when you're deep in thought. To stop this happening in the office, a desk-mounted traffic light system automatically measures how hard a person is working to tell would-be interrupters when to stay away. The FlowLight system tracks keyboard strokes as well as mouse clicks and movement to detect whether a worker is in the zone or can be disturbed. If a person's combined keyboard and mouse activity is within the top 9 per cent of their average range then an LED attached to their desk glows red, warning colleagues not to disturb them.