{"id":125475,"date":"2019-04-05T12:11:46","date_gmt":"2019-04-05T09:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ww-vb.mine.nu\/w108\/china-is-reportedly-trialling-attention-detecting-bands-in-schools\/"},"modified":"2019-04-05T12:11:46","modified_gmt":"2019-04-05T09:11:46","slug":"china-is-reportedly-trialling-attention-detecting-bands-in-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/china-is-reportedly-trialling-attention-detecting-bands-in-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"China is reportedly trialling attention-detecting bands in schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Last year, we saw reports of Chinese schools using facial recognition technology <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2018\/05\/17\/chinese-school-uses-facial-recognition-monitor-student-attention\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">to monitor the attention levels of students<\/a>. Now a report from <a href=\"https:\/\/supchina.com\/2019\/04\/05\/chinese-parents-want-students-to-wear-dystopian-brainwave-detecting-headbands\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">SupChina<\/a> suggests that some schools are experimenting with headbands to detect attentiveness of children in a classroom.<\/p>\n<p><span>The dystopian image you see above is of a classroom in a primary school in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province.<\/span> The device, called the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brainco.tech\/product\/focusedu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Focus<\/a> 1, is made by\u00a0<span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brainco.tech\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BrainCo Inc<\/a>., a startup based in Boston. The company worked with the Harvard center of brain science to develop the headband.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The headbands use electroencephalography (EEG) sensors to measure attentiveness. The product video shows that teachers can monitor the attention levels of students through a dashboard, and know which student is losing focus.<\/span> They can also check the indicators to see if someone\u2019s slacking.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fQ3eW3qQ2pk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>While BrainCo\u2019s\u00a0aim is to help teachers give personalized attention to students, the whole setup feels very restrictive for students. In the\u00a0Hangzhou implementation of the headband, teachers can monitor concentration levels, and get top three attentive students at the end of class. That means there\u2019s added pressure on kids to pay attention during the class.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1198023 size-full lazy\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2019\/04\/a203cadely1g1qcwu79ifj20qo0zkdlk-375x500.jpg\" data-lazy=\"true\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2019\/04\/a203cadely1g1qcwu79ifj20qo0zkdlk-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2019\/04\/a203cadely1g1qcwu79ifj20qo0zkdlk-375x500-158x210.jpg 158w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2019\/04\/a203cadely1g1qcwu79ifj20qo0zkdlk-375x500-203x270.jpg 203w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2019\/04\/a203cadely1g1qcwu79ifj20qo0zkdlk-375x500-101x135.jpg 101w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2019\/04\/a203cadely1g1qcwu79ifj20qo0zkdlk-375x500-354x472.jpg 354w\"\/><figcaption><a href=\"#\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthenextweb.com%2Fplugged%2F2019%2F04%2F05%2Fchina-is-reportedly-trialling-attention-detecting-bands-in-schools%2F&amp;via=thenextweb&amp;related=thenextweb&amp;text=Check out this picture on: Top 3 attentive students of the class as per BrainCo\u2019s headband dashboard implemented in a Chinese School\" data-title=\"Share Top 3 attentive students of the class as per BrainCo\u2019s headband dashboard implemented in a Chinese School on Twitter\" data-width=\"685\" data-height=\"500\" class=\"post-image-share popitup\" title=\"Share Top 3 attentive students of the class as per BrainCo\u2019s headband dashboard implemented in a Chinese School on Twitter\"><i class=\"icon icon--inline icon--twitter--dark\"\/><\/a>Top 3 attentive students of the class as per BrainCo\u2019s headband dashboard implemented in a Chinese School<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This is not the first Chinese school to test these devices. In February, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weibo.com\/6437839530\/Ho3Dlort7?from=page_1005056437839530_profile&amp;wvr=6&amp;mod=weibotime&amp;type=comment#_rnd1554451812889\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Paper.cn<\/a> reported that a school situated in\u00a0<span>the city of Jinhua, Zhejiang Province was trying them out as well.\u00a0<\/span>The company said in January that it had already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/article-6596063\/Chinese-students-brains-scanned-make-sure-concentrating-controversial-trial.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">tried this band with 10,000 Chinese students aged between 17 and 21<\/a> for three weeks. It\u2019s planning to extend the experiment to the US, Mexico, Spain, and Brazil.<\/p>\n<p>BrainCo has a promotional video on YouTube \u2013 titled <em>May the focus be with you\u00a0 \u2013\u00a0<\/em>that looks like a clip of a Black Mirror episode.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F4LSslywSME?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>While the company said grades of the students improved during the January trial, there\u2019re no studies published in academic journals to prove the claim. Until BrainCo proves that this device really helps students without stressing them out, it\u2019ll be seen as a dystopian controlling device.<\/p>\n<p><i>For more gear, gadget, and hardware news and reviews, follow Plugged on<br \/>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/plugged\">Twitter<\/a> and<br \/>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/flipboard.com\/@thenextweb\/plugged-54nihknvy\">Flipboard<\/a>.<br \/>\n            <\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-post-pubDate\">\n                                    Published April 5, 2019 \u2014 09:10 UTC\n                                <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script data-src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;appId=378011798897423&amp;version=v2.6\" id=\"socialSrcFacebook\" type=\"text\/template\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/plugged\/2019\/04\/05\/china-is-reportedly-trialling-attention-detecting-bands-in-schools\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Last year, we saw reports of Chinese schools using facial recognition technology to monitor the attention levels of students. Now a report from SupChina suggests that some schools are experimenting with headbands to detect attentiveness of children in a classroom. 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