Germans Increase Office Efficiency With "Cloud Ceiling"

Griller_GT writes "According to the top researchers of the Fraunhofer-Institut für Arbeitswirtschaft und Organization (IAO) in Stuttgart, the human mind is set up to work at its best under the open sky, with changing illumination caused by clouds passing overhead. The unvarying glare of office lighting is sub-optimal, therefore, and in order to wring the last ounce of efficiency from German workers whose productivity has already been pushed to unprecedented heights they have decided to rectify this with a LED cloud ceiling."

Re:I approve!

[Synerg1y]

FTW,

when they see workers dozing off they should be able to initiate thunder and lightning. A bucket rain shower in an extreme case.

CEO is a genius!

[GodfatherofSoul]

His "researchers" also discovered that humans respond better when working at ambient temperatures and when exposed to the elements. They also like to be beaten with whips when they're insubordinate.

Re:I dunno.

[Anonymous Coward]

I may be at my best, coding in a Zeppelin, cruising silently above it all.

So a LED Zeppelin then?

I live in the Seattle Area and I'm wondering...

[ravenscar]

What are the blue LEDs for?

Re:First!

[Anonymous Coward]

Oddly enough, he did. I saw him just sitting in the park on a partly cloudy day, reading slashdot on his laptop just as a passing cloud cast a shadow over him, I saw the proverbial light bulb go on over his head. The rest, as they say, is history.

German CEO covering his ass

[million_monkeys]

I think it's more likely that someone tried to explain "the cloud" to some CEO and he completely misunderstood then ordered a bunch of these cloud panels made. After he realized his mistake, he had some people make up these productivity claims so he can avoid the embarrassment of admitting his mistake while simultaneously looking like an innovator.

Re:First!

[Anonymous Coward]

Perhaps if the lightbulb had been sky-colored, he would have made a more insightful comment.