These sensors are supposed to prevent degradation by residents.
"Big Brother is watching you" Behind this famous maxim from the 1984 novel by George Orwell is a sad reality that scandalized the residents of the university campus Maine 1 of Rennes.
As revealed by the daily newspaper Ouest-France in its September 6 edition, the CROUS of Rennes-Bretagne, in charge of the establishment, had planned to randomly place sensors in the beds of students.
The latter were supposed to provide information in real time, and their purpose was to limit the degradation suffered by the beds. "When a student takes a bed for a pull bar or when the mattress is transformed into a sofa for ten people, we are aware of it," explained Espace Loggia, in charge of the dormitories. SMS is sent to a technical agent who has the power to intervene.
(Source: news.sfr.fr/)