Wednesday, 3. January 2007
Topic: health - on January 3, 2007 at 1:28:00 PM CET
LED cat's eyes may provoke epileptic fits
The agency was alerted to the possible problem by Rebecca Jasiczak who says that while driving along a stretch of the A12 near Witham in Essex, she "narrowly avoided a seizure" prompted by the solar-powered cat's eyes. The offending devices flash at 100 times a second, which created "a strobe-like effect which nearly triggered an epileptic fit", according to Jasiczak.
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