Several corridors at the main media center are lined with
“sleep rest cabins," small pods that open with a QR code and contain beds.
The beds can be adjusted by remote control and even have a “zero-gravity mode”
meant to reduce stress on the body — you don't quite float, but it's pretty
comfortable.
Some journalists nap in the cabins, while others in search of a quiet — and private — place to write bring their computers. Zhao Yufeng, a spokesperson for cabin manufacturer Keeson Technology Corp., said 30 to 40 people a day have been using them so far.
“We’ve placed sleeping cabins here for journalists to give
an environment to work, rest and get relaxed," she said. Not everyone was
excited about napping in a see-through box in full view of anyone walking by,
though.
Guido Santevecchi, an Italian journalist, said the pods
reminded him of something you might find in a psychiatric ward. Given the
already heavy potential mental health toll of living inside the Olympic bubble
with major restrictions on movement, “I would rather avoid entering
there," he said.
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