Anti Sleep Pilot - how on earth does it work?!
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It tells you in the description. In essence it asks you some questions which you answer and based on your responses it calculates your fatigue profile. It may also measure things like response time etc. which are indicative of fatigue.
It may work, but one of the best measures is blink response and CFR (critical fusion rate) which is lower when you're fatigued. CFR is the ability to detect flicker / strobing.
It may work, but one of the best measures is blink response and CFR (critical fusion rate) which is lower when you're fatigued. CFR is the ability to detect flicker / strobing.
rhinochopig said:
It tells you in the description. In essence it asks you some questions which you answer and based on your responses it calculates your fatigue profile. It may also measure things like response time etc. which are indicative of fatigue.
That doesn't explain how it works thought - HOW does it measure your response time?What is it measuring the response time of? What is the stimulant?
It appears to be a glorified egg timer:
http://www.antisleeppilot.com/en/product/the-scien...
You tell it before the drive if you are already tired or drugged up, and it sets an interval it thinks you should use to stop and take a break.
http://www.antisleeppilot.com/en/product/the-scien...
You tell it before the drive if you are already tired or drugged up, and it sets an interval it thinks you should use to stop and take a break.
raptor600 said:
rhinochopig said:
It tells you in the description. In essence it asks you some questions which you answer and based on your responses it calculates your fatigue profile. It may also measure things like response time etc. which are indicative of fatigue.
That doesn't explain how it works thought - HOW does it measure your response time?What is it measuring the response time of? What is the stimulant?
Before the journey you input your sleep profile, and it asks you some other 'digital' questions. This sets your base profile. During the journey, it asks other questions, which require a digital response (yes/no). It may also have some form of stimulus response type metric, i.e. it beeps and you have to speak out loud or push a button. Or some mathematical questions it can ask.
When fatigued cognitive processing slows down, so response times slow as well, as does reasoning. If your reasoning / response time drops below a set level then it'll warn you that you've reached a level of fatique at which falling asleep is a danger. It doesn't detect sleep (from reading the description) but warns against the pre-conditions of sleep.
Systems that do warn of sleep tend to work on blink rate etc. as I said before.
rhinochopig said:
Purely conjecture, but I'd guess.
Before the journey you input your sleep profile, and it asks you some other 'digital' questions. This sets your base profile. During the journey, it asks other questions, which require a digital response (yes/no). It may also have some form of stimulus response type metric, i.e. it beeps and you have to speak out loud or push a button. Or some mathematical questions it can ask.
That's what I thought...but nothing eludes to that in the description or on the site.Before the journey you input your sleep profile, and it asks you some other 'digital' questions. This sets your base profile. During the journey, it asks other questions, which require a digital response (yes/no). It may also have some form of stimulus response type metric, i.e. it beeps and you have to speak out loud or push a button. Or some mathematical questions it can ask.
As someone said above - it seems to be a glorified egg timer!
http://www.antisleeppilot.com/en/product/how-it-wo...
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te, if you want to stay awake, use my misses as a passenger, she will keep you awake, to coin a phrase Chas and Dave used, "she has more rabbit than Sainsburys"
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te, if you want to stay awake, use my misses as a passenger, she will keep you awake, to coin a phrase Chas and Dave used, "she has more rabbit than Sainsburys"Er, it tells you on the website:
'How it works' page on the website said:
Anti Sleep Pilot® maintains your alertness using simple alertness maintaining tests. You will receive alertness maintaining tests at 10 to 25 minute intervals depending on your risk profile and fatigue status. Your reaction time is registered once you touch the top of the Anti Sleep Pilot®. Anti Sleep Pilot® records your reaction times and includes these in the calculation of your fatigue level.
So bascially every 10-25 minutes, it beeps, you slap it and when your reaction time gets too long it tells you to stop.nickbee said:
Er, it tells you on the website:
Excellent, so you could have been asleep for up to 25 minutes before it knows anything about it?'How it works' page on the website said:
Anti Sleep Pilot® maintains your alertness using simple alertness maintaining tests. You will receive alertness maintaining tests at 10 to 25 minute intervals depending on your risk profile and fatigue status. Your reaction time is registered once you touch the top of the Anti Sleep Pilot®. Anti Sleep Pilot® records your reaction times and includes these in the calculation of your fatigue level.
So bascially every 10-25 minutes, it beeps, you slap it and when your reaction time gets too long it tells you to stop.
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