Sleep and Security Pilots fall asleep flying. Drivers fall asleep driving. Nuclear plant operators fall asleep manipulating spent fuel rods. Air traffic controllers fall asleep while planes keep flying… Last week the air traffic controller for Ronald Reagen, formerly National Airport, fell asleep. He was controlling traffic at the Washington D.C. airport that is a […]
Can naps make me smarter? (3/22/11)
Can Naps Actually Make Me Smarter? Probably. You’ll certainly be able to learn better. Matthew Walker is an Englishman who teaches and researches at UC Berkeley. Along with others like Robert Stickgold and Sara Mednick he’s shown that learning consolidates with naps. Now his recent work make it look like naps don’t just consolidate learning […]
Can we learn to multitask? (1/26/11)
Death TV The brain only does well one task at a time; multitasking is becoming the norm at work and play. The contradiction represented in those two statements is now being played out for keeps in emergency services and the American military. Utilizing large amounts of instantaneous information can save many lives; it can also […]
How to sleep anywhere (1/19/11)
Can You Sleep When You Need To? You’re exhausted, strung out, and can’t wait to fall asleep – but you can’t. You’re on an airplane or bus or holed up in a hotel waiting for the weather to turn, a place where a nap or long, restful sleep would be very welcomed. Yet you feel […]
The Four Hour Body – How Not to Become Superhuman (12/16/10)
Becoming Superhuman It’s a publishing phenomenon. The video lasts a minute but shows you can do the impossible – run 100 miles, lose 100 pounds, lift 500. The book promises a a 95% sure way to 15 minute orgasm; rapid weight loss without exercise; “very awesome” sleep in just 2 hours a day; superhuman physical […]