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Sleep Shift Scheduling Tool
Sleep Shift Schedule
Summary
Our research project is based on the sleep shift schedule, we have researched in depth about sleep issues in space and have combated these problems with our own innovative solutions. We have created innovative solutions to help us create a schedule which astronauts could follow to help reach the goal of more efficient and better quality sleep whilst following all their necessary tasks. Using this schedule, we would like to produce an app which would be capable of outputting our schedule based on the user (astronaut) input, which would be personalised for their needs. This app would be used, so astronauts would be able to follow their schedule whilst meeting their own individual needs easily.
How We Addressed This Challenge
We have developed a plan for the app we would like to produce, with a detailed planned schedule which has been created based off our research on sleep shift schedules in space and the problems associated with the process of sleep in space which we have combated with our own innovative solutions. We would use all this research and our efficient schedule to create our app to help astronauts follow their schedule easily whilst meeting their own individual needs. We would program this app using python, and base the outputting schedule on the user inputs to personalise and help individuals manage their time to provide access to a efficient sleep. We hope to achieve a well developed app which can be easily used by users to help them reach the goal of high quality and efficient sleep in space.
How We Developed This Project
Our team was inspired to choose this challenge to help astronauts in space with a vital requirement, sleep. Our team acknowledges the importance of sleep and as secondary school students we understood the importance of sleep and the difficulty of not having or gaining enough efficient sleep. We started approaching this challenge at a perspective of astronauts and had to fully understand and acknowledge their schedule to create a more efficient schedule which could be used, to achieve this understanding our team began approaching this challenge by watching many videos about sleeping in space created by NASA and CSA and read and researched articles and data from the JAXA, which we could use to understand the effects of sleep. We were unable to start developing the app however we thoroughly researched the different aspects of the space travel process such as launching and docking to create our own schedule which would be used in our app. Within our team we found it challenging to find data about sleep shift schedules and we found it challenging to manage our time to design and then plan and crate our app, it was difficult finding time within our own busy schedules and ensuring we had enough sleep. We achieved much progress regarding our research and managed to collectively create an efficient schedule within the shirt time period given.
How We Used Space Agency Data in This Project
We used information and data from NASA, ESA and JAXA. We researched NASA's schedule, solutions and we read about Dr Flynn-Evans who explained the difficulty and challenges regarding the circadian rhythm. ESA provided us with useful data and information regarding the circadian rhythm control and we used JAXA data and figures to understand the effect of sleep on astronauts, especially insomnia and SWSD.
Project Demo
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Data & Resources
NASA, JAXA
