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WEAK
post #1
23 May 2006, 07:28 UTC#1
Here's an interesting article on some new sleeping pills in development by some scientists aiming to crack the standard 8 hours of sleep routine.

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Today, our culture of long hours at work and the 24-hour availability of almost everything from convenience stories to television and e-mail have demoted sleep in our priorities. To manage fatigue, says Dr Foster, “we’ve fallen into a stimulant-sedation loop, where stimulants such as caffeine and nicotine are used for wakefulness during the day and sedatives such as hypnotics and alcohol are used at night to induce sleep.”


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Tests conducted on rhesus monkeys last year suggest that CX717 can wire users to remain awake for 36 hours without the jitters, euphoria and eventual crash that come after mega-doses of caffeine or amphetamines. Further down the line are even more radical compounds—stimulants that can wipe out sleep for several days at a stretch, and pills that deliver a whole night’s shut-eye in two hours.


Read the full article:

http://www.economist.com/intelligentlife/w...tory_id=6909483
Gsus
post #2
23 May 2006, 07:55 UTC#2
I'm gonna buy the whole lot :D

Seriously though, I hope those come out. Hope there won't be any bad side effects tho :\ .
Juvie D
post #3
23 May 2006, 09:04 UTC#3
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awake for 36 hours without the jitters, euphoria and eventual crash that come after mega-doses of caffeine or amphetamines

Oh shit, I want some. Image file not present in the recovered backup
neKa
post #4
23 May 2006, 11:45 UTC#4
As good as it sounds, I don't understand how we could get the energy we need from 8 hours sleep in 2, hence why caffeine works.

But tbh, fuck sleep.
benCKa
post #5
23 May 2006, 12:33 UTC#5
I hope this doesn't mean that future employers will crave us to work for longer hours as we need less sleep :S
Gsus
post #6
23 May 2006, 15:09 UTC#6
QUOTE(benCKa @ May 23 2006, 02:33 PM) [snapback]336020[/snapback]

I hope this doesn't mean that future employers will crave us to work for longer hours as we need less sleep :S



The exact same thought crossed my mind.
CustomScarJUSTIN
post #7
23 May 2006, 16:05 UTC#7
will that even pass the standards to go into production...sounds kinda like one of those things you hear about but never see.
RandomActsofStupidity
post #8
23 May 2006, 16:15 UTC#8
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Further down the line are even more radical compounds—stimulants that can wipe out sleep for several days at a stretch.


They already have that.....it's called meth Image file not present in the recovered backup I doubt they'll find any substance that can keep people up for days on end without reaking havoc on one's internal organs, not to mention what that much sleep deprivation will eventually do to a person.
adEm
post #9
23 May 2006, 16:29 UTC#9
yeah, sounds like some serious side effects will come our way. does sound awesome tho. anytime I sleep for 2 hours I wake up feeling worse than I did before I laid down.
Adrian Rize
post #10
23 May 2006, 20:51 UTC#10
QUOTE(adEm @ May 23 2006, 04:29 PM) [snapback]336097[/snapback]

anytime I sleep for 2 hours I wake up feeling worse than I did before I laid down.

ditto, you and your afternoon naps Image file not present in the recovered backup
adEm
post #11
23 May 2006, 21:00 UTC#11
wasn't afternoon, I was up early and wanted to go back to sleep, asshole :mad:
Adrian Rize
post #12
23 May 2006, 21:26 UTC#12
QUOTE(adEm @ May 23 2006, 09:00 PM) [snapback]336227[/snapback]

wasn't afternoon, I was up early and wanted to go back to sleep, asshole :mad:

for a nap none-the-less Image file not present in the recovered backup
Adrian Rize
post #14
23 May 2006, 21:54 UTC#14
fuck, if I wasnt so lazy I would photoshop the mars bar pic.