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ABCNEWS.com : Military Seeking Ways to Skip Sleep: "A more recently developed stimulant, modafinil (sold under the name Provigil), was approved by the Federal Drug Administration in 1999 and has been shown to keep people awake and alert for two days straight. More than 250,000 people now use the drug, although it was created mostly for people suffering from narcolepsy, a condition that triggers overwhelming impulses to sleep."

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Slashdot | Alarm Clocks for Heavy Sleepers?

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ABCNEWS.com : Military Seeking Ways to Skip Sleep

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ThinkGeek :: Roll-Up Keyboard

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Coffee Packs More Than a Caffeine Buzz

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Slashdot | Qiuet Keyboards with Tactile Feedback?

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Slashdot | GameToo Much...... And Die!: "GameToo Much...... And Die!

Posted by chrisd on Wednesday October 09, @09:08PM
from the he-was-probably-britished dept.
A 24-year-old South Korean man died after playing computer games nonstop for 86 hours, police said yesterday. The jobless man, identified by police only by his last name Kim, was found dead at an Internet cafe in Kwangju, 260 kilometres southwest of Seoul, they said. Quoting witnesses, police detective Oh Myong-sik in Kwangju said the man had been virtually glued to the computer since late last Friday and had no decent sleep and meals. The man collapsed in front of the counter early yesterday but soon regained consciousness. He then went to the toilet where he later was found dead, the police officer said. Initial investigation ruled out the possibility of murder, police said. An autopsy was planned. Source Article can be found in The Sydney Morning Herald "

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Slashdot | Sleep Less, Live Longer: "Sleep Less, Live Longer

Posted by timothy on Monday February 18, @03:38AM
from the if-you're-reading-this dept.
Linuxathome writes: 'The Washington Post carried an article describing the results of a study linking the average amount of sleep one gets per night with his/her life span. It appears that those who sleep less than 8 hours a night, live longer (optimum is 7 hours). The study (link to the abstract) was aimed at looking at the mortality rate of those suffering from insomnia. But rather than associating insomnia with increased risk of death, it appears that sleeping more than 8 hours carries a much higher risk.' "

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Alarm clocks for deaf people

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Slashdot | How Much Sleep Do You Really Need?: "Who needs sleep (you're never gonna get it..) (Score:5, Interesting)
by AnalogBoy (51094) on Thursday January 10, @09:26AM (#2815832)
(Last Journal: Wednesday July 31, @12:10AM)
I've worked first, second, and third shift, and can honestly say that sleep is my least favorite activity. I feel as I'm being robbed of part of my life.

However, once im nice and asleep, it typically takes me 10-11 hours to wake back up naturally. If i have to wake up before that (Read: Work), it takes an act of G-d to get me up and out of bed. My body (and simiconcious mind) hate waking up so much that i can turn off an alarm (even my winamp alarm) without ever becoming completely lucid. I do it every night. I have to set 3 alarms to wake up. They recently all became ineffective. (Sometimes, i'll get up, turn the alarm off BEFORE it goes off!). Now I have a flesh-and-blood alarm that makes sure im awake in time to come to work.

Once i'm awake, and have had a good 8 hours, im fine after 30 minutes, but my brain doesnt enter init 3 until about 2 hours later.

I want to beg my doctor to prescribe me modafinil, the drug they use to treat narcolepsy. A recent study by doctors at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston showed the drug is effective in letting healthy people stay awake and completely in control of their mental facilities for up to 4 days at a time. This raises an interesting question, at least for me.. my personality changes dramatically from the morning to the night.. wonder what would happen after 4 days.
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'If this were a dictatorship, it'd be a heck of a lot easier...just as long as I'm the dictator...' --Dubya, 12.18.00 "

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Sonic Alert - America's Leader in Visual Alerting Systems

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Science Blog High Price For Late-Night Computer Use

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NewsForge | A babe in Tuxland

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EtherApe, a graphical network monitor

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Toxic Technology

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Tuesday, April 06, 2004