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Sleepy Cocoon 3.0
1. Anti-sleep Noble peace prize
Yesterday on the Noble prize ceremony
award Noble prize for peace was given to a
person who learned to live without sleeping:
“For bringing peace to our lives” they said.
That man is active round a clock, always
ready to do something and is even thinking
about learning to live without food. And he
opened school “Anti-sleep Life”: all top-100
Fortune companies dream to train their staff
there. Governments prepare to change job
regulations and protect companies from
overtime payments..and soon people will
nostalgie for their daily spiral, so natural
and native..
2. Предыстория 0 важности проблемы
Our native activity spiral..day after day..
But what if sleeping is not that simple?
3. That was a dream that I saw last night..
And it made me think.. What if
sleeping isn’t just “lying still-
wasting time”?
What if it is the most important
part of the day, even more
important than being awake?
What if the way of
sleeping differs people
from animals?
4. Preliminary research
Sleep is vitally important. Without sleep one can survive for only
5 days, whereas without water – 10 days, without food – 30.
Even one sleepless night impacts one’s psychical condition
significantly.
Lack of normal sleep leads to mental and physical
malfunction, causes many troubles with health, decreases
immune level, causes early getting tired and old.
“Lack of sleep” border is individual.
Normal amount of time for sleeping is 7-10 hours, whereas
demand for sleep may depend upon
season, age, health, activity and other personal factors
It is not recommended to sleep more than 12 hours per
night, because natural biorhythms shift.
It’s better to sleep for odd number of hours (5,7, 9) rather than
even (6,8,10).
Any available number of sleeping hours have to be used efficiently
5. Sleep structure
Slow sleep. Lasts for 80-90 minutes. Starts right after falling asleep and has 4 stages.
1. 5-10 minutes: nap
2. 20 minutes: light sleep
3. And 4. stages lasting 30-40 minutes. The most deep and slow sleep. It’s very difficult
to wake someone up at this period.
Deep sleep is the best time for restoration.
After 4th phase sleeping person returns to phase 2 and then again 5 minutes of a nap. All
this chain is called a cycle and lasts for 90-100 minutes. Then cycle repeats , but the
amount of deep sleep decreases whereas amount of light sleep increases. During the
light sleep brain is active like at the daytime despite full lack of movements. 90% of
people see bright dreams at this stage. It is supposed, that light dream is a function of
psychological protection, information processing and its exchange between conscious
and sub-conscious.
All stages are vitally important for human, but it is proved that people who sleep less (3-5
hours) have almost 50% of deep sleep. It means that their sleep is more efficient due
to lack of time for less important stages.
6. 100 sleep disturbers
Terrible dreams
Small bed
Too hotcold
Too much coffee
No children to play with HungryFull
Too much smoking
Smoking ThirstyFull
Stresses and worries
Alcohol Bright light outside
Unhealthy food Annoying alarm-clock
Sitting in the internet Too noisy outside
Not enough water Wrong cycle for wake up
Bright light Loud neighborsroadetc
Lack of walks on the air No motivation to wake up
No fresh air No fresh air
Too much time in traffic Annoying things to do
Very hot shower Uncomfortable clothes
Extra-overloads Bad weather
Stressful talks Annoying partner
No breaks during the day Too dark outside
Business late at night No partner
Stressful environment
Uncomfortable bedroom Sudden problem (cat
Loneliness outside)
Badwrong smells Health trouble
Too tired to relax
Hot showerbathsauna
Aggressive moviebook
Daytime Evening, Night Morning
Activity preparation for sleeping Sleeping Waking up
7. There are many reasons for sleep deprivation..
..but we chose the most actual for
our team:
The most efficient sleep
in minimal amount of
time in one’s own bed
8. Logical chain
Along the research we changed our point of view: sleep is not a rest, it is another form of
activity.
Muscles rest during the sleep, immune system activates its work, brain is active most of
time.
Enabling efficient sleep is like combining a puzzle of factors:
• Comfortable place for sleeping
• Mandatory preparation: walk 2 hours before the sleep, maximal relaxation before the
sleep
• Appropriate time for sleep is a key: the more alignment with natural biorhythms –
the better
• Avoid alcohol and heavy food at least 4 hours before the sleep
• Temperature and humidity should be balanced
• Nothing should disturb: if one wakes up even to a surface sleep, cycle damages and
stops to be efficient
• Natural and efficient music or silence has to be selected for each sleep stage
• Pleasant wake up is necessary: nice view and alarm music raise motivation for
opening the eyes
9. 100 sleep drivers
Components of our solution are marked with bold
Quit the job, relocate to Personal cocoon with Alarm clock should have a
Cuba and enjoy good microclimate Special clothes for efficient pleasant melody,
sleep Watch aquarium, meditate sleep Sleep naked wake one up at the most
Live near office Appropriate humidity Special high-tech comfortable moment –
Live in the forestwoods Walk on the fresh air cocoon with “smart” considers general sleep
near the watersealake Hold a cat Massage liquid inside: person and individual
Follow your biorhythms. Sex before the sleep inside is isolated from biorhythms.
Go to bed earlier, get up AromatherapyOzonation. external Before the alarm clock
earlier. No excessive food: warm milk disturbers, personal light in the room should
Free schedule of the Swimming 3 hours before the microclimate maintained. slowly start turning on
work. sleep Music or special sounds -similar to natural solar
Sleep during the day Art before the sleep: draw Swinging light.
Food and drink balance Speak out write on paper Sleepy hat /toy Pleasant and efficient
Avoid coffee Align with children Decrease the surface of wake-up smells.
Anti-stress aroma Live fire: candles, fireplace sleep phase Foot massage
Walk during the day Confidence in tomorrow Temperature regulation Morning sounds of
Comfortable temperature Don’t call disgusting people. Right position for sleep waking weather, e.g. birds
clothes and footwear. Pleasant memories/dreams Bed of sufficient size Picture after wake up:
No excessive weight: Think positive pleasant view
Positive emotions YogaFoot massage with oil
Daytime Evening, Night Morning
Activity preparation for sleeping Sleeping Waking up
10. Solution prototype
«If you can’t sleep in the nature, make the nature
sleep with you!»
(private or family) with biorhythms
monitoring system
+ alarm-clock with aroma-moisturizer, sunset
effect and birdsong music
+ climate control
+ special music for each stage of the sleep
11. Conclusions and recommendations
Appreciate your sleep!
It’s not a waste of time.
It is a vitally important
form of activity.
2 advices for the best
life and sleep:
relax, be positive!