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Humans have a physiological response to ambient light levels,
which affects how sleepy or awake we feel. Exposing yourself
to instense light at the start of the day can help you awaken*,
for example. Your body knows what time of the day it is, even
if you don't.
Airports could provide –
in the area where people wait for
boarding – lighting appropriate to the time of day of the
destination, so that you can adjust to some degree before you
get on the plane.
Perhaps some chirping crickets or twittering birds, too.
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Someone please correct me if I'm wrong – I always mix it up. :)
Damn!
http://www.sciencem...7/5581/571.citation
[mouseposture, Jul 02 2011]
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Oh, that’s lighting, not lightning. There is nothing like a big lightning bolt and immediate thunder clap to alleviate lag. It would keep one alert all day waiting for it to go off at some random time. |
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//chirping crickets or twittering birds//
No, you got it right. |
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This would play havoc with the already totally-screwed-from-travel circadian rhythms of the in transit travellers. Keep it floodlit and keep 'em guessing. That's what I say!. |
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I don't know how well this would
work. It takes space shuttle
astronauts something like 2 weeks
to adjust their body clocks to a
new schedule, and they have to
stay in blacked out environments;
even a second of daylight at the
wrong time on the way to the
launch pad will make their body
clock to revert to the previous
routine. |
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Detly would only woik if the terminals where region specific, after all you would need areas for flying east and west as well as north and south. |
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The idea is that these areas are in the parts of the terminal that the passengers sit in before they board a specific flight (the boarding lounge? I can't remember). |
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Keep it simple - just provide a 'day' room and a 'night' room, and let travellers choose the one appropriate for their destination. A long wait may mean you have to change rooms at (destination) dawn or dusk. |
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There could be a dawn room and a dusk room between the day and night rooms, running a dawn/dusk simulation every 20 minutes, or simply a permanent twilight room, to give a more gentle and interesting transition, but it wouldn't strictly be needed. |
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Wear very dark glasses (welding goggles might do) as necessary to avoid the problem [oxen crossing] mentioned. |
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//welding goggles// A good idea in principle, but
it may raise problems for airport security: |
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1) Anything unfamiliar is dangerous. |
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2) Anything home-made or jury-rigged is
unfamiliar. |
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3) The taint of novelty can be removed by
replacing with a mass-produced, branded,
packaged equivalent, especially if sold inside the
security perimeter (at inflated prices, natch). |
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So, an opportunity to profit. Go for it,
[spidermother]! |
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