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kdog3683
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
United States916 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-06-17 08:09:01
June 17 2010 06:17 GMT
#1
Not really an experiment, but I'm trying to measure the length of time between me entering bed, and me falling asleep.

The problem: How do I keep track of the moment I fall asleep? I don't want to have somebody stay up and record the time when i fall asleep.

I was thinking, have a stopwatch tick quietly every 10 minutes. The next morning, if I can only recall 2-3 ticks, that means I probably fell asleep 30-40 minutes.

Any ideas on how better to find when I fall asleep?

I was thinking video camera as well, but without lighting, it can't capture anything and I don't have a night vision camera.

edit: to the people saying iphone - I don't have an iphone

Multiply your efforts.
Eiserne
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States340 Posts
June 17 2010 06:19 GMT
#2
Got an iPhone by any chance?
Alou
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States3748 Posts
June 17 2010 06:20 GMT
#3
Have a machine measure your brain activity. Your brain waves differ when you go to sleep.
Life is Good.
zOula...
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States898 Posts
June 17 2010 06:21 GMT
#4
maybe try putting some music on, and then in the morning try to remember the last song you heard. you can look at the song lengths to figure out about how long it took to fall asleep. Just an idea ^_^
Pandain
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States12989 Posts
June 17 2010 06:24 GMT
#5
I'll stay up and record the time.

Seriously: I like your idea. Just set an alarm for like 20 minutes, and if you fall asleep before than, then next time set it to ten. Eventually you'll get a rough estimate.
Philar
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Hong Kong125 Posts
June 17 2010 06:32 GMT
#6
Set up a web cam so strangers on the internet can watch you sleep! Make sure you put a mic close so we can hear your breathing too
pash1k
Profile Joined April 2010
Ukraine119 Posts
June 17 2010 06:39 GMT
#7
I used to listen to music for years while falling asleep, and trust me, it's not a good way to measure when you fall asleep. I tended to forget exactly at which point I fell asleep. I even remember thinking sometimes "I wonder if I'll remember listening to this when I wake up." The next morning I could remember thinking that, but couldn't remember the music. It's kind of weird, your brain might still be active, but the recording equipment will be off
Insert meme here
Lexpar
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
1813 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-06-17 06:47:07
June 17 2010 06:46 GMT
#8
Set up a livestream of your webcam pointed at your bed. That way we can all watch you fall asleep.
qrs
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States3637 Posts
June 17 2010 06:53 GMT
#9
Hold a fork or something in your hand over the floor so when you fall asleep it will clatter on the floor and wake you. Of course then you'll have to go to sleep again so there's that downside, but it's no worse than the alarm clock and quicker results.
'As per the American Heart Association, the beat of the Bee Gees song "Stayin' Alive" provides an ideal rhythm in terms of beats per minute to use for hands-only CPR. One can also hum Queen's "Another One Bites The Dust".' —Wikipedia
lac29
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States1485 Posts
June 17 2010 06:54 GMT
#10
Supposedly http://www.fitbit.com/ can do it.
oo_xerox
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States852 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-06-17 07:06:14
June 17 2010 07:05 GMT
#11
ok, heres is something that could work, and is easier than finding a brain activity measuring device(WTF alou?!?!?)

Search for a sport chronometer, that has the option of pressing a button for counting, so, when you fall asleep you let go of the thing, ergo the time you were awake. You should add maybe a couple of seconds since youll let go right before falling sleep.....dunno, just making assumptions

edit: or fitbit could do it -__-
I could get a more coherent article by gluing a Sharpie to a dog's cook and letting it hump the page.
Eiserne
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States340 Posts
June 17 2010 07:21 GMT
#12
there's a $2 iphone app that can do it.
kdog3683
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
United States916 Posts
June 17 2010 08:18 GMT
#13
I don't have an iphone and i don't want to pay 100 bucks for fitbit lol

I was hoping for a makeshift solution.

I like the alarmclock idea / drop a fork, but i don't really want to have to wake up and go back to sleep...
Multiply your efforts.
Jh
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Finland151 Posts
June 17 2010 08:19 GMT
#14
On June 17 2010 15:53 qrs wrote:
Hold a fork or something in your hand over the floor so when you fall asleep it will clatter on the floor and wake you. Of course then you'll have to go to sleep again so there's that downside, but it's no worse than the alarm clock and quicker results.


I think Da Vinci came up with this.
what
ReTrooper
Profile Joined February 2003
Germany526 Posts
June 17 2010 08:29 GMT
#15
There's a thing called Dead Man's Switch.

The idea is that you press a button or contact or something every few minutes, and as soon as your button pressing stops, the device will presume you dead (or sleeping for your purposes ). Combine that with a clock and you're fine, I guess.
De omnibus dubitandum.
Severedevil
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States4839 Posts
June 17 2010 08:36 GMT
#16
On June 17 2010 17:29 ReTrooper wrote:
There's a thing called Dead Man's Switch.

Except instead of blowing everyone up, you drop a fork on the floor.
My strategy is to fork people.
Divinek
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
Canada4045 Posts
June 17 2010 08:37 GMT
#17
Not really a very accurate way to do it with any make shift home devices. Though i suppose being aware you're trying to measure how long it takes also affects how long it takes
Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
Oh goodness me, FOX tv where do you get your sight? Can't you keep track, the puck is black. That's why the ice is white.
InTheFade
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States1721 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-06-17 08:43:26
June 17 2010 08:43 GMT
#18
If you're as light of a sleeper as I am, the beeps will actually wake you up
... Knowmsayin'?
Zilver
Profile Joined December 2008
Finland282 Posts
June 17 2010 09:48 GMT
#19
Holding a fork or pressing a button every few minutes will prolong the time it takes you to fall asleep, since you'll be concentrating on performing that task.
1a2a3a iWin
kdog3683
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
United States916 Posts
June 17 2010 10:12 GMT
#20
On June 17 2010 18:48 Zilver wrote:
Holding a fork or pressing a button every few minutes will prolong the time it takes you to fall asleep, since you'll be concentrating on performing that task.


yea, i think what i'm going to do is just put a microphone next to my mouth and hopefully a significant change in breathing noise occurs
Multiply your efforts.
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