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Caffeine is the most widely consumed stimulant to counter the effects of sleep loss on neurobehavioral performance. However, to be safe and most effective, it must be consumed at the right time and in the right amount. This study proposed an automated optimization algorithm to identify safe and effective caffeine-dosing strategies that maximize alertness under any sleep-loss condition.
"We found that by using our algorithm, which determines when and how much caffeine a subject should consume, we can improve alertness by up to 64 percent, while consuming the same total amount of caffeine," said principal investigator and senior author Jaques Reifman, PhD. "Alternatively, a subject can reduce caffeine consumption by up to 65 percent and still achieve equivalent improvements in alertness."
[...] The algorithm was assessed by computing and comparing dosing strategies for four previously published experimental studies of sleep loss. For each study, two dosing strategies were computed -- one which enhanced the predicted PVT performance using the same total amount of caffeine as in the original studies, and another which achieved an equivalent level of performance as in the original studies using a lower amount of caffeine.
Source: New algorithm determines ideal caffeine dosage and timing for alertness
(Score: 2) by looorg on Saturday June 09 2018, @05:02PM (5 children)
Great. The machine is going to try and keep the worker at peak performance so the company can get the most out of them, resource maximization. So when you become immune to the normal dosage will they increase the dosage beyond something safe for human consumption, just fire the worker or have them snort coffee or switch to Red Bull?
(Score: 5, Funny) by Runaway1956 on Saturday June 09 2018, @05:06PM (1 child)
My coffee IV hangs from a little pole with wheels under it. Doesn't impede my production at all.
(Score: 2) by Snotnose on Sunday June 10 2018, @12:42AM
That's funny, the restroom at work has me peeing into bag hanging off a little pole with wheels under it. I was told they couldn't afford plumbing at the startup.
When the dust settled America realized it was saved by a porn star.
(Score: 2) by frojack on Saturday June 09 2018, @06:41PM (2 children)
Most companies would be just fine with no coffee pots in the building. They waste more time and electricity than they generate in productivity.
At Xerox (and many other nearby office buildings) we use to have a coffee lady that pushed a cart in, and served free coffee. Paying her and
supplying the (pretty decent) coffee cost the company way more than the $5/mo coffee "membership".
These days, the person most interested in getting the "most out of me" is my boss, who is also me.
Not everything is life is a conspiracy. You need to grow up.
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(Score: 2) by looorg on Saturday June 09 2018, @07:07PM (1 child)
There is a point to that. If they could get away with not supplying the coffee they would. At the same time a lot of companies supply all these not out of the kindness of their hearts. They want you to stay at the office and not wonder away to get coffee and see the outside world. Same reason for them to supply you with food etc. I'm not calling it a conspiracy, but there is a reason for them doing and offering these things and it's not cause they care about you.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Sunday June 10 2018, @02:42AM
So what? We get that motives are impure. I assure you the company owners aren't losing sleep over the divided loyalties of their employees.