I was wondering how it could be possible for one single person to push a button every 108 minutes, when people need to sleep, then I cam across this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyphasic_sleep
Also, as far as that swan satellite link is concerned, it says it orbits around the earth every 108 minutes, but due to the rotation of the earth, the only points its directly over every 108 minutes are the poles. a point on the equator would be scanned once a day. (I don't know where the island is, but its safe to say its closer to the equator than one of the poles)
i've heard that this can be dangerous over a long period of time because 1) your muscles rebuild when you are in deep sleep which takes a few hours to get into, and 2) it can mess up your short term memory because you need deep sleep for that too
Anybody else back me up on this?
you can die if you don't get enough REM sleep. but according to this article, if you get into the right cycle of half-hour naps, it's all REM and you can survive for quite a while.
yay told me about this on new years eve a couple years ago