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February 18, 2006
The end of sleep
According to a digg on Sky News, sleep may soon be a thing of the past. Scientists are finding out how to medicate us so we hardly need to sleep, with the expectation according to Russell Foster at Imperial College London that:
"In 10 to 20 years we'll be able to pharmacologically turn sleep off. Mimicking sleep will take longer, but I can see it happening."
Great for taking care of sick kids, surfing late into the night, or meeting impossible project deadlines. Maybe that'll reduce our life expectancy enough that we won't have to work through age 85.
Posted by Mark at February 18, 2006 04:09 PM
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