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Mission Readiness App

A mobile application that provides research-grade sleep, consumption and effectiveness tracking using the power of modern wearable technology.
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MISSION STATEMENT
Warfighter fatigue is a critical risk factor to mission success, associated with costly mishaps to the air force. The mission readiness app combats this by providing state-of-the-art, realtime fatigue tracking and prediction capabilities. It does this through the use of research or commercial wearable devices, such as a Garmin watch or Oura ring. Fatigue predictions are then further refined with a cognitive readiness task to evaluate individual differences in readiness. All of this is used to inform user mitigation strategies, such as taking a nap or consuming caffeine. This application is powered by a team of scientists conducting cutting edge research into the effects of fatigue on cognitive effectiveness. The goal is to create a powerful tool to bolster the safety of warfighters in the field by improving our understanding of the effects of fatigue.
SLEEP DETECTION ALGORITHMS

Sleep detection is a critical point of failure to the mission readiness application. As such, understanding the best practices for accurate detection of sleep across vastly different activity levels is paramount. Commercial devices historically have a bad track record at this, especially when erratic sleep schedules and naps are involved. To combat this, our team of scientists are also implementing improved sleep detection algorithms to better account for all types of sleep. This is facilitated through raw sensor data aggregation to power enhanced detection capabilities.

INDIVIDUALIZED DATA
The application is able to individualize notions about fatigue and cognitive effectiveness by using regular runs of the PVT Test as well as user-entered information about caffeine, nicotine, and sleep-aid consumption to create a custom-fit biomathematical model for individual users.
LOGBOOK TRACKING
In lieu of a wearable device to track sleep, users can utilize the app's logbook to manually track their own sleep habits. Leverage helpful preferences to make sleep tracking a breeze with default data values and daily reminders to fill in information.
Psychomotor Vigilance Test
The app incorporates the psychomoter vigilance test as a way to further individualize estimates of effectiveness. This is a reaction time task that prompts users to tap the screen as fast as possible after seeing a millisecond timer pop up. The task runs for about 3.5 minutes and is an additional way to gauge a user's immediate effectiveness. The app uses this data to update it's model of effectiveness.
CREATED BY THE FATIGUE MODELING TEAM
Site created and maintained by Ian Davis
Updated 02/26/2021