The Galileo Reporter, Jan Stremmel, will attempt to travel across Germany for 48 hours without sleep. Our team will accompany him in his research on the subject of fatigue and what can be done about it.

Our measuring device, i-ris LAB, is capable of measuring fatigue in humans - for the first time worldwide. On his way from Munich via Nuremberg, Leipzig to Berlin, our team regularly measures his physical constitution (fatigue). A high-resolution and mega-fast camera records the pupil light reflex of the left eye, while different light pulses appear in front of the right eye. By means of highly developed algorithms and a neural network, the evaluation is based on biomarkers.

The road-trip is accompanied by the new ProSieben format “Wer schläft verliert“ (He who sleeps loses) (Celebrity Challenge and Live Show on 14 March from 8:15 p.m.). The first clip, with a demonstration and explanation of the i-ris LAB, can be seen on www.galileo.tv/mediathek/ from Thursday, 5 March 2020. From 11 March 2020, Jan Stremmel’s road trip can be followed live via the ProSieben homepage and social networks.

The road trip on Instagram

The institute for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at RWTH Aachen University hosted the Moonlight Flap Raising course for operating doctors. Three members of the Stellar i-ris team where measuring the participants for signs of tiredness, meaning how their raction ability changed over the course of 24 hours. It was shown, how fatigue, due to high concentration of the surgeons, has impacted their reaction time. A day full of interesting experiences and higly valuable results.

After the succesful application for the Horizon 2020 program of the European Commission, the i-ris project was funded to develop a measurement device able to detect differences in "neuronal fittness". Since, the developement of the highly precise i-ris LAB is under way. Late 2020, three fully functional devices must be presented to the Commision to succesfully finish the EU - project.