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GeoSLAM Technology put to the test in Deep Time isolation experiment
May 11, 2021 By Editor
Geospatial 3D mapping specialists, GeoSLAM
, provided the technology to scan one of Europe’s largest caves, as a part of the Deep Time isolation study.
For 40 days, 15 participants set up camp in the Lombrives cave in southwestern France with no clocks or sunlight, and zero contact to the outside world. Conducted by the Human Adaption Institute, the experiment aimed to explore the links between the human brain and time, in order to gain insight into the limits of human adaptability to isolation.
Throughout the mission, the ‘deeptimers’ organised tasks to complete within the cave setting, to help structure their days. Their first task was to conduct a recce of the location.
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This experiment, called Deep Time, provided thousands of measurements to assess the effect of removing measured time on people s bodies, minds, and social interactions.
Insider spoke with Christian Clot, the team leader for this expedition. Here is what he told us about life in the cave.
Natural cycles were often longer than 24 hours A globe illuminates the main room where people lived in the cave Darwin Production/adaptation-institute.com
In the cave, all electronics had their clocks removed. There was, of course, no sunlight. This left people organizing their days by intuition.
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