Article Excerpt: Researchers at Florida Polytechnic University are developing “Smart Sensory Skin” (S3) technology that uses wireless sensors to track physical and emotional changes in astronauts and adjust their environments to compensate. The sensor data could be used to trigger changes in temperature, a reduction or increase in light exposure or an adjustment of oxygen levels, among other variables. “The types of problems you may encounter are a decline in mood, cognition, morale, or interpersonal interaction,” NASA says in a look at the potential impacts of time in space on the human body. Isolation, confinement, sleep disorders, monotony and fatigue can all contribute to the development of depression in astronauts.
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