http://www.businessinsider.com/steph-curry-interview-on-basketball-life-championships-2016-2
Today I was reading Business Insider and came across a story that made me think of what we were talking about in class a while back. Steph Curry recently did a partnership with Degree to do a MotionSense lab that allowed Degree to track his performance using different biometrics. While this is pretty cool, that is not really what grabbed my attention.
Steph Curry admitted to using “sensory deprivation” chambers to help refocus him. With such a busy and hectic schedule that accompanies a very famous and likeable athlete, he commented saying, “And also, the sensory-deprivation aspect of it. It’s one of the only places where you can really get unplugged from all the noise and distractions that goes on with daily life.” I find it rather crazy that nowadays in our society we find it so difficult to escape and use time for ourselves, that we have to pay to use these chambers to really get that experience.
Have you used one of these before? Do you think that these will become even more popular as technology and our lives progress? I was told by my professor that for every 30 minutes a person is looking at a screen, a person needs to be in complete darkness in order for their brains to fully recover and function at maximum capacity. I don’t know if he was right, but it is definitely something to think about, especially for us students.
Last semester, I took an FYS titled “What Does Sound Say?”. In this course, we discussed many topic related to sound, one of them being silence. During this section, we took a trip to a NASA facility where we went into an anechoic chamber and experienced silence. Although it is different from a “sensory deprivation” chamber, I imagine that they are somewhat similar as they both block out noise. The experience was very odd and after being in the chamber for only a minute, I found my ears were ringing as if I had been listening to something really loud. This experienced reminded me that we are in fact constantly surrounded by noise and other distractions whether we like it or not. If asked if I think this technology will ever become popular I would say that the possibility definitely exists, however, it may take some time.