This is a user-friendly interactive web-site developed by sleep specialists and an occupational health physician, for individual use, that asks various questions about one's sleep. It takes around 10 minutes to complete. If it detects any potential issues with sleep, it will provide information and guidance in providing a personal report, and then suggests a program of action.

www.mysleepprogramme.co.uk

Awake also undertakes the professional production of short educational films on fatigue, tiredness and shift-work, oriented towards safety and accident prevention. These are produced for specific clients, often used to show to employees.

As featured in the Daily Telegraph

A scientifically researched CD designed to help tired drivers make the best use of a 30 minute break from driving.

Research conducted by the Loughborough Sleep Research Centre has shown that the most effective short term solution to driver tiredness is to stop in a safe place, drink a cup or two of strong coffee and to nap for about 15 minutes.

By using this strategy drivers get both the alerting effects of caffeine plus the benefits of sleep. A nap of about 15 minutes is suggested because longer naps can leave you feeling groggy.

Although good advice - it is not always easy to nap in a vehicle or to ensure that you only sleep for 15 minutes. For this reason Awake developed the Driver Reviver, a CD designed to be played during breaks from driving.

The Driver Reviver helps you relax and get a 'short power nap'. A special blank-out sound blocks out external noise to help the driver nap and after 15 minutes the driver is gently woken up, feeling rested and able to more safely continue their journey. The Driver Reviver has been further (successfully) tested in a driving simulator at the Loughborough Sleep Research Centre

Many years of scientific research into sleep and sleepiness lies behind this device, that incorporates unique signal processing techniques. ASTiD continually assesses various factors known to contribute to, or to be indicative of driver tiredness. It comprises two linked systems that advise and monitor a driver about his or her sleepiness when driving.

1. The first is a "knowledge based" electronic template predicting hourly, over the 24 hour period, the likelihood of the driver falling asleep, and based on the 'body clock' and amount of prior sleep

2. The second, a "steering sensory" system, detects: (i) monotonous driving, and (ii) steering characteristics typical of sleepy driving. Information is processed and fed into the knowledge based system.

In sum, the knowledge based system forewarns the likelihood of falling asleep at the wheel, whereas the steering sensory system warns the driver when he or she is doing so. Both elements give visual and audible alarms, warning drivers that they may be getting tired before they, themselves, are fully aware of this and the potential for more dangerous fatigue.

http://www.fmig.org/astid.html

Our best-selling booklet, written in an easily accessible style, helps drivers understand the dangers of driver tiredness and describes effective strategies for combating tiredness. The booklet is based on research carried out at Loughborough Sleep Research Centre.

Pocket-sized 'Fatigue Advice Card'

Outlines key information on driver tiredness, effective countermeasures, as well as summarising EU drivers' hours regulations. The card includes tips on how to get good quality sleep and is designed for drivers to keep in their cab.