Year Unplugged
Hey, I'm David.
I spend 12 hours per day on a screen. And soon, I'm going to spend one year with no screens, sharing sleep data, 100+ monthly biomarkers, brain imaging, and video updates on a public dashboard. This project will generate the richest open dataset documenting the health effects of eliminating screens for a prolonged period of time.
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| Start | Q1, 2026 |
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| Design | Single-participant, longitudinal |
| Measures | Monthly biomarkers; continuous sleep; neuroimaging (various); more, TBD |
| Data | Open data: 2 months pre (baseline), 12 months during, 2 months post |
Target start is Q1, 2026. If you’re a researcher in the SF Bay Area who wants to gather data (in any specialty), let's talk.
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