The Delta light shower claims to help cure the effects of jetlag. Picture: Delta Air Lines
- Delta Air Lines unveils light shower design
- Claims it will help cure the effects of jet lag
- How to beat jetlag
IT'S one of the most common side effects of flying long-haul. The plane has finally touched down at your dream destination but you want nothing more than to find your hotel and crawl into bed.
It can take days to combat the effects of jet lag.
But one airline is attempting to find a solution to this problem - with a "light shower".
Delta Air Lines unveiled its "Sanctuary Space" at a recent TED conference in the US, and it was the Phonton Shower that had everyone talking.
The "shower", designed by Wieden + Kennedy New York with the help of a sleep expert, is the first of its kind and claims to "wash away" the effects of jet lag on the body.
"Research by Oxford neuroscience professor Russell Foster shows that bathing in light can alter natural circadian rhythms to help people recover from jet lag," a sign next to the Phonton Shower declared.
"The photon shower by Delta puts this research into practice."
It's based on research determining that jet lag occurs when the body moves quickly through multiple time zones.
"Our brains contain a master clock that coordinates the circadian rhythms of our body's many systems," a Delta spokesperson said. "The symptoms of jet lag occur because the body gets off schedule, not only because of the day/night pattern of its new location, but with itself. This is where light comes into play."
So how does the light shower work?
It's a stall-like chamber that creates a light sequence for passengers to "bathe" in. Those wanting to try it out input their travel data on a touch screen inside the chamber for a personalised light sequence.
A photoreceptor in the eye that senses light and regulates our body clock responds strongly to blue light and a particular wavelength of 480 nanometres.
Delta says it rapidly resets the body clock.
A Wieden + Kennedy spokesman Jamie Carreiro said a lot of work went into the design.
"Not only was there the build of the physical structure, there was the app to run the device, there was animation that had to be created to project the blue light in an elegant way, there was an algorithm that had to be developed to create custom jet lag therapy calendars that users could take home, all the way down to a very specific sound design," he said.
"Flowing blue animations appear before you on the LED wall. They're particularly impactful because these LED panels are typically used for large on-stage displays, so being right up close to a screen like this is really rare. It has a strong effect.
"At times, it really feels like it's raining light."
Delta have hinted they'll find a use for the light showers in the future but have yet to confirm which - if any - airports will receive them.
We can't wait.
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