Twelve volunteer "pillownauts" are currently halfway through their second three-week session lying down with their heads angled at six degrees below the horizontal, to help research the effects of weightlessness on the human body.
The bedsuit (pictured) is part of a system to estimate energy requirements. It measures how much oxygen is consumed and how much carbon dioxide is exhaled by the volunteer. These measurements allow scientists to get an idea of the relationship between food, the lungs and the energy consumption when at rest.
By: Jenny Winder, SEN.com, Edited by: Kadhim Shubber
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via Wired.co.uk
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-05/8/pillownauts
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