BETTERTIME CO — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: X224-OCSO1

Description

Your crazy schedule is working on your blinking, heavy eyelids while you yawn again. And again.  That quick carb-heavy bite you grabbed for lunch is no help while you struggle to concentrate on the expensive equipment in front of you. You’re irritable from the caffeine you hoped would help. The only thing you can think about is the last good night’s sleep you had.  When was that anyway? You can’t remember. Over 71,000 injuries and 1,500 fatalities occur in the US yearly from poor sleep habits. “Military personnel shift workers are 36% more likely than the average American to not get the recommended daily sleep,” stated Maj. Danielle Tuttle, Deputy Director of Safety and Nuclear Surety at 20th Air Force. Yet we say nothing about our 329,614 Airmen and Guardians working with multi-billion-dollar space assets at a higher risk of errors in their day-to-day work. BetterYou, with proper research and development, has a commercial solution that can be adopted to help every military member. The BetterYou personal companion helps you find more time for your health and would directly impact personnel at the 20th Space Surveillance Squadron. Responsiveness is vital to their mission. With the BetterYou companion, your health and wellness goals are AI-tracked to log progress automatically (no manual entry needed!). You receive real-time, personalized nudges to ensure that your health habit goal is achieved. This ease of use has resulted in a user retention rate 3x the industry average. Users are making measurable strides in exercising, sleeping, building relationships, and other wellness goals. The result is a better-prepared and focused workforce with higher retention rates. BetterYou will execute a 3-month systematic and intensive feasibility study with the 20th SSS to determine feasibility and establish necessary adaptations for prototype development and Phase II effort.