A star with eight rays
The last static version: one home page per language, with 15 sections, plus eight share pages that only link back to the home page. Reconstructed from the files of that period.
Lab · a study for the platform of the future
From the promised website to the existing platform
In March 2025 Drive Awake promised a website. Since June 2026 it has been a platform: 2.0, brought forward. This is the same page, drawn with the engine we imagine for the future. The same data, another way of showing it.
- 1.0 The project · 2025-2027
- 2.0 The platform, brought forward · since June 2026
- 3.0 The idea · 2030
The network, from 1.0 to today
Each square is a piece of content, each line a declared link. Scroll: the positions stay put and you see what is added. Tap a square to open its page.
The first graph
The first graph: content and its links become data.
The network grows
The Threshold, the Monte Verità voices and the Perspectives lenses arrive.
The network in September
The network in mid-September 2026.
As it is today
87 pieces of content and 252 links, read just now from the network file. This is the network that programme 2.0 is meant to make stable.
A sturdier foundation
The same network, with versions, an archive and roles around it. Planned if funded.
The network could leave the screen
The network could leave the screen: car, phone, rest areas, driving schools, maps. An idea.
9content
8links
1.0phase
0%AV30 · starting point
All content, as a list
The same network for people using a keyboard or a screen reader: every content item is a link, grouped by family.
Platform
Sleep Science
- Sleep Science
- Obstructive apnoea
- Drowsy driving
- Social jet lag
- Insomnia
- Narcolepsy
- Sexsomnia
- How it's measured
- The road's circadian signal
- At three in the morning the road is not empty
- Tired or sleepy?
- The open window doesn’t wake you
- The clock within
Perspectives
- Perspectives
- ADAS: the car notices
- The sign that doesn't exist
- The limit of proof
- Sign atlas
- Ramadan, sleep and the road
- The stolen hour
- When an island decides to stop
Opera
- Opera
- Campaign
- Interview: Simone Gianini (ACS)
- Interview: Michael H. Silber (Mayo Clinic)
- Interview: Carlos H. Schenck (Minnesota)
- Interview: Mauro Manconi (EOC)
- Interview: Pierre Philip (Bordeaux)
- Interview: Francesca Siclari (NIN)
- Interview: Gert Jan Lammers (Leiden)
- Interview: Raffaele Ferri (IRCCS Oasi)
- The forum in five minutes
- The 24 Hours
- 03:00 The critical window
- 04:00 The absolute minimum
- 05:00 The night shift
- 06:00 The way home
- 07:00 School and the road
- 08:00 The commuter
- 09:00 Coffee
- 10:00 The morning window
- 11:00 The medication
- 12:00 Midday
- 13:00 The dip
Communications
Partners
The Threshold
Network Index (IR): content and links, date by date
| Date | Phase | Content | Links | IR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 June 2026 | 1.0 | 9 | 8 | 7 |
| 20 July 2026 | 2.0 | 32 | 51 | 29 |
| 25 August 2026 | 2.0 | 58 | 133 | 60 |
| 14 September 2026 | 2.0 | 68 | 173 | 73 |
| 3 October 2026 | 2.0 · today | 87 | 252 | 100 |
IR describes the structure of the network, not its quality or maturity: a bigger network is not a better platform. IR = average of content and links as a percentage of the reading of 3 October 2026 (87 and 252), which equals 100. The reading of 18 June 2026 is reconstructed from the files of the time.
The phases
1.0The planned website
The original website: archive and periodic content, updated by hand.
2.0The platform
Since June 2026 the website has been becoming a platform. Here we keep apart what is available, what is proposed and what is proven.
2.1Consolidation
Planned by the programme from 2027, if funded: released only once copies, restore and rollback are tested.
3.0The 2030 scenario
A future scenario, separate from commitments already made. It guides the work and promises nothing.
Towards the 2030 scenario · AV30
AV30 shows how much of the 2030 scenario is built and verified. 100% is a reference scenario: not a promise of delivery, funding or effectiveness.
| Reading | Phase | AV30 | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Documented progress | 2.0 | 40% | 8 of 20 requirements verified |
| Planned curve · 2026 | 2.0 | 45% | end of phase 2.0 |
| Planned curve · 2027 | 2.1 | 75% | if funded |
| Planned curve · 2030 | 3.0 | 100% | scenario, not a commitment |
AV30 = requirements built and verified / scenario requirements × 100. List 0.1 of 8 October 2026: 20 requirements, equal weight. Phases and elapsed time do not count as completion; proposals do not count as verified capabilities.
The 20 requirements of the scenario
| Requirement | Phase | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Platform in four languages: sections, tools, campaign and topic network | 2.0 | verified |
| «The 24 Hours» complete: 24 episodes in four languages, each with its sources | 2.0 | verified |
| Clearer paths, map and archive, at the same addresses | 2.1 | proposed |
| Support before setting off, on the road and at rest stops | 3.0 | proposed |
| Texts as shared data: an entry is corrected in one place, for four languages | 2.0 | verified |
| Change register with checksums, receipts and rollback | 2.0 | verified |
| Editorial centre with roles, versions, approvals and rollback | 2.1 | in progress |
| Content where it is needed: rest areas, driving schools, maps | 3.0 | proposed |
| Cookie-free statistics that respect those who do not want to be counted | 2.0 | verified |
| Evaluation entrusted to an independent institute | 2.0 | verified |
| Measurement with a clean baseline, annotated releases and annual readings | 2.1 | in progress |
| How many people recognise the sign and say they stopped | 3.0 | proposed |
| Indexable pages in four languages, videos included | 2.0 | verified |
| Pages and kits for partners | 2.0 | verified |
| Governed publishing by language and channel, with a single calendar | 2.1 | in progress |
| The sign under a free licence, adopted by anyone who wants it | 3.0 | proposed |
| Media archive and documented technical procedures | 2.0 | in progress |
| Test environment, dated copies, tested backup and restore | 2.1 | in progress |
| Rights register for images, voices, music and archives | 2.1 | to be checked |
| A lasting service, with data that stays on the user's phone | 3.0 | proposed |
What it looked like
Six captures of the home page, January to September 2026. The oldest show texts of the time, corrected since.
What it would look like today
The same platform at four moments. The 1.0 column is a declared hypothesis: what would have been enough to keep the promise.
1.0had we stopped
What the public seesAn interactive website with an archive and regular content.
How the work is doneUpdates made by hand, page by page, language by language.
What is measuredVisitor statistics, surveys and mini-quizzes.
How it spreadsGeneral search optimisation and a social media presence.
How it lastsHosting and routine maintenance.
A declared hypothesis: what would have been enough to keep the promise. Neither a judgement nor a cost.
2.0today
What the public seesA platform in four languages: sections, tools, a campaign and a network of themes.
How the work is doneTexts as shared data, a content register, quality checks, production in four languages.
What is measuredCookie-free statistics and an evaluation by an independent institute.
How it spreadsPages indexed in four languages, videos included; pages and a kit for partners.
How it lastsMedia archive, technical procedures, inventories being consolidated.
It exists and can be checked today: every row leads to the pages below.
2.1from 2027
What the public seesClearer paths, a map and an archive, at the same addresses.
How the work is doneAn editorial centre with roles, versions, approvals and rollback.
What is measuredA clean measurement panel, annotated releases, yearly readings.
How it spreadsManaged publishing by language and channel, a kit for partners.
How it lastsTest environment, dated copies, backups, rollback, rights register.
Planned in programme 2.0, if funded.
3.0the idea
What the public seesA platform we imagine as living: before setting off, on the road, at a stop.
How the work is doneContent could reach the places it is needed: rest areas, driving schools, maps.
What is measuredWe would measure how many people recognise the signal and say they stopped.
How it spreadsThe signal under a free licence, which anyone could take up.
How it lastsA service that could last, with data that would stay on the phone of the person using it.
An idea, with no budget and no commitment.
3.0 · an idea, with no budget and no commitment
“If you feel sleepy, the journey ends here.”
We imagine the danger without a signal having its own signal, and a living platform that goes with you before setting off, on the road and at a stop. Your data would stay on your phone.
In Romansh «Sche ti has sien, finescha il viadi qua.»
What we are testing
This is a study, not the site. It replaces no page and may change. The figures describe what has been built, not how many people it has reached.
1A visible grid
Every part of the page sits in a cell. The structure is visible, and so is the status of each piece.
2The pixel as night
The blue cells follow Swiss time; a single orange row marks the threshold.
3The network as interface
The graph does not just illustrate: it leads to the pages. It is a way to navigate.
4Same data, two engines
The same data can take different forms; here only the way of showing it changes: that is the idea of 2.1.