Do you toss and turn all night? Maybe your partner snores like a freight train and that keeps you from getting the necessary amount of sleep each night. Or maybe you’re a lucky one who will fall asleep as soon as your head hits the pillow and wake up all bright eyed and bushy tailed. […]
Misfit Beddit Sleep Systems confirms that your sleep patterns are wonky Read More
If you like falling asleep to the sound of a fan but don’t want the air flow from an actual fan, the LectroFan is for you. The LectroFan is a small white box (4.4″ X 4.4″ X 2.2″, 14 ounces) that can produce 20 masking sounds to help you sleep better. In addition to 10
This sound generator produces white noise or fan sounds Read More
If you need white noise to help you fall asleep, there are lots of options. You can simply run a fan or an air purifier in your bedroom, or you can use any of a variety of white-noise generating gadgets, but many of these make enough noise that they might become a source of irritation
This pillow can lull you to sleep Read More
I’ve been impressed by Withings fitness gadgets for years now. Ever since I first tried their wireless bathroom scale, I was hooked. Their Pulse activity tracker is my favorite pedometer due to ease of use and extra featurs like a heart rate monitor. Withings continues to offer health and fitness gear that provides more features
Withings unveils the Aura sleep tracking and improvement gadget Read More
If you suffer from SAD (seasonal affective disorder) or from jet lag, you may have considered light therapy. Most light therapy devices I’ve seen are banks of lights that you must sit in front of for periods of time, and you may feel you don’t have the time to devote to this therapy. The Re-Timer
Re-Timer light therapy glasses Read More
Despite your best efforts it’s 2am and you’re still awake in bed, tossing and turning, too tired to get up but too awake to fall asleep. You’ve counted the sheep, sipped warm milk, but nothing seems to help. Author and former Gadgeteer staff writer Cobin Rox might have some words to help you out –
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SleepTracker Elite is the wear-at-night wristwatch that can monitor your sleep movements and help you ascertain how well or poorly you’re sleeping at night. Time Magazine calls it the Invention of the Year. I call it an interesting way to figure out why I’m such a grouch in the morning. Simply put, it’s a wrist
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Maybe the NightWave can. This is a small device that you place on your bedside table that uses a soft blue light to silently guide your breathing and focus your mind. Users lie with their eyes open and synchronize their breathing with the rise and fall of the soft light as its movement becomes slower
Can a pulsing light solve your insomnia problems? Read More
I’ve read that staring at a bright computer screen or television at night can interfere with sleep patterns. I often have trouble sleeping, so I was interested to read about f.lux, an application for computers that adjusts the lighting of your computer screen to match the time of day. F.lux says their application adjusts your
Better Lighting for Your Computer – With F.lux Read More
If you have difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep, you might be interested to know that a “leading consumer magazine” found that sound machines work almost as well as prescription drugs to help you sleep. If you’ve heard the sounds from some of those machines, though, you probably realize that some of them use loops
Sleep Better with the Ecotones Duet Sleep Sound Machine Read More
Ever thought of sleeping bags as too restrictive? Have a look at the Selk’bag Sleepware System (click here for US and here for UK). Designed and tested in the Chilean Andes and redesigned for its 3rd-gen release, the Selk’bag features baffled construction; soft but durable ripstop, water-resistant nylon shell; leg vents; reinforced nylon soles with
Sleepwalk at camp in toasty mobility with Selk’bag Read More
Over three years ago, I reviewed the original Sleeptracker watch which claimed to help a person wake more refreshed, by waking them at the perfect time during their sleep cycle. It didn’t work well for me, but there are a lot of people that swear by it. Those people will be happy to learn that
New version of the Sleeptracker Elite Watch Read More