Sleep Cycles and other devices that help you sleep digitally.
Sleep Cycles
Sleep Cycle is a digital sleep aid product used for tracking and quantifying the functions of the human body. Sleep Cycles is designed as an app and alarm clock that tracks sleep patterns.
It also has the function of giving you a wake up call during light sleep.
The product is subscription and costs R399.99 a year. Sleep Cycles app is being used by over 36 million people globally.
Weighted Duvets
This is another sleep aid product that helps with sleep by pressing against the user, aiding relaxation and reducing anxiety, have become popular.
Bioceramic Pyjamas
Bioceramic pyjamas has soft soft, bioceramic printed on its inside and this absorbs natural heat and reflects Far Infrared back to the skin, helping the body sleep better and recover faster,” says its maker- Under Armour.
Luna
Luna is smart mattress cover controlled through the use of an app. The smart cover learns a person’s sleeping patterns and adjusts the temperature of the mattress to the optimum for sleep before one gets into bed.
It also promises to track heart rate and breathing patterns during sleep.
It connects to home smart devices such as lights, television and coffee machine, so they can be automatically switched on or off and co-ordinated with usual sleeping and waking hours.
EyeBuy Digital Protection Glasses
If you a night crawler on the TV or movies side of thing, wearing blue light blocking sunglasses is highly recommended.
Dr. Lekkos Augelli noted that “there are some small studies that show that the time it takes to fall asleep has been reduced for people who wore the light blocking glasses for several hours before bedtime.”
Perhaps, you started glued to your laptop working, the device also helps to reduce amount of exposure to penetrating light which later affects sleep.
Blue light blocking glasses reduce exposure to blue light that suppresses melatonin, which is our natural hormone that helps with sleep; the decrease in melatonin can prevent you from falling asleep.”
Calm App: Sleep Stories track
Call it adult digital lullaby, you are right; calm app offers bed time sleep stories for adults.
So, if you are the one who spend time staring at the ceiling for long before you can sleep, Calm app storytellers have come to your rescue.
Some of the storytellers include Matthew McConaughey who narrates the mysteries of the universe. LeVar Burton take us on a journey across the solar system, and Steven Fry (the narrator of all 7 “Harry Potter” books) takes us through the lavender fields of France.