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Withings Smart Baby Monitor

Posted on March 3, 2012 by Brian Yalung

We have seen a lot of gadgets used here and there to help monitor babies but if you have an Apple device like perhaps an iPhone or an iPad, here is something that should come in handy. This comes in the form of the Withings Smart Baby Monitor.

The monitor includes a camera and sensors that detect sound, movement, temperature and humidity levels. The monitor’s hinged design allows its wide-angle 3-megapixel camera to be tilted or swiveled into place when being set up. That camera automatically switche

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GEAR4 Renew SleepClock coming in March

Posted on January 14, 2012 by Brian Yalung

GEAR4 has announced that they will be coming out with a new iOS accessory called the Renew SleepClock in the U.S. by March, 2012. And while the price tag of $199 seems a bit steep, wait until you check out the features it comes with which should make it a whole lot reasonable.

This includes two sensors that will monitor breathing and movement which should help log sleep cycles for people who want to monitor their sleep.

The monitoring is done through a non-contact sensor which aside from mo

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Robot Bear hits you when you Snore

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Brian Yalung

Snore wisely when you have something like this robotic bear by your side. Although it doesn’t seem to be commercially out yet, the Jukusui-kun robotic bear should be a solution and a wake-up call of sorts for people who want to know if they are snoring. For couples, it could be a humorous solution to stop the one beside you from disrupting your own sleep. The robotic bears monitors snores through a microphone together with a matching bear oxygen meter which people will attach to their hands. A mat of sen

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The Jawbone UP for better Sleep Tracking

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Brian Yalung

To help track your sleep issues better, here is another health-inspired device that should help in the diagnosis of sleep issues. This is the Jawbone UP, a wrist-worn sensor bracelet that aims to help track movement and sleep patterns with the aid of a special app.

The bracelet comes with an array of sensors that may include an accelerometer along with a battery inside the water-proofed housing. They come in blue and pink color schemes and can be connected through an iPhone.

The app

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Sleep Monitoring T-Shirts

Posted on July 2, 2011 by Brian Yalung

As far as sleep enhancements are concerned, we have already seen devices such as watches and even some external devices to do the trick. But rather than get something that may perhaps be restricted towards needing a gadget outside the standard things a person would have, why not a shirt to monitor those sleep patterns?

The Somnus Sleep Shirt stands to change the face of sleep monitoring without much adjustment. Nyx Devices offers a shirt that contains thin and flexible respiratory sensors that can measu

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The Somnus Sleep Shirt Monitors your Sleep

Posted on May 25, 2011 by Brian Yalung

Sleep monitors are normally known to come in small devices, externally to make sure you don’t feel invaded as far as getting good sleep is concerned. Without obstructions, hard luck people who need all the help they can get would do well having a sleep monitoring device far from them. But it looks like technology has done it again, coming up with a sleep shirt that practically does the same things. The Somnus Sleep Shirt features two sensors that keep track of an individual’s overnight breathin

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Alice PDx System Gets Award for Best Sleep Testing System

Posted on June 30, 2010 by Brian Yalung

Philips’ Alice PDx System has received the gold award the Best Home Sleeping System in a ceremony held last June 9 at the Medical Device & Manufacturing East 2010 Conference and Exposition in New York City.

The Alice PDx is an easy device to setup, aiming to accommodate side sleepers. A logical graphical screen assists the user in the application of the device. A separate step-by-step diagram also is included as reference. Color-coded labels located around the perimeter of the device indicat

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Tokyo Train Alarm Clock Series

Posted on October 24, 2009 by Brian Yalung

Get the sounds of Tokyo into your room with this Tokyo Train Alarm series. Rather than those dull alarm sounds, the Tokyo Train Alarm Clock series brings three of Tokyo’s most famous JR train lines and the same melodies that play at each station. From Shibuya to Akihabara, celebrate Tokyo’s famed lines anywhere, anytime. It includes a snooze option, volume control and brightness sensors. It runs on 2 AA batteries.

Price: $142.00

(Source) Japan Trend Shop

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Using Infrared to Diagnose Sleep Apnea

Posted on October 19, 2007 by Brian Yalung

Sleep apnea, something that has been a bane for most people can only be fully studied and diagnosed using the standard procedure of measuring nasal pressure through sensors placed in the nose. This is entirely uncomfortable and people just have to bear with it to gain the necessary treatment of the

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The Sleep Assist System from Panasonic

Posted on June 22, 2007 by Brian Yalung

Ever imagine a device that can provide the various means of adjusting to the needs of a person so that they can sleep soundly? The rising cases of insomnia and people foregoing sleep to be able to do other things such as work or write has been alarming overall. People have turned to various means of staying awake, such as drinking coffee or even

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