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High Fidelity Pillow Speaker

Brian Yalung — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 20:08:20 +0000

When it comes to sleep these days, listening to tunes or soft music can normally do the trick. But while we all have the usual earphones and headphones, here is a great pillow speaker that can be an alternative as well.

People have different patterns at night when they prepare to go to sleep. Where some like to drift off to complete silence, others prefer to let their favorite radio station lull them to sleep. Unfortunately, these two types often share a bed! But now you can listen to the radio in bed without disturbing your spouse with the SoftSpeaker Pillow Speaker, the perfect combination of comfort, privacy and quality.

Since you rest your head on it directly, your partner won’t be disturbed by the noise, and you can both enjoy falling asleep the way you prefer to.The quality construction of the speaker, and the fine craftsmanship of the soft, removable cover ensure that you’ll enjoy reliable, crystal clear sound. Plug the SoftSpeaker Pillow Speaker into the earphone jack of any radio, set the speaker on your pillow, and tune in.

The speaker is padded in soft foam, with a cover so soft, you can rest your ear right on it. This means you can set the volume low and still enjoy the highest music and voice fidelity ever available in a pillow speaker.

Price: $19.99

(Source) Amazon

TV Sleep Timers have a Purpose

Brian Yalung — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 21:03:32 +0000

There are some people who cannot sleep with total silence. Some want to have the TV on which in turn would help them go to sleep. But the thing is, would you leave the TV on despite various news on fires starting from leaving them on and the growing issue of energy conservation.

This is not to deprive people from following their modern practice. But you can really turn to a compromise of sorts in case you overlooked the features that come with your TV sets.

There is normally a sleep mode function that you can see on the remote so why not use it? Set your TV sleep timer to perhaps 30 minutes or 60 minutes if you think you will not be sleeping anytime soon. At least you can sleep and be assured that the TV set automatically turns off after the set time you set. Now that wasn’t hard was it?

The Silent Alarm Clock

Brian Yalung — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 18:52:42 +0000

When it is time to get up, chances are you would not want the irritating sound of a noisy alarm clock around. As much as possible, you would want to get up as fresh as you can and apparently there are some alarm clocks that do not necessarily do it that way.

The Silent Alarm clock however is an innovative gadget that is sure to negate all of this. Rather than hearing those noisy chimes or sounds that irritate you, a ring is all you would need to which will wake you up. Want to snooze? Shake you hand and it will automatically do so without the usual hitting of alarm clocks we have all been used to doing and seeing from lazy sleepers.

“Silence” is a conceptual alarm clock that will wake you up without emitting any sound. If you need to be awoken, you simply wear a special wireless rubber ring. When the designated alarm time comes, the clock will send a signal to the ring which will generate a tactile alarm. If you wish to continue your sleep, just shake your hand to activate the snooze function. As time goes on, further snoozes will be harder to generate, requiring more vigorous shaking each time.

(Source) Science Blogs