Tag Archive for 'sleep-gadgets'
Home Sleeper Screener by Astro-Med
0 Comments Published by Brian Yalung March 17th, 2008 in How to sleep better, SLEEP Gadgets, SLEEP News.
If you don’t want a doctor to do the studying of your abnormal sleeping patterns or would want to know privately, then chances are this device can do it for you. The SleepTrek@3 can easily identify if you do have a sleep problem and rather than have a doctor say it up straight, you know have a device to do so.
“SleepTrek3 will make the benefit of sleep study available to many people who would otherwise not have been studied because they would not have met the high criteria to receive a doctor’s order for a full-study in a sleep lab,” said Everett Pizzuti, President and COO of Astro-Med, Inc. “This is a convenient and less costly way of identifying people who might have a sleep problem. It is estimated that around 30 million Americans may have some sort of sleep disorder, and many more of them will now receive screenings with SleepTrek 3.”
(Source) CNN Money
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New Gadgets Causing Couple Sleep Issues
0 Comments Published by Brian Yalung March 7th, 2008 in Health Issues, How to sleep better, SLEEP Gadgets, SLEEP News, Sleep Education, Sleep Issues.
As far as we know, couples normally want to see their partner by their bedside when they sleep. But thanks to the fast development of technology, gadgets have now become an obstacle and are contributing towards forcing couples to sleep on separate rooms.
Gadgets range from cellular phones to modern technology developed consoles and rather than sleeping soundly with your loved one beside you, most people have preferred to stay awake and tinker around with them rather than getting good sleep.
So in a sense, you may call technology a bane in some sense. But if you look at it, it may come down to a choice on which is more important; your relationship or your gadget.
“Busy night-time routines are driving couples’ bedtimes and even their bedrooms apart,” the British media quoted Jessica Alexander of the Sleep Council, which carried out the study, as saying.
In their study, the researchers surveyed 1,400 people in Britain between Feb 27 and March three.
They found that one in ten couples sleep in different beds every night while a quarter admit to doing so on a daily basis; four in ten people go to bed at a different time to their partner.
(Source) The Economic Times
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Internet Tools to Mediate Sleep Disorders
0 Comments Published by Brian Yalung March 5th, 2008 in How to sleep better, SLEEP Gadgets, SLEEP News, Sleep Disorders, Sleep Therapy.
Technology has been known to provide us with solutions and sleep disorders are not about to be left behind. Using the medium of the Internet to determine the dysfunctional problems that we have to deal with before we get good sleep needs to be monitored and analyzed. Today, there is a new tool that is being psyched up to help transfer data to the specialists so that they can in turn help provide feasible answers on why people have to deal with sleepless nights.
The devices monitor body indicators during a patient’s sleep, such as blood-oxygen levels, nose airflow pressure and whether air passages are obstructed. They feed the information to specialists via the internet.
They are being trialled in the forehead of nasal masks already worn by patients with sleep apnoea, a common condition where breathing difficulties disrupt sleeping patterns.
(Source) Stuff.co.nz
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GLOtoSleep Masks Given Away at the Oscars
0 Comments Published by Brian Yalung February 27th, 2008 in How to sleep better, SLEEP Celebrity, SLEEP Gadgets, SLEEP News, Sleep Cures, Sleep Wear.
The Oscars may have been finished and not all favorite actors or actresses came home as the winner. But as a form of consolation, most of the actors didn’t go home empty-handed. Most of them were given a special sleeping mask, the GLOtoSleep masks, to help assist them in sleep disorder problems that most may be suffering from.
It is a fact that most of these celebrities has had to deal with the said sleeping problems, bulk of which were caused by the excitement of possibly winning in the 2008 Oscars. While many had sleepless nights, for the celebrities with recurring sleep problems, this gift is indeed something worthy to help get back to their normal courses of sleep.
Recipients of an ongoing good nights sleep, courtesy of the GLOtoSLEEP™ mask, were Best Actor Nominees: George Clooney, Johnny Depp, Tommy Lee Jones, and Viggo Mortensen; Best Supporting Actor Nominees: Casey Affleck, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Hal Holbrook and Tom Wilkinson; Best Supporting Actress Nominees: Cate Blanchett, Julie Christie, Laura Linney and Ellen Page and Best Actress Nominees: Ruby Dee, Saoirse Ronan and Amy Ryan. Cate Blanchett will get a ‘doubly’ good night’s rest, as she received two masks for being nominated for both Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress. Directors Julian Schnabel, Jason Reitman, Tony Gilroy and Paul Thomas Anderson, as well as host Jon Stewart, are also in for a season of restful mellowness as recipients of GLOtoSLEEP™.
(Source) PRWeb
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The Dreamhelmet for the Sleepy Drivers
0 Comments Published by Brian Yalung February 16th, 2008 in Health Issues, How to sleep better, SLEEP Gadgets, SLEEP News.
But a temporary solution has now been developed and it is called the Dreamhelmet. While some people may find it awkward to wear, do remember to address your sleep disorder problem first above all.
The Dreamhelmet, a patented combination sleep-mask sound blocking pillow, launches a campaign to alert their customers and the public about the hazards of ‘drowsy driving’. The release explains how planning ahead and the use of the Dreamhelmet can prevent accidents and protect automobile travelers in emergency situations.
(Source) Press Release Newswire
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