Mattress pad vs mattress topper: which one is best for your sleep?
Mattress pads and toppers are an easy way to upgrade your current mattress, but there are some big differences between them......»»
How to track your sleep with your iPhone
Your iPhone and its Health app can help you get a good night's rest and establish healthy sleeping patterns. Here's how to track your sleep with your iPhone......»»
Experiment with working poor in India finds no impact from more night sleep
Subjectively, getting more sleep seems to provide big benefits: Many people find it gives them increased energy, emotional control, and an improved sense of well-being. But a new study co-authored by MIT economists complicates this picture, suggestin.....»»
In Spain, Iberian lynx claws back from brink of extinction
At a nature reserve in southern Spain, four baby Iberian lynxes sleep peacefully beside their mother, part of a captive breeding programme that has brought the species back from the brink of extinction......»»
Artificial intelligence enhances efficacy of sleep disorder treatments
An algorithm based on 20,000 nights of sleep that can improve the diagnosis, treatment and our overall understanding of sleep disorders has been developed......»»
How to track your sleep with an Apple Watch
Tracking your sleep with the Apple Watch is easy, thanks to WatchOS 7 -- or you could use your iPhone and a third-party app. Our guide shows you the ropes......»»
Fi’s smart collar adds sleep tracking for dogs
Conventional wisdom holds that one ought let sleeping does lie. But no one says you’re barred from tracking them while they do. New York-based smart collar maker Fi announced today that it’s adding sleep to the list of the device’s tracking.....»»
Finger wrap could one day let you power up wearables while you sleep
This thin, flexible strip generates small amounts of electricity from finger sweat. A new wearable device turns the touch of a finger into a source of power for small electronics and sensors. (video link) Wearables are so hot right now, wi.....»»
This device harvests power from your sweaty fingertips while you sleep
Feeling extra sweaty from a summer heat wave? Don't worry—not all your perspiration has to go to waste. In a paper publishing July 13 in the journal Joule, researchers have developed a new device that harvests energy from the sweat on—of all plac.....»»
FCC grants Amazon permission to develop a radar-based sleep tracker
Typically, the FCC has rules in place that would block companies from developing and selling consumer devices with unlicensed radar tech inside. The organization fears that allowing such products to be sold without restriction could lead to "harmful.....»»
Amazon Wants To Monitor You In Your Sleep, For Your Benefit
Amazon has won U.S. permission to use radar to monitor consumers' sleep habits. Bloomberg reports: The Federal Communications Commission on Friday granted Amazon approval to use a radar sensor to sense motion and "enable contactless sleep tracing fun.....»»
We can’t believe how cheap this Dell XPS 13 laptop is today
Dell's offering a discount on the XPS 13 laptop that's so low, and so crazy, we cannot believe our eyes. Don't sleep on this one!.....»»
Amazon Wants to Monitor You in Your Sleep, for Your Benefit
Amazon.com has won U.S. permission to use radar to monitor consumers' sleep habits. From a report: The Federal Communications Commission on Friday granted Amazon.com Inc. approval to use a radar sensor to sense motion and "enable contactless sleep tr.....»»
Exposure to light with less blue before sleep is better for energy metabolism
Researchers have found that exposure to specific types of light before sleep can have variable effects on energy metabolism during sleep. Specifically, participants who went to sleep after exposure to organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), which emit.....»»
Google’s Nest Hub is the best bedside smart display—and sleep tracking helps
Adding sleep tracking bolsters its bedside utility, but the feature could use more depth. Enlarge / Google's second-generation Nest Hub in its ideal environment, bedside. (credit: Corey Gaskin) Google’s second-generation Nest Hub, like much.....»»
The Windows 11 insider build is surprisingly unpolished and unfinished
Windows 11 looks to be a decent upgrade, but not one to lose sleep over missing. Enlarge / Setting Windows 11 to one of its dark themes also darkens the background of the Settings app—but not the background of most traditional apps, like Resou.....»»
New study uncovers how a series of sleep loss impacts mental and physical wellbeing
A new study looked at the consequences of sleeping fewer than six hours for eight consecutive nights -- the minimum duration of sleep that experts say is necessary to support optimal health in average adults......»»
Dispatch from Bangalore
A startup founder, who hasn’t had much sleep all week, woke up on a recent Sunday to a phone call from his co-founder. A senior engineer was feeling burnt out and was contemplating leaving. For the founder, who had several calls scheduled with many.....»»
Nitrous oxide, a powerful greenhouse gas, is on the rise from ocean dead zones
In October 2019, I set sail with a team of scientists aboard the Canadian Coast Guard Vessel John P. Tully in the northeast Pacific Ocean, off the coast of Vancouver Island. Battling rough seas and lack of sleep, we spent the better part of a week wo.....»»
The Pandemic Changed Sleep Habits. Maybe That’s a Good Thing
A growing body of research shows that to optimize health and productivity, workers should adjust their workdays to their sleep schedules......»»
The great sleep divide
Sleep deficits are robbing poor people and racial minorities of health and earning power. Enlarge (credit: C.J. Burton / Getty Images) Remember the line from that old folk song? If living were a thing that money could buy You know the rich wou.....»»