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ZZZ Checker – monitors and analyzes your sleep

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Add another sleep analysis gadget to the growing list. This time around, Japanese company Spec Computer has a product that does not require you to wear a wristband. Instead the ZZZ Checker uses audio and visual sensors to tell what you’re doing.

This is not a tool like the aXbo alarm clock that wakes you up at optimum points during your sleep cycle. However, it records things like snoring, teeth grinding, tossing and figures out if your sleep is light, medium or deep.

You can transfer the data from the ZZZ Checker to your PC and analyze with the included software.

Sorry sleep-deprived Westerners, but it’s currently only available in Japan, although if the display is any clue, they’ve probably designed it with English speakers in mind too. If you’d like to get your hands on something similar, take a look at the SleepTracker Pro Watch.

via dvice.

Wind Chime Alarm Clock

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Wind Chime Alarm Clock

The alarm clock is the best, and the worst, (depending on how much you like hate work) invention ever, but we manage to bring you the coolest, weirdest and wackiest out there. Today’s is no exception – the wind chime alarm clock will wake you up in a very calm manner, unlike the horrible sound some other clocks make.

At your desired, preset time you will be awoken with the zen-like sound of wind whistling through a set of chimes (hit the buy link for a video). If you’re worried about this not being enough to wake you then there is the option of setting it to beep like every other alarm clock on the planet – but surely this defeats the objective?

Buy now!

Price: $19.95
(Please note prices are subject to change and the listed price is correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of posting)

via www.Coolest-Gadgets.com

Suit Pillows for Working Late

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Pillows for Working Late

Not every gadget out there comes with batteries or a power adapter, and of course, they can be a bit silly too! Here’s one of them: the ‘Pillow for Working Late‘ which is just like the name suggests – a pillow for those who work late and often find themselves falling asleep at their work. The set comes in 3 pieces – a collar, tie and sleeve – which can be worn over your usual dress, with the bonus of beefing you up a little.

Tell me you can’t imagine Barney (from How I Met Your Mother) wearing this!

🙂

Anti-sleep driving alarm

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In keeping with our love of all types of alarms (clocks mainly), here’s one to help keep you awake when you’re behind the wheel, manning an important station, studying, or perhaps in the middle of that very important gaming session! It’s a gadget that goes behind your ear and can tell when your head tilts forward more than 30 degrees at which point it will emit a high-pitched alarm that will surely bring you out of your slumber.

This is the type of thing that should almost be mandated for truckers, couriers or others who are on the road a lot, and it’s very reasonably priced after all.

Gimme!

Price: $14.99
(Please note prices are subject to change and the listed price is correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of posting)

BedFan – Keep cool at night

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This strange looking device is actually quite neat. It’s called the Bedfan and it’s meant for those of you that are ‘hot’ sleepers and need a bit more airflow around you but perhaps without the noise and space requirements of a floor standing fan. Also, this can be geared specifically for 1 sleeper, particularly useful if you share the bed with your significant other and they don’t want this additional air.

The Bedfan runs on just 12V via an AC adapter and pulls in air from under your bed and pushes it where you direct it, perhaps in between your bedsheet and blanket. The speed is adjustable and it can pump out 100 CFM of airflow.

The picture below will give you a better idea of how this works.

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Review: aXbo Sleep Phase Alarm Clock – wakes you at the optimal point in your sleep cycle

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axbo sleep phaseFollowing up on the heels of the SleepTracker is a sleek, gorgeously designed alarm clock from European company, aXbo, that uses an accompanying wristband to track your body’s movements throughout your sleep.

Based on those movements, it can determine where you are in your sleep cycle. Research has shown that there is an optimum point in your sleep cycle to awaken to feel refreshed.

Set your aXbo Sleep Phase Alarm Clock for the latest time that you wish to awake. It will start looking for your optimal waking point 30 minutes prior to that and will sound an alarm, which include some more gentle nature sounds.

Having tried the aXbo, there is no question that it finds a better point in time to awaken. Is it extremely accurate? That’s hard to tell based only on how refreshed you feel, because how well you sleep and how energetic you feel depends on many factors outside of just your ideal wake time.

The aXbo has a unique, yet easy to use interface and the buttons have an ideal feel to them. It’s easy to get lost in the semi-transparent display as well. aXbo recharges via USB or the included adapter.

Buy now!

More info from the manufacturer
Price: $349.99
(Please note prices are subject to change and the listed price is correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of posting)

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