Six Gadgets & Applications Help People Sleep

Sleep quality greatly affect a person's health, so it can be detrimental to health. Lack of sleep itself can cause various diseases such as stroke, high blood pressure, heart failure, and even diabetes.

Despite the lack of sleep can be bad for health, it does not mean too much sleep is good for health. Health report says, there are studies that say 30 percent of people who slept more than nine hours per night tend to die earlier.

While the report mentions, hours of sleep a person's own normal ranges between seven or eight hours. To control the quality of sleep can be done in several ways, one using gadgets and applications.

Here are the gadgets and applications that can help people to sleep quickly, as reported by the Mirror, Saturday (04/11/2015).

Application White Noise

This application is suitable for people who have disturbed sleep or for those who can not sleep well. White Noise provides over 40 different sounds such as sound waves, rain, until the sound of the fan. This application allows users to create a combination of sounds.

Sound is played repeatedly and consistently helps to quickly sleep. Not only that, this application allows you to set your own time. This application can be found on the iPhone and Android devices.

Misfit Shine

Misfit Shine can be used to track your sleep. These devices can be incorporated into bracelets and automatically detect and measure how long you sleep. Not only that, the device also has a smart alarm that will wake you up when your body already feels fresher.

Calm

Brain training techniques considered able to help someone fast asleep. Calm features a range of meditation guide that lasts up to 30 minutes and can also help calm the mind before you fall asleep. This application can be downloaded for free on your smartphone.

Beddit

This device is a product of Misfit, but this device is intended for people who do not want to use the bracelet to control the quality of their sleep. Ultrathin sensor is very suitable to be placed under the bed linen and useful to monitor heart rate and increased breathing throughout the night. These data will be useful to know the quality of sleep.

Philips Wake-up Light

One way to wake someone from sleep is to light. Philips Wake-up Light mimic sunrise light (Sunrise), so you can awaken more natural. Light produced by these devices bright slowly, then became bright before the alarm sounds.

Withings Aura

This sleep system incorporates intelligent light sensor placed under your bed linen. Lamp will emit light of different wavelengths, depending on whether you want to sleep or wake up. In the morning, you can see the application and get information about the heart rate, breathing, and movement throughout the night.