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Re: Luna – Hack your sleep

#81
post #41

I think think of few funny ideas using their open API and data. Late night achievement unlocked!

Please, god, no. I'm tired of this gamification craze, and the last thing I want gamified is my damn sleep. The only achievement should be getting a good night's rest, and if we need fake internet points to entice us to get it, then I feel sorry for our culture.

No fun allowed huh?

Re: Luna – Hack your sleep

#82
Just happened to be reading HackerNews at the right time and got myself a Queen at the Early Bird price!

I see you've already answered that the mattress cover itself cannot vibrate, and that the alarm will actually be through the app.

Rather than increasing the volume of the alarm gradually, I'd much prefer being woken up like geoelectric by my phone vibrating or perhaps triggering another wifi enabled alarm that vibrates.

1) Will your app make the phone vibrate as your alarm goes off (perhaps with increasing intensity as you get closer to your waking time)?

2) Does anyone know of a wifi enabled vibrating alarm that could be put under a pillow?

Re: Luna – Hack your sleep

#85

I've noticed my sleep quality is strongly correlated with my room temperature, but being in a moderate climate I find that I need my bed and room colder to sleep better. Looks like this only provides heating.

There's been some recent studies that suggest a cooler temperature is better for quality of sleep and improves insulin sensitivity [1]. There's another company that sells pads that can lower the temperature of the bed [2].

[1]: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24954193

[2]: https://www.chilitechnology.com/chilipad-cube

Re: Luna – Hack your sleep

#86

I've noticed my sleep quality is strongly correlated with my room temperature, but being in a moderate climate I find that I need my bed and room colder to sleep better. Looks like this only provides heating.

As someone who struggles mightily with sleep I can tell you it's science not preference that makes you prefer cold. I can't find the original source of this fact but here is a decent alternative[1].

> ...scientists were able to lower skin temperature less than a degree Centrigrade without affecting core body temperature. The changes were dramatic. People didn't wake up as much during the night and the percentage of the sleep spent in stages 3 and 4 (deep sleep) increased. ... A 0.4 C decrease in skin temperature caused a decline in the probability of early morning waking from 0.58 to 0.04.

[1]http://www.sleepdex.org/thermoregulation.htm

Re: Luna – Hack your sleep

#88
post #51

My first instinct (being the geek that I am) upon seeing this was it looks great. And having lived in England the majority of my life, with cold houses and heating turned off at night - heated underblankets are a necessity. But as I read through the feature list, I couldn't help feel uncomfortable. Am I the only one that finds this deluge of technology into every aspect of our lives abhorrent? Every single day billio…

I used to be into tech and gadgets and all that neat stuff until I realized I spend more time setting up, customizing, and configuring it than time saved because of it. I've since just defaulted to books for entertainment, my ipod, and just my single laptop. I really don't own much else. It's kinda nice. Most of the holes we plug with technology can be solved with growing a thicker skin. Toes cold? Tuck them in. Stil…

Amen. Not to mention the time factor of finding the product, earning the money to purchase it, and disposing of it. Ironically, the amish seem to have a better grasp of when you should be implementing technology than most other groups.

Re: Luna – Hack your sleep

#89

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Agreed. Would definitely need the "cooling" version.

It integrates with nest to control the thermostat. Beyond that ... get a lighter weight blanket?

if you could figure out a way to get microfibers to straighten out / curl up on command (like under a DC electric field), you could make a smart blanket. it would regulate the loft of the material by making the fibers straighter or more curled, making it more or less insulating. i dont know if this is a stupid idea or not.

Re: Luna – Hack your sleep

#90
post #57

The cover itself is made entirely out of synthetic materials which has implications for quality of sleep. I love the idea but the cover portion needs to be natural fibers IMHO.

What implications does synthetic materials have on sleep quality? Are you referencing some study or is this just anecdotal arguing from nature?

It's mainly the thermal component, which synthetic fibers aren't very good at. As far as studies go there are many on the effects of thermal regulation on sleeping, which synthetic fibres are very poor at. Wool in particular vastly increases sleep quality for these reasons and is used in the medical industry.
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