Pre-ordered.
You think it's a good gift as well? I mean. If I am saving five bucks for pre-ordering...
Wakemate (YC S09) helps you kiss groggy mornings goodbye
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#42That $5 pre-order is far too easy to do. I bought one without stopping to research other products like the http://www.fitbit.com/. Brilliantly designed pricing.
It's a lot like Glastonbury ticketing. Deposits in autumn, full payment in January. This is extra profitable because in January many people are short on cash post-christmas and either can not or choose not to pay the full amount. You get to keep the non-refundable deposit and then sell the ticket/product again to another person.
As an aside, any idea on how hackable the Wakemate is? Presumably other devices could talk to it over bluetooth, eg a homemade arduino based alarm clock. Will the bluetooth protocol and data format used be published?
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#43Earlier quoted context omitted.
"The device has modes for both ‘power naps’ (which last around 30 minutes)" I'm guessing polyphasic sleepers can use this, but no idea if they provide support specifically for polyphasic sleepers. Just curious, are you a polyphasic sleeper? "WakeMate is launching with support for iPhone, BlackBerry, Android, Windows Mobile, and a standard Java app for non-smart phones"
I've tried polyphasic sleep a few times over the past 15 years, and always went back to normal. But I'm about to give it another try, and all of the circumstances that made it difficult in the past (live-in girlfriend, office to go to and an expectation of availability throughout normal office hours, or school+work, etc.) are no longer a factor, so I think it will go better this time. I'm also about to shake up a bun…
Please, please, please blog your attempt at going polyphasic. There aren't a lot of rational records of people trying this; and it's a really interesting topic (to me, at least).
I'd try it myself, but for now my commute prevents me from being able to do it.
pchristensen did it a year or two ago, and it was really interesting to read about.
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#44Love the idea of this. Pre-ordered.
One of the few startups where my first question when I met them was "when can I buy it"? I hope it's effective as I've heard. Pre-ordered.
Pre-ordered. I've been groggy as all hell in the mornings for years now. I've previously been solving this problem by avoiding mornings ;)
Re: Wakemate (YC S09) helps you kiss groggy mornings goodbye
#45That $5 pre-order is far too easy to do. I bought one without stopping to research other products like the http://www.fitbit.com/ . Brilliantly designed pricing. It's a lot like Glastonbury ticketing. Deposits in autumn, full payment in January. This is extra profitable because in January many people are short on cash post-christmas and either can not or choose not to pay the full amount. You get to keep the non-refu…
> That $5 pre-order is far too easy to do.
as evidenced by this thread :)
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#46I have had issues with sleep for a very long time. Problem is: I love to sleep. I can sleep 10-12 hours a day, no problem. I'd be quite happy sleeping like this, but it effects my personal life. This sounds like it was made for me! *e: Just to be sure before I pre-order. Any bluetooth enabled phone that has access to the internet will work, correct?
It needs Internet access?
From the article: "It then transmits your sleep data to your phone, which in turn uses its cellular data connection to upload it to the WakeMate servers."
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#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
It needs Internet access?
From the article: "It then transmits your sleep data to your phone, which in turn uses its cellular data connection to upload it to the WakeMate servers."
I figured it needed network for the pretty graphs, but not to actually wake you up.
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#48So does it ship internationally or should we just assume this is US only right now? Clearly interested in this product but I'm from Scandinavia.
Excellent service from the guys! Sent them an e-mail about shipping and got a reply in eight minutes - "we ship worldwide for free if you pre-order".
Thanks. Pre-ordered.
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#49I asked this in the Techcrunch comments but I'm thinking it will be more visible here:
In terms of the iPhone app, how do they trigger anything without having to keep your iPhone on and in their app the whole time? Other than that I am sold.
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#50Earlier quoted context omitted.
I tend to move while awake and lie still when I'm asleep. It probably has something to do with that. ;)
I don't know about you, but I move around a _lot_ during sleep. Sure, if it only knows that I'm awake if I go to the bathroom or kitchen during the night, I understand the difference. Would be interesting to know how it makes the distinction, though.
You (supposedly) only move around when you're in certain sleep stages, and not others. When you're moving around, you're still asleep, but you're much more lightly asleep than when you're not moving around, so it's a much more optimal time to wake up and you can also track how "restful" your sleep is.