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Is there some specific reason they worked so hard to make it sync with the iPhone over bluetooth? as opposed to, say, syncing with your laptop over bluetooth, or just make the thing log data and then sync to a computer via USB. Is it purely the sex-appeal of having an iPhone related product?
I (and many other HN readers, I'm sure) have had this idea plenty of times. If you wake up in one of those bad regions, you really are so much less productive. I'm glad someone is building this. Once it looks like the kinks are out, I'm ordering one for sure.
A similar product has already existed for years; the Zeo.
Congratulations WakeMate on making it this far. I fully understand how very hard it is to create a hardware product, it takes much longer than you expect to get to the great quality level that hardware requires.
I'm also really interested to know what was learned about working with Apple on a hardware interface.
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Being even a week late is not my idea of a "conservative estimate" or a "firm date". I realize we're not talking about a mission-critical product here. But when you choose to use language like that, live up to it.
I haven't ordered a wakemate. I'm not the target market but I'm always amazed at the level of vitriol that follows their posts here on HN. There is no doubt that their overall communication strategy is a bit "rough". I'm always surprised and bit disappointed at the beating people give these guys here. This is a community of tech entrepreneurs who know how unbelievably difficult it is to ship product and a run a start…
It seems the HN community is all too eager to shoot their wounded.
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A similar product has already existed for years; the Zeo.
not exactly similar. Our product uses Actigraphy ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actigraphy ), which is a different method (and in our opinion much less obtrusive) for measuring sleep phases than the Zeo which uses a headband. Also, our unit is wireless and automatically uploads your data to our web server with very little user input (besides setting the alarm before going to bed).
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I haven't ordered a wakemate. I'm not the target market but I'm always amazed at the level of vitriol that follows their posts here on HN. There is no doubt that their overall communication strategy is a bit "rough". I'm always surprised and bit disappointed at the beating people give these guys here. This is a community of tech entrepreneurs who know how unbelievably difficult it is to ship product and a run a start…
With friends like these, right? It seems the HN community is all too eager to shoot their wounded.
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How about moving it forward enough to make it wrap around?
I've wrapped on several occasions by pulling an all-nighter. It just keeps slipping forward to equilibrium. For concreteness, this has resulted in instances where I will awaken at 3 PM one day and 3 AM the next (36 hours later). Staying up extra-late so as to go to bed at a normal time and re-adjust just doesn't do it for me.
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I've wrapped on several occasions by pulling an all-nighter. It just keeps slipping forward to equilibrium. For concreteness, this has resulted in instances where I will awaken at 3 PM one day and 3 AM the next (36 hours later). Staying up extra-late so as to go to bed at a normal time and re-adjust just doesn't do it for me.
Have you tried getting a significant other (for cohabitation or marriage) with a sane sleep cycle? Worked for me.
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Have you tried getting a significant other (for cohabitation or marriage) with a sane sleep cycle? Worked for me.
The problem with this problem is that it's much easier to attract a significant other with a similarly broken sleep cycle.