{"id":20371,"date":"2019-10-08T10:04:54","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T10:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/strammer.com\/?p=20371"},"modified":"2019-10-08T10:04:54","modified_gmt":"2019-10-08T10:04:54","slug":"improve-sleep-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/strammer.com\/es\/improve-sleep-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Improve Sleep With the Latest New Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-fullwidth-1  fusion-parallax-none nonhundred-percent-fullwidth\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0px;border-top-width: 0px;border-bottom-style: solid;border-top-style: solid;padding-bottom:20px;padding-top:20px;padding-left:;padding-right:;\"><style type=\"text\/css\" scoped=\"scoped\">.fusion-fullwidth-1 {\r\n                            padding-left: px !important;\r\n                            padding-right: px !important;\r\n                        }<\/style><div class=\"fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-center fusion-title-size-one\"><div class=\"title-sep-container title-sep-container-left\"><div class=\"title-sep sep-double sep-solid\"><\/div><\/div><h1 class=\"title-heading-center\">How can technology improve our sleep?<\/h1><div class=\"title-sep-container title-sep-container-right\"><div class=\"title-sep sep-double sep-solid\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">An average person spends in their lifetime, <strong>26 years<\/strong> sleeping and <strong>7 years<\/strong> trying to sleep. Sleeping is a meaningful part of our day. It helps us improve our productivity and influences our emotions. <strong>Poor sleep<\/strong> and sleep deprivation can have a worse impact than we might think. It may cause higher risk of having a stroke, heart problems, weight gain, depression, and, among others, immunity reduction<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The recommended amount of sleep per night is between 7 and 9 hours. According to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, 35% of people in the US sleep less than 7 hours per night. Every month, Google UK estimates there are 12,000 searches for \u201cHow to fall asleep?\u201d and 9,900 for \u201cHow to get to sleep?\u201d. In the UK, it is estimated that 22% of people have trouble sleeping every night.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Although technology may be an enhancer to our lack of sleep, given the constant use we give to our <strong>electronic devices<\/strong>, it has also brought some solutions. New technological devices that try to help us sleep have been developed. Some of them are:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 25px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"> \u2666<\/span> Smart <strong>Mattresses<\/strong> and <strong>pads<\/strong> connected to apps. There is a wide range of mattresses that can positively influence our sleep. These mattresses control the movements of the person during the night and regulate the temperature. <strong>Bed covers<\/strong> and <strong>pillows<\/strong> regulating your temperature are also a possibility nowadays.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 25px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"> \u2666<\/span> Some pillows improve breathing and snoring, and others have the option to play relaxing music.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 25px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"> \u2666<\/span> <strong>Devices<\/strong> to put on your bedside table to track sleep. They produce noises, sounds, and lights to improve sleep and analyse sleeping information.\u00a0Other devices help regulate the temperature of the room during the whole night.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 25px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"> \u2666<\/span> <strong>Smart night clothes <\/strong>promote better rest while improving body relaxation.\u00a0Some pyjamas include sensors to help track heartbeats, blood pressure and even sleeping posture.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 25px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"> \u2666<\/span> <strong>Watches <\/strong>and <strong>electronic wristbands<\/strong> connected to apps, to track movements during the night and help understand the sleeping cycle.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 25px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"> \u2666<\/span> Sleeping with head <strong>devices<\/strong>, for example\u00a0sleep masks and headbands. Beyond tracking sleep, the first ones can be used as an alarm. Headbands can as well play sounds to enhance slow brain waves and improve sleep. These devices promise to offer a better night of sleep.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 25px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"> \u2666<\/span> <strong>Sleeping apps <\/strong>number is growing. They have different functions, that can go from tracking sleep to giving recommendations on relaxing techniques to sleep better and faster.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 25px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"> \u2666<\/span> Blue light filter can be used on gadgets before bedtime so it does not have a negative impact on our sleep. These lights inhibit the production of melatonin by our body. Melatonin is the hormone that indicates to our brain when it is time to sleep.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The goal of sleeping gadgets is not only to help us sleep but\u00a0also\u00a0to improve our nights. At the same time, these gadgets are big contributors in sleeping studies. They provide more\u00a0exact results on sleep\u00a0data and sleeping patterns.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Considering the <strong>increasing <\/strong>number of people with sleep disorders,\u00a0it is\u00a0not a surprise that\u00a0the number of sleeping gadgets on the market have been growing. As a result, sleep aids <strong>market<\/strong> has been expanding in recent years and it is estimated that it will be worth <strong>80 billion<\/strong> dollars by <strong>2020.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><u>References: <\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Sleep Technology: Gadgets and Products Designed to Enhance Sleep, June 2019, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verywellhealth.com\/technology-to-enhance-sleep-4164363\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">verywellhealth<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">How Can Innovative Technology Help Us Sleep Better? May 2019, <a href=\"https:\/\/thriveglobal.com\/stories\/how-can-innovative-technology-help-us-sleep-better\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">THRIVE GLOBAL<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Technology helping humankind sleep better at night, December 2018, <a href=\"https:\/\/campuspress.yale.edu\/tribune\/technology-helping-humankind-sleep-better-at-night\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Yale Tribune<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">10 Reasons Why Good Sleep Is Important, June 2018,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthline.com\/nutrition\/10-reasons-why-good-sleep-is-important\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> healthline<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Sleep tech is booming \u2013 but it&rsquo;s getting weirder and dodgier, September 2018, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.co.uk\/article\/sleep-technology-wearables-apple-watch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WIRED<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":20395,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","myguten_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/strammer.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/strammer.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/strammer.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/strammer.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/strammer.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20371"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/strammer.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22446,"href":"https:\/\/strammer.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20371\/revisions\/22446"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/strammer.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/strammer.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/strammer.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/strammer.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}