Tech has already
infiltrated your waking hours. Now, it’s coming for your sleep. From smart
mattresses to smart pillows, the products that are being released into the
sleep market aim to improve sleep by tracking some of the most enigmatic hours
of our days. In 2019, we will see that the Trojan horse into this industry is
wearable technology.
Fit Bit announced in August 2018 that it had
plans to launch a sleep tracking program known as Sleep Score. The technology
will use heart-rate tracking sensors on newer FitBits to give users nightly
sleep scores and comprehensive views on how they’ve been sleeping. The sensors
can measure oxygen levels in the blood and detect events that might be
disrupting breathing during sleep.
Here's what happens: Using
TVs, tablets, smartphones, laptops, or other electronic devices before bed delays your body's
internal clock (a.k.a., your circadian rhythm), suppresses the release of
the sleep-inducing hormone
melatonin, and makes it more difficult to fall asleep.
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