Samsung (and dozens of other big tech brands) are showing off all the new toys at IFA 2015 in Berlin, and this week, the Japanese giant dropped some nap knowledge on the world with its new SleepSense, a new type of personal healthcare device designed to help folks improve their sleepy time.
Sleep is important for well-being and sanity and folks don’t get nearly enough, which might explain the traffic on the I-95 and I-5 highways in the morning. Humans are recommended to get between seven and nine hours of sleep per night, but very few of us do, leading to weaker job performance, increased errors and a greater risk of accidents.
Samsung is here to help, thanks to SleepSense. It tracks sleeping patterns so users can easily understand how they sleep, and learn how to improve it. The sleep monitor uses a patented technology to analyze how well you slept and how long, and then uses a mobile app interface to provide reports and recommendations for sleeping better.
Image via Shutterstock The sensor lives under the mattress, and once it’s connected to the SleepSense app, all the user has to do is sleep. Samsung reports 97 percent accuracy in its analysis of heart and respiratory rates and movement during sleep, letting the product create uber-accurate sleep briefings each morning, including a sleep score as compared with average data by age group. The sleep score is calculated from the following parameters: sleep time, efficiency, time it took to fall asleep, number of times sleeper awoke, number of times out of bed, percentage of time in REM and percentage of time in deep sleep.
The sleep score will generate advice for how to better sleep. This advice comes from Harvard Medical School Professor Dr. Christos Mantzoros, who provided personalized professional tips for the app on improving sleep quality.
Finally, SleepSense can also tie into other smart appliances, allowing it to control air conditioning units, or turn off the television when falling asleep, all of which may affect or assist your sleeping conditions.
Sleep well.
Edited by
Dominick Sorrentino
