Kate Freeman has reported today for Mashable "Free iPhone App Tracks Sleep, Gives Expert Advice." [1] A new iPhone app which was just released combines expert advice with sleep tracking, and it’s free and is currently available in the iTunes app store [2] . Zeo Inc. [3] is headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts. Zeo is a leading innovator in the connected wellness movement, where personal sensors, wireless technology and smartphones are giving consumers the ability to take better care of their own health. Zeo has a mission of helping people discover new, science-based ways to lead more active and healthy lifestyles by taking control of the awesome and restorative power of sleep.
Zeo is the maker of Sleep101. This app tracks your bed movement to provide users with a timeline of when they were asleep and when they were awake. Users will receive a “sleep score†they can share on social networks from each night’s sleep data. Sleep101 [4] users can also log into Zeo’s library of articles on sleep and scientific sleep study information in order to help them figure out how to get the best night’s sleep possible.
There are other apps such as SleepTime [5] and Dream:ON [6] which also allow smartphone users to track their sleep based on how much they move via placing their smartphone on the bed. However, users of such apps have complained that these apps don’t work if you are sharing a bed with someone. Although this may also prove to be a problem with Sleep101, at least this app is free. Zeo claims this app is pretty reliable. The firm has issued a statement: “Sleep101’s free sleep tracking technology is 86 percent as accurate as clinically-proven, expensive, wrist band-based sleep tracking devices used in sleep research to detect sleep and wake cycles.†This app complements the Apple [7] revolution aimed at developing such technology to change your life for the better.
Links
- ^ "Free iPhone App Tracks Sleep, Gives Expert Advice." (mashable.com)
- ^ currently available in the iTunes app store (itunes.apple.com)
- ^ Zeo Inc. (www.myzeo.com)
- ^ Sleep101 (itunes.apple.com)
- ^ SleepTime (mashable.com)
- ^ Dream:ON (mashable.com)
- ^ Apple (haroldmandel.sharepoint.com)
- ^ Mandel News Servic (www.mandelnews.com)
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