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Sleepman is a wristband device that aims to enhance user's quality of sleep and detect drowsiness thanks to built-in heart rate and electrodermal activity sensors.
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Sleepman is a wristband device that aims to enhance user's quality of sleep and detect drowsiness thanks to built-in heart rate and electrodermal activity sensors. The device tracks the user's sleepy cycles and wakes them up at the desired time when they are in the stage of light sleep.<ref>https://sleepman.com/sleep-optimization/#alarm</ref> It also helps with short naps by waking the user just before he enters deeper stages of sleep.<ref>https://sleepman.com/sleep-optimization/#powernap</ref>
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A gel pad electrode can be connected to the device. The user then attaches the pad to their palm and the device sends electrical impulses during the night.<ref>https://sleepman.com/sleep-optimization/#SleepEnhancer</ref> The company claims this will increase the amount of deep sleep the wearer experiences up to 40% of their total sleep time. Sleepman can also prevent car accidents by detecting early fatigue and drowsiness and alarm the driver to take a rest.<ref>https://sleepman.com/doze-off-alert/</ref> The device can ehance
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The device can also function as a fitness and wellness tracker when paired with a smartphone with the Sleepman app installed.<ref>https://sleepman.com/wellness-tracker/</ref>
  
 
== Main characteristics ==
 
== Main characteristics ==

Revision as of 10:23, 1 August 2016

Sleepman
Sleepman01.jpg
Category Limb-mounted
Developer Avantechs Inc [1]
Announced May 2016 (NBC4 News Health & Fitness Expo)[2]
Released Developers:
Consumers: December 2016 (for crowdfunding backers)[2]
Price 250 USD [3]
Operating system none (can connect to PC, Android, iOS)
Sensors

heart rate, electrodermal activity, accelerometer, gyroscope [2]

Weight 50 g [4]
Controls

buttons, smartphone [2]

Data available Good
Risk factor Low
Standalone
https://sleepman.com

Sleepman is a wristband device that aims to enhance user's quality of sleep and detect drowsiness thanks to built-in heart rate and electrodermal activity sensors. The device tracks the user's sleepy cycles and wakes them up at the desired time when they are in the stage of light sleep.[5] It also helps with short naps by waking the user just before he enters deeper stages of sleep.[6]

A gel pad electrode can be connected to the device. The user then attaches the pad to their palm and the device sends electrical impulses during the night.[7] The company claims this will increase the amount of deep sleep the wearer experiences up to 40% of their total sleep time. Sleepman can also prevent car accidents by detecting early fatigue and drowsiness and alarm the driver to take a rest.[8] The device can ehance

The device can also function as a fitness and wellness tracker when paired with a smartphone with the Sleepman app installed.[9]

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