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Note: Train yourself to get a good night's sleep. Brainwave-measuring headband sends data all night to your phone via Bluetooth.
Zeo Mobile (click image for larger view) Zeo, makers of the Personal Sleep Coach, announced Zeo Mobile, a device that communicates from a BlueTooth-based sensor worn around your head to a mobile device running Zeo's sleep management application (Android and iPhone). This new device is more portable and much cheaper ($99) than the original Zeo ($199), which includes a bedside alarm clock/base station, a wireless headband with sensors to measure brain waves, and a Web site that helps manage sleep.
I initially reviewed the Zeo Personal Sleep Coach late last year; you can find a more detailed analysis and explanation of the product there, along with a Zeo image gallery.
The Zeo headband contains some of the product's magic. Unlike other technology that measures body temperature and activity (called "actigraphy") during sleep, Zeo claims to be the first commercial product that can actually measure actual brainwaves. It uses a combination of special sensor technology, fabric and an algorithm that Zeo has trained using the type of equipment you'd normally see in a sleep lab (Polysomniograph, or PSG.)
The new headband, which looks very much like the old one, includes a new accelerometer, which is intended to provide an even more accurate read on sleep activity--for example, telling its users whether they've been sleeping on their side or their back.
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Using the "bedside" version of the product, the sensors communicate wirelessly with the alarm clock. All of the data is stored in a special memory...