Business Traveler, February 2015

February 2015 n 23 Visit businesstravelerusa com Health Wellness n Pillow tech The latest gadgets and apps can help you to control the length and quality of your sleep 6 10 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 makes clicking sounds to encourage you to stop RELAX MELODIES Free iOS and Android ipnossoft com This app lets you combine sounds and melodies to create your own relaxation soundtrack Experiment to find the mix thats best for you whether that is thunder or monks chanting a flute or a cat purring It sounds quirky but many insomniacs swear by it SLEEP TIME Free iOS and Android azumio com A sleep tracker app with cycle analysis software developed with Stanford University what makes this app stand out is its audio Choose from a range of natural soundscapes to lull you to sleep or rouse you when youre snoozing you choose the 30 minute window in which youd like to be awakened MOTIONX 24 7 099 iOS motionx com This does all the sleep sensing offered by other apps but also uses the iPhone camera to measure your pulse optically from your fingertip finding correlations between your sleep pattern and resting heart rate ENTRAIN Free iOS itunes apple com A clever app from the University of Michigan that calculates how to tackle jet lag before and after your journey by using light and darkness to support your bodys natural circadian rhythms Tell it where and when youre traveling and it will create a schedule of light dark and sleep for you SLEEPBOT Free iOS and Android mysleepbot com This tracks data including sleep time waking time hours of sleep and your current debt the hours of rest youre missing out on Unusually it records sound too Theres a graph of noise levels tap it to hear the audio proving finally who snores and who talks in their sleep SLEEPRATE 80 iOS only sleeprate com If youre sleeping badly the problem may be holistic This pricey app full kit sold for 100 requires a Polar H7 heart rate monitor and uses Stanford Universitys Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia to look at thoughts routines and emotions by day alongside sleep logs TOP APPS SLEEP GENIUS Free iOS and Android sleepgenius com As well as tracking your sleep Sleep Genius uses your smartphones accelerometer to measure your movement It will play soothing sounds to lull you to sleep gently wake you over the course of five minutes and offer relaxation exercises when youre feeling stressed SLEEP CYCLE Free iOS and Android sleepcycle com By tracking your sleep via your phones accelerometer you can analyze how you slept in detail and the alarm can wake you at the optimum point It also records the percentage of sleep quality and average time in bed DREAM ON Free iOS dreamonapp com An intriguing app that claims to be able to help you choose what you dream about and even support lucid dreaming It monitors your sleep like other apps but then plays your chosen soundscape from peaceful garden to wild west when your subconscious is most suggestible SLEEP AS ANDROID Free Android play google com This tells you when its time for bed helps you drift off with soft sounds tracks sleep phases then wakes you with natural sounds while youre in a light sleep phase It detects snoring and By Caramel Quin