Topic: Sleep Cycle App for iPhone

sluggy started this discussion 15 years ago #13,433

I just got it. I tried using it last night, but I woke up 40 minutes before my alarm was to go off and my cat was sitting on the phone staring at me, so I turned it off.

It's an app that measures your movements while asleep and can detect (supposedly) when you are in deep or light sleep. In a 30 minute period preceding the alarm you set it will wake you when you enter light sleep, so you awake fresh and ready to start your day. It also graphs your sleep cycle. It detected when I was awake.

It's $.99.

Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 3 minutes later[^] [v] #240,916

I have severe chronic insomnia so I call bullshit.

Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 4 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #240,917

how does it claim to work?

sluggy (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 4 minutes later, 9 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #240,921

@previous (C)
It uses the accelerometer (is that spelled right?) to measure your movements.

Unintentional Jackass !LASXURl1b6 joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 38 minutes later, 47 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #240,926

The same technology can be used to measure which buttons you are pressing on a keyboard and steal passwords/bank details.

Anonymous C replied with this 15 years ago, 52 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #240,939

@previous (Unintentional Jackass !LASXURl1b6)
thats cool

@240,921 (sluggy)
is it peer-reviewedâ„¢ for accuracy?

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