(Ok, I wouldn’t wake up that much but that’s not the point of this post…)

Now that I have the insomnia problem artificially and (most likely) temporarily, I’ve been thinking a lot about my sleep cycle and wake time. Waking up feeling refreshed is not a matter of how much you sleep, It’s about waking up in the correct stage of your sleep cycle. Here’s a good article explaining sleep cycle in detail. In short, if you want to wake up feeling refreshed, the aXbo Sleep Phase Alarm Clock claims it can help.

To use it, simply put on the wireless wristband, set the time you need to wake up no matter what, and the aXbo alarm clock will attempt to detect the right time to wake you up, within a specified time window (e.g. 30 minutes).

The obvious advantage over similar products like SleepTracker, is that the alarm won’t get muffled when you tuck your hands under the pillow. The aXbo also runs on mains and/or batteries, eliminating the problem of the alarm running out of juice in the middle of the night. And as a bonus, the aXbo also comes with 3 sleep-inducing melodies which automatically stop when aXbo notices that you’re asleep. I’d like a little more detail about how the device detects your sleep cycle accurately (it can’t do that measuring pulse or blood pressure) but it sounds like a kick ass idea and something I’d be willing to try.

(via Engadget)