The Dhaka Times Desk A person needs a good 8 hours of sleep to function throughout the day. Exceptions to this will reduce your appetite as well as lower blood pressure and cholesterol levels. Good sleep will ensure your physical performance. Here are five essential apps that will help you sleep better.
Jobbonup
It is a kind of bracelet. It will keep track of what you need for good sleep and help you move accordingly. It will keep track of how long you sleep lightly and how long you sleep heavily, as well as how many times you wake up during the night. It vibrates very slowly to wake you up. That means it will also act as your alarm. Its price is 130 US dollars or 10,400 taka. Login to buy JobonUp.
Slipcycle
It is an iPhone app. It can detect your body movements while you sleep using the iPhone oscillator. Based on your body movements, you can tell what stage of sleep you are in. SleepCycle will slowly wake you up at a light sleep level. Its price is 80 taka or 1 dollar. Download iTunes.
Ubex Skyper Safe Glasses
We want to finish work with the laptop close to sleep, so the blue light of the laptop close to the head and the melatonin emitted by the smartphone can disturb our sleep. These Ubex orange glasses blur everything in front of our eyes. Minimize blue light emitted from laptops falling into your eyes as much as possible. Its price is 640 rupees. Log in to Amazon.com to buy.
Philips Walkup Light
If you feel that your morning sleep is disturbed by a loud sound or you wake up because of that sound. But a better solution for you is the Philips Walkup Light. It will slowly wake you up like fake sunlight. It is priced at Rs 8000, visit philips.com to buy.
Stay with Andrew Johnson for a deep sleep
This is an iPhone app. Here Andrew Johnson teaches you how to get a good deep sleep through meditation. Its price is 240 rupees. You can download it iTunes from
Sleep is a normal process of rest between the daily activities of humans and other animals, when conscious activity is at a standstill. Humans and other mammals and many other animals (such as some species of fish, birds, ants and fruit flies) need regular sleep for survival.
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