http://www.apptism.com/apps/happywakeup
Release Date: 04/29/2009
Size: 1.0 MB
Popular Rank #: 999999
Languages: English, Finnish
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone Requires iPhone 2.0 Software Update
URL:
http://www.happywakeup.com
Are you tired in the morning? Is waking up difficult? HappyWakeUp® gives you an optimal wake up every morning!
HappyWakeUp® is the first, genuine smart alarm clock based on medical research of the human sleep and its structure (patents pending 2007-2009). The application is the result of a Finnish study conducted in the Tampere University of Technology and the University of Helsinki.
HappyWakeUp® monitors your sleep using the mobile phone microphone. It makes statistical analysis of the quality of your sleep, detecting the natural sleep cycles and the optimal wake up moments in the morning. During these moments your body and brain is ready to wake up naturally and without any extra stress.
Conventional smart alarm clocks are expensive and cumbersome devices, such as movement detectors called actigraphs. Actigraphs have to be physically attached to you like a watch or a wrist band, which usually disturb your sleep. In addition, actigraphs have to be carried with you while traveling and may include batteries that are difficult to change and obtain. HappyWakeUp® is conveniently always with your personal mobile phone and is extremely easy to use: just set the alarm and place the mobile phone near you during night!
The human sleep consists of different stages of sleep (see attached hypnogram screenshot). If you are forced to wake up during deep sleep (Stages 2-4) or during REM sleep, you find it difficult because your brain is not ready to wake up. In addition to the unpleasant experience, this also causes extra stress to your body, your heart, and your nervous system!
During the last morning hours your sleep is more fragmented and there are short periods of wakefulness called arousals. Arousals are typically so short that you do not remember them in the morning. They are, however, the optimal moments for your brain and body to wake up, and HappyWakeUp® is specifically developed to detect these moments!
HappyWakeUp® has been introduced in several magazines (e.g., Der Spiegel, Finnish Science, and The Morning News) and has already gained wide popularity among Nokia mobile phones!
For a free, lite version of HappyWakeUp®, please see the HappyNap application in an App Store near you!
USER REVIEWS:
"As I'm also a heavy sleeper this alarm indeed does wake me up refreshed and ready for a new start of the day." -
www.s60.com
"It does what it promises and is well worth the buy." -
www.s60.com