STACK #221 March 2023

TECH FEATURE

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SMART CLOCKS

SMART SLEEP TECH A blissful night’s slumber is crucial to our wellbeing, and sleep monitoring and

It’s Sleep Awareness Month

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The National Sleep Foundation has designated March as the annual ‘Sleep Awareness Month’, celebrating the many benefits of a good night’s rest. Take a moment to consider your sleeping habits and how they impact on your overall wellbeing, and if you’re a restless sleeper who always wakes up tired, March is the month to take positive steps towards improving the quality of your sleep.

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When is a smart speaker not just a smart speaker? When it's also a smart clock. As well as a bedside clock with an LED display for time, weather, song titles and more, you also have convenient voice control of your connected smart

Top tip: Smart speaker clocks can be linked with other compatible smart speakers throughout the home for multi room audio and intercom use.

analysis has become a ubiquitous feature in fitness trackers and smart watches, providing detailed analytics and scores based on the quality of your kip. Dedicated sleep tech products can range from noise-cancelling sleep earbuds and non-digital guided meditation aids, to an advanced sleep analyser that slides beneath a mattress. The latter device can monitor snoring using

Top tip: The Google Nest Hub (2nd Gen) has a sleep-sensing mode that tracks sleep quality and duration. Consider one for the bedroom.

home from the comfort of the bedroom, and powerful and clear audio for playlists and podcasts. Set morning and evening routines (turn lights on/off and lock/unlock doors), personalise alarms, and play relaxing sounds and music at bedtime. Alarms can be snoozed with a simple tap, and the microphone can be disabled for privacy and sleep time. The perfect bedside companion! AMAZON ECHO DOT SMART SPEAKER WITH CLOCK & ALEXA 5TH GEN (Cloud Blue)

audio sensors, and detect sleep apnoea with medical grade precision. A pneumatic sensor measures respiration, heart rate, and body movement during the night. You’ll get a detailed in-app report of your sleep cycles and health metrics that can be shared with your GP. WITHINGS SLEEP ANALYSER

Sleep-lab quality diagnostics, advanced sleep analysis, and sleep apnoea detection. Works with the Withings Health Mate app and compatible with most mattresses.

Improved LED display, deep bass and vibrant sound, Bluetooth connectivity and pairing with other Echo devices. Control compatible smart home devices using Alexa voice assistant.

SMART BABY MONITORS

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An essential tech purchase for the nursery, a baby monitor is a carer’s best friend. Depending on the brand, monitors can come complete with a unique screen or an app that you download to a smartphone.

Connected to the home network, baby monitors are portable devices that can be positioned wherever the baby is sleeping. This means whoever is home with the baby can keep an eye – and ear – on what’s happening in the nursery. Monitors can offer two-way talk and zoom functionality and display room temperature and humidity readings. Smart baby monitors provide complete peace of mind throughout daytime naps and during the night.

UNIDEN 5" DIGITAL BABY MONITOR 2K Super HD camera, 5" colour screen, 350° pan and 60° tilt, up to 6x remote digital zoom, two-way talk, room and humidity display, and danger zone detection mode.

Top tip: Try to position the baby monitor up high to achieve the best camera angle and to capture as much of the baby as possible when they move around the cot.

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