Okay You SleepTracker Folks .... Question

Slinky wrote:So, this SleepTracker's software kind of indicates the stages of sleep you are in? Or just that lightest, Stage 1 or Stage 2 sleep when you are closest to awake?

Slinky wrote:The longer you go between the almost awake stage means the better you are sleeping as your sleep stage transitions are lasting longer?

Slinky wrote:Can anyone post a page of data from the SleepTracker's software for the rest of us to see? Or has someone done so and I missed it?

SleepTracker wrote:When you sleep, your body goes through a series of sleep cycles. No two people have the same sleep cycles, and
nobody has the same cycle twice. Many factors can influence sleep cycles, including diet, exercise, medications, drugs
or alcohol, stress, sleep disorders, and sleep deprivation. Age and gender can play a role, too. Women tend to sleep
more soundly than men, and as we age, we sleep more restlessly.

The average adult experiences 4-5 full sleep cycles over an 8-hour period. A typical cycle lasts about 90-110 minutes
and has five different stages. During Stage 1, you sleep lightly; in Stage 2, your sleep gets progressively deeper. At
Stages 3 and 4, also known as “Delta sleep,” you sleep most heavily; this is when your body rebuilds itself. Stage 5
of sleep, also known as REM (rapid eye movement) sleep, is marked by extensive physiological changes, such as
accelerated respiration, increased brain activity, rapid eye movement, and muscle relaxation. People dream during
REM sleep.

In the first third of the night, Delta sleep stages last longer than REM stages, but as the night progresses, Delta sleep
becomes briefer. By the last third of the night, Delta sleep usually ceases while REM stages lengthen.

As the chart indicates, several almost-awake moments occur during each sleep cycle. These moments vary in
frequency throughout the night. During the ALARM WINDOW that you preset, SLEEPTRACKER® monitors your sleep
cycles for optimal waking moments so that it can gently wake you when you’re most alert. The result? You wake up
refreshed instead of groggy. Waking up has never been easier.

SleepTracker wrote:Why is it so hard to wake up to a normal alarm clock? Because a normal alarm clock can’t detect where you are in your sleep cycle — a continuous cycle from deep sleep, to brief almost-awake moments, and back to deep sleep again. Occasionally, your alarm may catch you at an optimal, almost-awake moment and you wake up feeling refreshed, but usually you find yourself waking up tired and groggy, groping for the snooze button.

SLEEPTRACKER® puts an end to that tired feeling. Once you set its ALARM WINDOW, it monitors your body and continuously looks for your optimal waking times so it can wake you at just the right moment. Imagine not feeling tired in the morning and getting a few extra minutes out of your day.

SLEEPTRACKER® can also help you discover how well you sleep at night, so you can adjust your habits to get better rest. Using an accelerometer, SLEEPTRACKER® monitors for brief moments of movement (typically lasting less than 30 seconds) during your lighter stages of sleep and records them. The next morning, you can review this data to see how restfully you’ve slept. (For more information on this, see the “Data Review” section on page 14.)

SLEEPTRACKER® is ideal for anyone who wants to wake up alert and ready to start the day, such as frequent travelers across time zones, business people looking for that extra edge, students with fluctuating schedules, or busy moms who need to wake up easily. When you set the ALARM WINDOW, SLEEPTRACKER® wakes you when you feel like you’re already awake — at one of those frequent times during a night’s sleep when you’re almost awake but usually drift back to sleep.