Welcome to the sixth installment of SiliconANGLE Media’s 2014 Holiday Gift Guide series. In this series of gift guides, we’ve suggested some of the best high-tech gift ideas for your friends and loved ones this holiday season. We’ve given you cool gift ideas for golfers, tennis players, dog lovers, new parents and runners. In this gift guide, we suggest five cool gadgets that will help your loved ones get better sleep— something we all need in this busy holiday season.
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See our golfers gift guide here.
See our tennis gift guide here.
See our dog lovers gift guide here.
See our new parents/new baby gift guide here.
See our runners gift guide here.
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1. Sleep Number i10 Bed with SleepIQ Technology
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Product Name: Sleep Number i10 Bed with SleepIQ Technology
Manufacturer: Select Comfort Corporation
Product Description: Great sleep starts with a great bed. The Sleep Number i10 bed has a dual-layer mattress with advanced DualAir technology that lets you adjust the firmness on each side with two wireless remotes. It also has temperature balancing so your side stays just the right temperature for you. The 15-inch, Duvet-style Pillowtop mattress has two inches of conforming memory foam and a two-inch layer of proprietary PlushFit foam. Its ergonomic contour supports your head, shoulders and hips. The i10’s SleepIQ Technology contain sensors that measure your sleeping patterns. Your SleepIQ score shows your individual quality and length of sleep, restful time in bed, average heart and breathing rates, motion and bed exits. You can access your SleepIQ data via the Web, an iOS app and a Sleep Number remote. Data is also viewable on desktop browsers Safari 4+, Chrome 4+, Firefox 7+ and IE9+, and on iOS 5+ and Android 2.1+.
MSRP: Starting at $4,599.98
Available Colors: White
Purchase at: Sleep Number
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2. Withings Aura Smart Sleep System (iOS)
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Product Name: Withings Aura Smart Sleep System (iOS)
Manufacturer: Withings
Product Description: The Withings Aura Smart Sleep System (iOS) system is designed to both monitor and improve your sleep quality. Its technology combines a contact-free Sleep Sensor that gets tucked under your mattress, a smartphone app for iOS, and an active light-and-sound bedside device. The Sleep Sensor monitors your sleep cycles through body movement, breathing cycle and heart rate analysis. The Bedside Device analyzes sound, temperature and light levels of the room throughout the night, noting any degradation of the quality of sleep due to your bedroom’s environment. The Bedside Device also uses a scientifically-validated lighting technology that the company says makes the most of the correlation between light wavelengths and the secretion of Melatonin, the hormone responsible for the sleep-wake cycle. Free app available for only for iOS.
MSRP: $299.95
Available Colors: White
Purchase at: Amazon, Apple, Bed Bath & Beyond, Withings
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3. Sense
Image source: Hello, Inc.
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Product Name: Sense
Manufacturer: Hello, Inc.
Product Description: Hello’s Sense began as a Kickstarter project that was successfully funded in August 2014. Now shipping, Sense is a system comprised of a smart “pill” and smart ball. The Sense pill contains an accelerometer and a gyroscope, and is placed on your pillow (one for each person). The Sense ball sits on your bedside table. The whole system tracks your sleep, monitors the surroundings in your bedroom, and reinvents the alarm so you can sleep better. The Sense ball combines the insight of your sleep patterns with the data of the environment in your bedroom-including noise, light, temperature, humidity and particles in the air. Sense’s smart alarm can even wake you up in the morning at just the right point in your sleep cycle so you avoid that groggy feeling. Free apps are available for both iPhone and Android.
MSRP: $129.00
Available Colors: Charcoal, Cotton
Purchase at: Hello
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4. Edison Screw WiFi-enabled LED Light Bulb
Image Source: LiFi Labs, Inc.
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Product Name: Edison Screw WiFi-enabled LED Light Bulb
Manufacturer: LiFi Labs, Inc.
Product Description: The Edison Screw WiFi-enabled LED Light Bulb is a multi-color, energy-efficient bulb that you control from your iOS or Android smartphone. See your bedroom in a new light, with millions of colors at your fingertips to help match your mood, enhance your surroundings or synchronize with the time of day. It is dimmable via the downloadable iOS or Android app. It screws into standard sockets and is easy to set up. Unscrew your old bulb, screw in your Edison Screw bulb, download the app for free from the App Store or Google Play, and that’s it. One bulb consumes only 17 watts, with a brightness of 1,017 lumens at maximum (comparable to a 75-watt incandescent light bulb but more efficient).
MSRP: $99.00
Available Colors: Gun Metal Grey, Pearl White
Purchase at: Amazon
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5. Philips HF3550 Wake-up Light
Image source: Philips Electronics
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Product Name: Philips HF3550 Wake-up Light
Manufacturer: Philips Electronics
Product Description: The Philips HF3550 Wake-up Light can be controlled with your iPhone. Inspired by nature’s sunrise, the bulb’s light can be set to gradually increase within 30 minutes from soft morning red through orange—until your bedroom is filled with bright yellow light. You can use the app to set its alarm to play music. This combination of light therapy and sound wakes you in a more natural way. The Philips dock also charges your iPhone. The Wake-up Light is compatible with iPhone 4S, 4, 3GS as well as iPod Touch 3 and 4. The device can only be operated by iPhone 5 and iPod Touch 5 in combination with the Official Apple 30-9 pin connector (available via Apple here).
MSRP: $199.00
Available Colors: White (with colored sunrise simulation from red to orange to yellow)
Purchase at: Philips
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