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At some point I read that Edison used to hold a spoon in his hand and have a platter on the floor. When going into deeper the hand relaxes, dropping the spoon,
by gregwebs 13y ago
At some point I read that Edison used to hold a spoon in his hand and have a platter on the floor. When going into deeper the hand relaxes, dropping the spoon, hitting the platter, creating noise to wake him up.
I did this once, but I don't really have a problem with sleep inertia, so I just set an alarm, usually for 15 minutes.
From this perspective the device on kickstarter seems problematic: the goal should be to avoid deep sleep rather than just focus on a gentle wakeup.
I am sure the device will help some people out though and their approach is a lot easier than sleep monitoring.
- wnmeyer 13y agoThere are two ways to nap: a quick 20 min nap doesn't take you into deep sleep (characterized by delta wave patterns--google SWS) and let's you wake with much less sleep inertia. It's refreshes, but doesn't consolidate memory. A longer nap (60-90 min) typically takes you into deep sleep, and is harder to wake from. However, a long nap will give you memory consolidation and recovery on par with a full nights sleep.
- hatu 13y agoI thought that was Dali and then he would paint right after waking up from the nap. Maybe both.