Mr. Rose lives with a collection of interactive furniture and animated objects, like Alexa by Amazon and Personal Assistant by Google and Aura, a sleep tracker and alarm clock by Withings
that looks like a ship’s funnel and uses light to regulate melatonin.
Called “Circle,” it wirelessly scouts all the technologies in the house — his children’s iPads, internet-connected guitars, toys
and his own phone — and sets rules for their use, which is to say, it sets bedtime for the robots, so everyone can get to sleep
To evoke the feeling of many blankets on a cold night, Mr. Rose turned to the weighted blankets used as sensory therapy for autistic children.
Mr. Rose and his colleagues are investigating what makes an ideal sleep environment.
Recently, however, Mr. Rose invited a new gizmo into his apartment to police the other devices.
How to Get a Good Night’s Sleep -
By PENELOPE GREEN APRIL 8, 2017
For an article about how Silicon Valley and other innovators have taken on the challenge of sleeplessness, a $32 billion market once populated mostly by mattress and pharmaceutical companies, I tested
but a few of the many hundreds of gadgets, apps, podcasts and other inventions now devoted to a good night’s sleep.
Here are a few of their tips (and a gizmo or two):
“Sleep With Me,” a wildly popular podcast by Drew Ackerman, a gravelly voiced librarian who
tells excruciatingly boring bedtime stories, has millions of fans, but it makes me anxious.