There is no room in your home that has a greater determination over the day you will have than the bedroom.
A space for slumber. A source of solitude. A sanctuary.
So why not make the most of the room that does the most for you?
Below we’ve outlined a few smart products that will have you greeting the day with gusto.
A Better Way to Awake
The smartphone has killed the traditional alarm clock, and while that may not be a particularly lamentable loss, there is something to be said for the old way of doing things—namely, the ability to check the time in the middle of the night without getting sucked into a world of emails, texts and updates.
The Philips Wake-up Light not only offers a mid-night, text-free time check, but improves on the entire awakening experience offered by traditional alarm clocks and their smartphone equivalents.
Instead of jarring you from sleep with your preferred repeating alert sound, the Wake-up Light offers a gentle entrance to the day through gradual illumination, which can be paired with soothing nature sounds or your favorite FM radio station.
The Wake-up Light can also serve as reading light and offers a "Sunset Simulation," as a visual cue for the approach of bedtime.
Sleep Smarter
While certainly the subject of some healthy debate, the primary purpose of the bedroom is to provide the restorative sleep sentient sapiens so desperately need.
How do you make sure you get the best rest possible? Eight Sleep is happy to help.
The mattress cover is seeded with strategically placed sensors that that track all manner of important slumber info from bed temperature to breathing rate.
Eight’s accompanying app will provide you with a blueprint of how solid your sleep has been, allowing you to make adjustments where necessary. Or Eight can make the adjustments on its own. By reading the room’s temperature, and analyzing your preferred sleeping temperature, Eight can adjust the bed to the optimal warmth, and split the bed into separate temperatures so as not to disturb your partner.
Eight is also fully integrated into the "Internet of Things," which means the sleep system can signal your coffee machine to start brewing as soon as it’s determined your awake.
But the best aspect of the Eight Sleep System? It’s a mattress cover, which 1) means you don’t have to wear anything and 2) mattress loyalties are diverse and deep, and Eight works with them all.
Privacy at the Push of a Button
Beautiful natural light is a boon for any bedroom, but an abundance of windows puts privacy on a premium.
Shades are an obvious solution, but not particularly stylish (and somewhat archaic for a modern home motif).
Fortunately, Sonte presents a better (and better looking) way.
The "smart film" technology, which can be retrofitted to your home’s existing windows, turns windows from transparent to opaque at the touch of a button, via the Sonte app.
The film is Wi-Fi-enabled, meaning, like the Eight Sleep System, it has the potential to be paired with other smart devices.
Want to be awash in natural light when your alarm goes off? Sonte may be able to accommodate you.
Just be sure you’re still in your bedtime attire.
Self-Make Your Bed and Sleep in It
If you want to get put your best foot forward each and every day, recall the advice, or perhaps instruction, of your parents: Make your bed.
This minor act not only grants you with a sense of accomplishment and orderliness to start your morn, it prepares you for a day of productivity. Even better, it is the gift you give yourself, when, each evening, you return to a beautifully made bed.
Still...it would be nice if the process could be automated, removing the need to remember daily and exert a limited number of muscle groups.
Introducing the Ohea self-making bed.
The Ohea self-making bed, the invention of a Spanish furniture manufacturer, recognizes when its occupant has left and immediately begins the process of fixing sheets and straightening pillows, ensuring a fresh look and feel for each slumber.
The product is currently only in the prototype stage so be on the lookout for pre-orders.