Sleep well all night / Improve sleep with technology products \ Yao Gang

Sleep itself is part of everyone's lifestyle habits. Changes in national sleep data reflect changes in national lifestyle habits. In the past decade, the rapid development of the Internet, especially the mobile Internet, smart phones and mobile Internet services that can be used anytime and anywhere have undoubtedly deeply affected the sleep habits of Chinese. Treating insomnia and improving sleep has become a huge market. Various drugs and electronic technology products used to improve sleep are also common in the market. Today, I am here to introduce you to a few technology products that may help you improve your sleep quality.

According to China's "2021 Exercise and Sleep White Paper", more than 300 million people in China have sleep disorders, in addition to insomnia caused by some pathological factors, more and more people are insomnia due to work pressure and use of mobile phones before going to bed. Among them, the sleep problem of the post-90s is particularly serious. According to CCTV, the "China Sleep Report 2022" survey shows that in the past 10 years Chinese fell asleep 2 hours late, the sleep duration decreased by about 1.5 hours, and only 35% of people can sleep enough for 8 hours a day, and about 15% of people have sleep disorders that need treatment. Overall, Chinese sleep later and later, and sleep time is getting shorter and shorter.

According to Ai Media Consulting data, from 2016 to 2021 China's sleep economy industry market size and forecast, from 2016 to 2020, the overall market size of China's sleep economy has grown from 261.63 billion yuan (RMB, the same below) to 377.86 billion yuan, is expected to reach 417.32 billion yuan in 2021, and is expected to exceed one trillion yuan in 2030.

Microcurrent sleep apparatus

There are many types of "sleep devices" or "sleep aids" on the market, one of which uses microcurrent sleep devices is more common in the market. There are two main types of micro-current sleep device: hand-held type and ear clip type. The principle is to stimulate the limbic system of the brain through microcurrents of specific waveforms and frequencies, thereby affecting and improving abnormal brain waves, and making the brain secrete neurohormones that can regulate people's emotional cognition and various physiological activities, so as to achieve the effect of treating insomnia. It is an insomnia treatment program with a certain clinical scientific basis.

In similar products, hand-held products often fail to have the desired effect because of incorrect grip, while ear clip-type products are more effective. Here is a well-known brand in the category - Zdeer (Zdeer) CES transcranial magnetic microcurrent stimulation sleep aid. It is a Class II medical device certified by a Professional Body (CFDA). It can be used to treat insomnia on a physical level.

The advantage of treating insomnia with physical devices over treating insomnia with drugs is that it does not create drug dependence. CES here refers to a non-invasive, non-pharmacological treatment of anxiety, insomnia and depression through mild electrical stimulation of the brain. It conducts a scientifically designed microcurrent to the central nervous system of the brain through a pair of ear clip electrodes clamped on the ear, stimulates nerve cells to secrete neurotransmitters related to sleep, and achieves the effect of treating insomnia through physical stimulation and the combined action of these hormones.

White noise speakers

The so-called white noise is some soothing sounds from daily life or nature, such as the sound of trickling streams, birds and insects, and the sound of waves. Studies have shown that the brain will resonate with the monotonous, regular sounds of the outside world, which will put the brain in a quiet, relatively inactive state, which is why people are prone to fatigue and drowsiness after driving smoothly on the highway for too long.

In a study of the effects of white noise on children's sleep, 80% of infants who listened to white noise fell asleep, while only 25% of infants in the control group who did not listen to white noise fell asleep, which shows that noise has a certain effect on infant sleep.

At present, all kinds of "white noise speakers" on the market make use of this principle. Today, we introduce a white noise sleep speaker from Ezvalo. This white noise speaker has 8 natural sound effects, and you can adjust and combine the volume of various sounds through 8 independent physical switches to create the white noise effect that suits you best.

Sleep-assisting headphones

In the same way as sleep aid speakers that play white noise, we can also find headphones with sleep aids in the market. The famous headphone manufacturer Bose has launched a sleep-assisting headset SleepBuds. Its appearance is somewhat similar to the traditional in-ear Bluetooth headset, but in order to allow users to wear comfortably when sleeping, it has been specially designed to fit the ear more closely, without causing a sense of pressure, and it is almost impossible to feel its presence after wearing. You can play white noise designed and optimized by Bose itself through its own App, but it does not support use as a general Bluetooth headset, which I hope you will carefully consider before purchasing. It can be played continuously for 10 hours when fully charged, while a charging compartment is provided to make it easy to recharge it at any time.

Smart watch for sleep monitoring

To improve the quality of sleep, you must first understand how your sleep status is. Currently, the simplest instrument that can be used to monitor sleep quality is a smartwatch. Most smart watches on the market, such as Apple Watch, Xiaomi smart watch, Huawei smart watch, etc., have certain sleep process monitoring and analysis functions.

The principle of monitoring sleep of such products is mainly through sensors such as gyroscopes, monitoring whether the user's body posture is lying flat, whether it is turned over, and then by monitoring the heartbeat frequency and changes in the user's posture and other data, according to a certain algorithm to determine whether the user is awake, light sleep or deep sleep in the current period. Through monitoring for several consecutive days, it is possible to view its own sleep curve and data of various sleep stages on its mobile app.

Our sleep can be divided into multiple stages, among which the deep sleep stage is when the body's functions are restored, and when the body's cells are renewed, deep sleep helps to strengthen the body's immunity. There is also a stage called the eye movement period, at this stage, people's support rate will rise, the eyeballs will turn rapidly, and most dreams will occur in this stage.

Smart sleep mattress

When we sleep, in long-term contact with our body, in addition to pillows, there are also mattresses. A comfortable mattress that can greatly guarantee the quality of our sleep. Today, in this era of internet of everything, the emergence of smart mattresses is also an inevitable trend. As a well-known brand in China's mattress industry, Mousse has also launched a number of smart mattresses. Mousse's smart mattress can test people's heart rate, blood pressure, deep sleep time and other sleep index in real time during sleep, and optimize in real time according to people's physical conditions, adjust the most appropriate sleep environment, and personalize to help you improve sleep.

Smart sleep pillow

There are also a variety of sleeping pillows on the market, many of which are pillows with medicinal ingredients or special materials. Here is a graphene neck pad from Kcotson. It seems to be unassuming, but in fact it is a multi-functional ergonomic pillow. First of all, its unique shape design allows users to get better neck support when lying flat or lying on their sides, and the three-dimensional wrapping effect gives people a sense of security. In addition, this pillow has a built-in sleep monitoring device, which can detect the depth of sleep, the change of breathing during sleep and the number of times to turn over through the algorithm. You can view your daily sleep report through the app. In addition, there is also a graphene heating area in the area where it comes into contact with the neck, which relieves neck fatigue through the effect of hot compresses, and it also has a safety setting of automatic power off in 30 minutes, so that you can sleep peacefully.

More distinctively, this sleep pillow also has a built-in bone conduction audio playback device, which can be connected through Bluetooth 5.0, no need to wear headphones, just rest the head on the pillow to hear the sleep-assisted audio played from the pillow, it also pre-deposits a variety of sleep-assisted audio, which can help guide and extend the user's deep sleep time. It can be said that this is a smart pillow that starts from touch and hearing to help you sleep well.

Smart sleep monitor for beds

In addition to smart watches, if you want to get more accurate and more dimensional sleep reports, you can also choose the "RestOn" bed with the "RestOn" bed monitor launched by Sleepace. It looks like a belt, when used, before lying down, it can be monitored including: heart rate, respiratory rate, physical turnover, sleep cycle, ambient temperature and other data, the system will analyze your sleep quality according to these parameters, form a detailed sleep quality analysis report, and put forward guidance.

conclusion

Our sleep is as important as eating and drinking. At present, maintaining good immunity is the key to fighting the epidemic, and good immunity comes from healthy sleep, because good sleep can increase the secretion of B cell antibodies, T cells, and protein integrins, which are secreted 80% during sleep.

In addition, although China's sleep market is huge in scale and has huge room for future growth, it is still a blue ocean market that has not been fully developed and the pattern is uncertain. There is a phenomenon of homogenization and false publicity and hype of sleep-related electronic products and devices in the market. Therefore, the author also reminds everyone to choose carefully when purchasing sleep aid products. Through these products introduced above, although to a certain extent can help us improve sleep, but the essence of sleep is the embodiment of living habits, only by maintaining healthy living habits, moderate exercise, in order to improve sleep in essence.