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Waking up is an ordeal and a challenge for most people. Being woken up before your body is ready can be a real trauma, particularly when using alarm clocks. There must be a better way My choice? A soft kiss on the forehead from... See more » Waking up is an ordeal and a challenge for most people. Being woken up before your body is ready can be a real trauma, particularly when using alarm clocks. There must be a better way My choice? A soft kiss on the forehead from my wife or a gentle reminder from the aXbo Sleep Phase Alarm Clock. Well, that's not really a choice, eh, but the aXbo has the advantage of knowing when it is the best time for my body to wake up. This is how it works. The aXbo Sleep Phase Alarm Clock is the latest in a series of alarm clocks that keep track of ones sleep cycles to determine when the body is entering a light sleep or wake-up phase. We have reviewed the Sleeptracker before and experienced that these devices do work. See the chart below to learn about sleep cycles. In case youre wondering where the name aXbo comes from: inventors Axel Ferro and Boris Eis did a lot of study into sleep-phases, REM (Rapid Eye Movements) They also co-operated with Dr. Georg Dorffner, the CEO of the Siesta Group Sleep Analysis Co. and concluded that how a person wakes up affects him or her for the entire day Beauty is white, square, concave and transparent I found the aXbo far more beautiful in real life than my first impressions from the photos. Designed by Rouven Haas of Desigment.cc, its a simple, sleek creation. If you like the iPod style youll love the aXbo. Looks, however, are a bonus. I would never buy an alarm clock based on looks alone. The most important thing about alarm clocks is that they get you up on time, every time. Even if the power fails. And if they can wake you up without startling you or your partner that's a bunch of bonus points. And if an alarm clock does this when your body feels fully rested, I could even look forward to starting each of those new days instead of dreading those rude awakenings So how does it all work in practice? The aXbo Sleep Phase Alarm Clock comes equipped with two terry cloth wrist bands, one for each partner. (Here is another bonus: the aXbo can track the sleep cycles of two people and wake them up at the best time for each!). Inside these toweled wrist bands is a sensor to monitor the movements of each person, which is transmitted wirelessly to the aXbo. This is different of course to the Sleeptracker where the whole unit is worn on the wrist. Now I generally dislike wearing watches, certainly at night. The soft, 80% cotton terry cloth bands are pleasant to wear even with the fairly thick sensor in them. In case you are worried about radio pollution: most gadgets next to your bed, like a mobile phone, would emit a radio signal of around one Watt. The aXbo is only using 0.0001 W. One of the things I always look for when evaluating new products is ease of use. Does it work straight out of the box or do you need to read a manual? Most people would probably get the aXbo to work without referring to a manual. It is fairly intuitive but there are some things you need to know to get the device to work properly. One of these things is the correct placement of the sensor in the wrist band. The sensor has an arrow that needs to point to your hand and the wrist band should be worn on your non-dominant arm (for lefties that's your right arm). Fortunately, the aXbo also functions as a normal alarm clock just in case you stuff up! But if it all works properly you set the latest time at which you want to wake up. The aXbo will then determine in the preceding 30 minutes the optimum time for you to face the new day. Of course you can select from a variety of sounds and volumes at this critical juncture, from jazzy, upbeat melodies to the cheerful but shrill chirping of birds. The good folks at infactory innovations in Vienna (that's Austria, not Australia where I am writing from) also knew that falling asleep is really the first step to having a restful sleep. You might need a little help there too so you can select the company of crickets or the crashing of waves on an ocean shore to listen to while mumbling: resistance is futile, resistance is futile The aXbo is clever enough to know when you've actually See less »

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