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Alarm clock that helps you wake up feeling refreshed! — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:31:22 +0000

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By: EJ

EJ — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 19:56:36 +0000

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I had a sleep study and it cost $2000. If a $250 alarm clock can do something similar, why not?

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 03:48:22 +0000

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True. However, these types of products are primarily motion detectors rather than indepth cycle detectors . Deeper levels of sleep like REM are motionless in normal people. People are often left groggy after awaking in a deep sleep cycle because of the harsh transition from being basically paralyzed to slightly mobile. People who wake during a lighter cycle (consisting of some motion) do not have such a harsh transition and feel refreshed. The devices (aXbo and Sleeptracker) are kind of pricey; however, they work in principle. The device picks up on motion which has a correlation to transition stages and lighter cycles. Motion detection means closer to consciousness and closer to consciousness means less transitional shock when you wake.

By: Jordsvin

Jordsvin — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 15:15:47 +0000

Got my clock just recently. Whether it works or not I cannot yet say, but just to be able to monitor my movements during the night is beyond cool. I can see when I stop tossing and turning and actually fall asleep, and thus measure this timespan. It’s was also funny to see that my wife moves much less than I do during the night. The analyzis software is still a bit buggy and primitive, though. I really hope they put some effort into making this into a good tool.

Another nice feature is that the clock is dimmed during the night and you can light it up with a push on the button on the wristband (althoug it’s a bit hard to find the button when you’re sleepy).

The wake-up sounds are cool too. I enjoy waking up to the bird calls. However, it would be even better if I could transfer my own wake up calls via the USB cable. Hope you’re working on this, axbo guys!

By: Ken

Ken — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 20:57:11 +0000

Im selling my on eBay Dec 29, 2006 to Jan 8, 2007
starting at 150.00

By: Maddie

Maddie — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 01:55:37 +0000

I really need one of these. Thanks for the genius behind this.

By: joe

joe — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 04:09:33 +0000

I smell bullshit too. Lol.

By: Casey

Casey — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 02:33:59 +0000

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hmmm, anyone here notice the excessive use of the word “aXbo” in all three of mia’s comments? And who’d even really keep up with this thing long enough to reply twice, anyways?

I hope nobody was gullible enough to believe happy consumer “Mia” really exists; she’s just the company mule to sell this product. (all the more reason to suspect that this clock really DOESN’T work.)

By: mia

mia — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 20:41:49 +0000

Well, I don’t know so much about the scientific researches concerning the sleep cycles, just the basic stuff.But I have read some very good articles about aXbo in Austrian newspapers and magazines tough.
I only can talk from experience. I find that every time I start moving in bed and its inbetween the half hour before wake-up time, aXbo starts to ring. I feel like I had a good night’s rest every day.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Fri, 12 May 2006 00:38:25 +0000

Charlie is right. I am a student at Carnegie Mellon University and I have done extensive research on sleep cycles and cognative psych and it is far too unreliable to try to tell sleep cycle from muscle tone by merely using a wrist band. While it CAN work, the procedure is so delicate that any reliable equipment that would be able to detect sleep cycle would cost much much more than this clock. I agree with Charlie, don’t waste your money.