Comments on: New PJs Could Watch You Snooze—& Track Effects of That Last Cup of Coffee

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 03:40:07 +0000

I think Wesley is right on. Productivity could see great increases by being able to receive helpful sleep information from the comfort of your own bed.

By: John (The Other Canadian)

John (The Other Canadian) — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 04:08:14 +0000

I agree with Wesley as well. And this technology might be of interest to those researching problems that are often studied during monitored sleep, such as epilepsy.

By: G Luinstra

G Luinstra — Tue, 31 May 2011 16:32:58 +0000

Wesley, I agree entirely with your comment.

By: Wesley Coll

Wesley Coll — Mon, 30 May 2011 17:29:09 +0000

You couldn’t be further from the truth, Chris. As a lifetime sufferer of sleep apnea, a condition that can lead to fatal strokes during sleep, I applaud the direction this research is taking. You have no idea what it means to spend a night at a sleeping lab, hooked up to thousands of cables and wires measuring what this special shirt seems to be able to easily do, without the harassment. Add to that the number of times I had to do that, in order to fine tune the equipment I’ve used since and will be using for life (it’s called a CPAP machine, check it out), plus the benefit claim process, which the health care insurance industry makes a point in turning it into a huge time-consumin task, and you may imagine how people like me appreciate how our tax dollars are being used. (Waste is to use them to build another sports stadium and give it away for virtually free to another billionaire franchise). Apparently problems sleeping affect a huge part of the world’s labor force because coverage is no longer denied by the insurers. The costs of having overtired, dangerously unaware workers, and the trickled down consequences of their frequent incapacitation to perform their duties are much higher than to fund their treatment. It does look embarrassing when someone takes the time to express his or her opinion without first researching the subject.

By: Chris the Canadian

Chris the Canadian — Fri, 27 May 2011 19:11:50 +0000

Ya. This is not going to be a popular seller or be on anyones fashion must – have list. Another waste of technology and brain power on an idea that has no real practical use. If someone has problems sleeping and want to find out why, then can they get a prescription and have their insurance pay for the shirts because they will be used to help a medical condition? Inventiveness and creativity is cool, but to me, this was and is a giant waste of time effort and energy.