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Your Computer Or iPad Could Be Disrupting Sleep
Crash McBang sends in a CNN report on electronics and sleeplessness and asks, "So, what do Slashdotters do to get a good night's rest?" "More than ever, consumer electronics — particularly laptops, smartphones, and Apple's new iPad — are shining bright light into our eyes until just moments before we doze off. Now there's growing concern that these glowing gadgets may actually fool our brains into thinking it's daytime. Exposure can disturb sleep patterns and exacerbate insomnia, some sleep researchers said in interviews. ... Unlike paper books or e-book readers like the Amazon Kindle, which does not emit its own light, the iPad's screen shines light directly into the reader's eyes from a relatively close distance. That makes the iPad and laptops more likely to disrupt sleep patterns than, say, a television sitting across the bedroom or a lamp that illuminates a paper book, both of which shoot far less light straight into the eye, researchers said."
No, but I frequently post with my pants off. If you get my meaning.
You are welcome on my lawn.
It's all part of the Apple advertising though - the trend of using "Iphone" or "Ipad" to refer to any old phone or tablet gives you the bad publicity as well as the good. (Thanks to the Apple-only coverage, some Slashdotters here don't even seem to realise that other feature/smart phones and tablets exist.)