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."

Comments

Simple fix

[sopssa]

"So, what do Slashdotters do to get a good night's rest?"

If you get a girlfriend she will put all those computer things away at night. You also get to have sex and cuddle and spoon her, making it really easy to fall a sleep. It's the easiest and simplest fix.

Re:Simple fix

[mce]

Easy & simple, you say? It shows that you don't have a girlfriend... ;-)

Re:Simple fix

[BatGnat]

I'm not allowed to have a girlfriend...My wife wont let me? :(

I believe this

[Beryllium Sphere(tm)]

I've noticed an improvement in my sleep patterns since I set a curfew for the computers, stopping any use of them two or three hours before bedtime.

I sleep like a baby

[PPH]

Waking up screaming and shitting in my pants every couple of hours.