苹果研发智能睡眠辅助软件 再也不怕睡不着
The question of 'how you slept' is often the first thing many of us are asked in the morning - but it can be difficult to answer, given that you tend to have been asleep at the time。
“你睡的怎么样呀？”这很有可能是我们早上见面的第一个问题。但是这实在太难回答了。
The ?90 Zeo headband and new iPhone app offer the first way to measure 'exactly how you slept,' its inventor, Ben Rubin, told Mail Online today。
价值90美金的佐伊头巾和新的iPhone软件供应商提供了第一种能测量你睡的怎样的软件，他的发明者本·鲁宾是这样告诉邮报在线的。
Rubin claims the gizmo can even improve your sex life。
鲁宾说这个小发明甚至能提高你的性生活。
The headband - which launches in the UK today - has two silver patches to monitor your brain waves - then the app offers advice on what might be disturbing your sleep, from snoring partners to over-lit bedrooms。
那个今日在英国上市的头巾，有两块银色的补丁，用来观察你的脑电波，然后应用软件会提供到底是什么影响了你的睡眠，是你打鼾的另一半还是不合适的卧室。
'Sleep has an amazing power,' says Rubin, 'It can affect recovery from disease, your mental energy - even your sex life.'
鲁宾说：“睡眠有让人不可思议的力量，他能帮助我们从疾病中恢复，能让我们能量充沛，甚至性生活和谐。”
The app is easy to read, with different colour bars representing different 'types' of sleep - feeding it with data such as your caffeine intake helps it to offer advice。
应用软件中的东西是很容易读懂的，不同颜色的色条代表了不同种类的睡眠，例如你输入你咖啡因的摄取量就能给你睡眠建议。
'If you're a young, healthy person, you should be scoring 100,' says Rubin, 'But we didn't cap the 'score' at 100. I slept for 12 hours one night and scored 142.'
“如果是一个年轻的健康人，你的分数就应该是100分，”鲁宾说，“但是我们不能满足于100分。有一个晚上我睡了12个小时，我得了142分。”
For those who are scoring less than 100 - both 'deep' and 'rapid eye movement' sleep (which coincides with dreams) are important for health - the app offers advice on what might be causing problems。
对于那些低于100分的人，应用软件会为你提供引发这些问题的可能的原因。
'Once you start measuring, you can start working out what's causing the problems,' says Rubin, 'You input data about the room you sleep in and your lifestyle, and the app can suggest whether you should, say, use a blue light, or a new mattress or a relaxation MP3.'
“一旦你开始测量，你就知道到底是为什么了”，鲁宾说，“根据你睡觉时候的所输入的数据和你的生活方式，应用软件会建议你怎么做，比如用个浅蓝色的等，一个新的床垫或是听一首舒缓的音乐。”
'When we started this company, the scientists we asked said, 'You can't do this at home, you can only do it in the lab,' says Rubin. 'Now this technology is available to anyone.'
“当我们开始这项合作的时候，那些科学家说这些东西不能在家用，只能在实验室用”，鲁宾说，“但是现在每个人都可以试试看了。”
Zeo was previously available only in America, cost twice as much, and required a cumbersome 'reader' unit to operate。
佐伊最早是在美国应用的，花费是现在的两倍，并且需要一个笨重的东西来操作。
