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Effects of Super Bowl LIV on Sleep of Fans in Kansas and Missouri
For the first time in 50 years, Kansas City fans enjoyed an extraordinary evening. Their sleep stats showed for celebration. Congratulations!
Fullpower Announces Issuance of 11th Sleep Monitoring Technology Patent
SANTA CRUZ, CA – January 22, 2020 – Fullpower® Technologies, Inc. “The sleep technology company,” today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued U.S. Patent 10,463,300, Fullpower’s 11th sleep-focused patent. The patent covers user monitoring systems for sleep technology, smart-home, and wearable device areas. “This is the eleventh sleep-focused eligible U.S.…
Fullpower Announces Issuance of 10th Sleep Monitoring Technology Patent
SANTA CRUZ, CA – January 16, 2020 – Fullpower® Technologies, “The sleep technology company,” today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued U.S. Patent 10,485,474 for a “Sleep Monitoring System.” The patent covers intelligent sleep and alarm scheduling systems. “This is an exciting innovation eligible for a U.S. patent,” said Philippe…
Do Moon Phases Affect Our Sleep Patterns
Can you see a correlation with the phases of the moon? Are we still connected from an evolutionary perspective? What do you think the data shows? You can see singularities on New Years and Super Bowl night for sure, but moon phases have little to do with them!
The best of 2020 to all our friends and colleagues
The best of 2020 to all our friends and colleagues from all of us at Fullpower.com. May 2020 be even more prosperous than 2019!
The youngest, and their parents, lose the most sleep during the holidays
We analyzed Sleeptracker data for the last several years. For accuracy, we are always reminded that www.fullpower.com is operating polysomnography labs using Philips/Respironics Alice 6 equipment continuously since 2014. The data shows the profound effect that the holidays have on the younger ones and their parents!
How Thanksgiving affects our sleep and activity
We looked at sleep and activity data for several years, looking at both Sleeptracker® and MotionX® activity information. The data clearly shows similar patterns from year to year. Thanksgiving and the Holidays, in general, change our sleep and activity levels significantly. Here is an article form the New York Time that discusses some of this…
The longer we are awake during the day, the higher our heart rate throughout the night
We know that heart rate throughout the night is a sign-post of health and recovery. So we asked, “is it true that the more we sleep, the lower the average heart rate is throughout the night?” The data shows that this is not necessarily the case, and that includes our weekly work schedules and weekend…
Daylight Saving Time (DST) creates a significant disruption in sleep schedules
For the last four years, Sleeptracker AI data has recorded significant disruption in sleep patterns during the fall when we wind the clock back, losing an hour of daylight. In comparison, the state of Arizona does not change its time for Daylight Saving Time. As a result, their data does not show a disruption. The…
REM Sleep by City: Size Matters!
The data shows that there is a correlation between city size and REM sleep. Las Vegas is an outlier, but we can all expect that: Who is in Las Vegas to sleep! REM sleep is important to our sleep cycle because it stimulates the areas of your brain that are essential in learning and making…
Weekday Sleep Deficit by Age and Gender
We all live in a sleep-deprived society, regardless of age. In the graphic below, we studied sleep deficits from Fullpower’s PSG-level Sleeptracker AI platform. Of course, we should all sleep longer, but the reality of modern life is that we only have so much of a “sleep budget” given the constraints of family, work, social…
Tempur Sealy and Fullpower Form Strategic Partnership to Deliver Smarter Sleep Experiences Through AI-Powered Technology
LEXINGTON, KY, and SANTA CRUZ, CA, August 14, 2019 – Tempur Sealy International, Inc. (NYSE: TPX), the company synonymous with innovation in the mattress industry, and Fullpower Technologies, Inc., the sleep technology company, today announced a strategic partnership. “When selecting a technology partner we evaluated all existing options and Fullpower has a clearly superior platform,”…
How the Monroe Earthquake Impacted Sleep Patterns in the Seattle Area
At Fullpower, we were thinking about last week’s Seattle earthquake and doing some geographical distribution analysis. That earthquake hit right in the middle of our night. So many of those Sleeptracker users around Seattle got affected. Here is a graphical representation using the Sleeptracker AI-powered predictive analytics of how that sleep disruption developed. Fullpower.com –…
Seasonality of sleep by latitude in the continental US
Yes, less sunlight means more sleep! At Fullpower, we looked at the data. The Fullpower dataset includes 250 million nights of sleep. Sleep information from the Sleeeptracker Monitor is unique because it is fully contactless and non-invasive, yet still accurate to within 90%+ gold standard polysomnography. Data shows that continuous heart rate averaged throughout the…
Seasonal Correlation of Breathing Rate and Heart Rate Through the Night
This week at Fullpower, we continue to drill down our accurate multi-year data set that comprises 250+ million nights of sleep. We now discovered previously un-identified seasonal patterns correlating continuous Breathe and heart rate over a couple of years. The Fullpower Sleeptracker platform captures continuous breath and heart rate throughout the night. Seasonal changes occur…
Seasonality and daily analysis of continuous heart rate through the night
This week at Fullpower, we continue to drill down our accurate multi-year data set that comprises 250+ million nights of sleep. We found some new interesting weekly patterns within the previously identified seasonal patterns. This infographic shows weekly zoomed-in in heart rate. The Fullpower Sleeptracker platform captures continuous heart rate throughout the night. Seasonal changes…
Seasonal Correlation of Heart Rate Through the Night
At Fullpower, we analyzed our accurate multi-year data-set that comprises 250+ million nights of sleep. We found some interesting seasonal patterns. This infographic shows seasonal changes in heart rate. The Fullpower Sleeptracker platform captures continuous heart rate throughout the night completely non-invasively. Each individual fluctuation in the graph is a weekly max and min, the…
Long Before Selfies and Memes, People Wanted to Share Pics
There was a time not so long ago when people snapped photos and didn’t think about sharing them until much later. But these days, you might consider whether to share a pic before you’ve even taken it. Camera phones have made image transmission almost instantaneous, and it’s radically changed the way people take photographs—and perhaps…
Geographical Distribution Analysis on Berkeley’s 2018 Earthquake
Here at Fullpower, we are thinking about last year’s Berkeley earthquake and have been doing some geographical distribution analysis. That earthquake hit right in the middle of our night, 2:39 am to be precise. Many of Sleeptracker’s users (www.sleeptracker.com) in Northern California were affected. Here’s a graphical representation using the Sleeptracker AI-powered predictive analytics to…
Sleep Technology Grows at CES 2019 Where Sleeptracker Monitor is the Clear Leader
Click for PDF version Fullpower keynote presentation at CES 2019 Sleep technology grew at the 2019 CES show and Fullpower’s Sleeptracker® technology platform is the clear leader. Completely non-invasive and non-intrusive, Sleeptracker monitor requires nothing to wear, nothing to charge, and it makes any bed a smart-bed with accurate monitoring to 90+ pct of PSG…
Platform big data analytics confirms DST sleep disruption
For three consecutive years, data has shown that when the US “falls back,” we are likely to see disrupted sleep for two weeks in the Spring. The disruption is a little less in the fall. The Sleeptracker platform will be analyzing and “machine learning” anonymized big sleep data over the next few weeks with tens of…
Fullpower AI-pods help the conservation of endangered cheetahs
This endangered cheetah is wearing a Fullpower AI-pod for research purposes. The pod and its associated infrastructure are an AI-powered sensor-fusion edge cloud solution that learns about the Cheetah’s behavior. The AI-pod is small, waterproof, and rugged. We are in the process of learning a lot about cheetah behavior. For example: “When do Cheetahs really…